October Rundown

It was a busy October... Here is the rundown of all the fun activities!

The Annual Halloween House, along with new Halloween jammies:




The most amazing Halloween party at Steph's house! Fantastic food, amazing decorations, and awesome costumes. Yes, my costume was a real homecoming dress from 1990. My favorite costumes were Axl and Slash... They also set up an incredible spook alley on their property! Even Charlotte wanted to do it over and over. I have to say the masked evil man with the Fisher-Price chainsaw gave me nightmares.







Then of course we had our ward Trunk or Treat, and then followed up with the 7th ward's Trunk or Treat the next day. We clearly did NOT get enough candy after the first outing. Charlotte and Heidi had to be together as the Belle twins, so we couldn't miss their party! And by the way, the CHiPs guys are our missionaries, who of course have no idea who Ponch and John really are since they are 20...







And finally, pumpkin carving! Charlotte and Scott did a great job helping with our masterpiece:



And for those of you keeping score, Charlotte chose 4 different "official" costumes, including Tinkerbell for the party at Steph's, a ballerina for preschool, a flapper for Trunk or Treat #1, and Belle for Trunk or Treat #2. And there were several other costume changes in between... Here is a little fashion show for you:

Bishop's Pumpkin Farm Pilgrimage 2010

Time for the annual pilgramage to Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm! This year was ESPECIALLY fun. We took off Friday, right after school and had 3 hours to play with great weather and hardly any people there. We started with some homemade corn dogs (my favorite), then played on the slides, next off to the train:



Then the petting zoo was next. All three kids LOVED it! Scott and Charlotte first started just feeding the animals from outside the fence, which was hilarious to them. Then they got really brave and went inside the goat pen and wanted to hold them. It was pretty darn adorable:





Trevor also thought the animals were hilarious. He also thinks that all animals say MOO.




Then the kids had dinner. Ice cream. How awesome it that?


Then it was time to head out to see the giant pumpkins. I went with ZERO expectations of taking cute pictures of the kids sitting on pumpkins, hence the completely not-coordinated outfits. But with the help of Grandma and Grandpa we actually did get a couple of really cute ones and lots of very silly ones. The smiley ones are at the top of the post, but here are the real-life ones. You can see Charlotte was really working the camera:






And of course we left with a load of apple cider (or apply I spy, as Charlotte calls it for some reason...), apple-pumpkin muffins, apple pie, cookies, and a new metal decorator pumpkin (Cindy will be jealous). Sure, we didn't get out of there without spending a load, but it was worth it!

The Harvest

Our garden was not super impressive this year. We had mini-corn, gigantic zucchinis, one pumpkin, a few tomatoes (most of them Trevor picked while they were still green) and several jalapenos (which I am not quite sure what to do with). At least we tried! And the kids had fun watching things grow, so we'll just call it a "learning experience". Trevor and Charlotte did LOVE the raw corn on the cob, and I often would find one half-eaten in creative places...

Perfect park weather

Man, I LOVE fall! Today we went to the park and just enjoyed playing outside in the gorgeous weather. Scott and Charlotte were especially excited to pose for the camera today, for some reason. I took advantage of the moment to suggest that it would be nice if they would be this cooperative taking pictures when we go to the pumpkin patch...