Guess Who?

On October 26th, Luke hosted his first costume party. Everyone showed up to Luke's Pumpkin Patch in their finest non-frightening outfits. Uncle Eric had to work, but we are pretty sure he would've made a great hippie date :0)

Getting ready for the fun evening:
My adorable pumpkins!
Grammie & Angel in beautiful, buzzing, bumblebee outfits :0)
Adorable cousins!!! It is so sweet that Elijah often holds Luke's hand!
These are some of my favorite pictures! They just say fun, fun, fun!!!
The menu: Pumpkin pizzas, cheese sticks, cheese puffs, Cheetos, & a pumpkin shaped spice cake. We also had cute MoonPie owls and caramel apples to send home.

This little bear was in tip-top shape!Everyone was a GREAT sport & joined in the CrAzY party games! (Maybe it helped that their were prizes :0))

This little pumpkin was soooooo partied out!

There was LOTS of laughter! I hope everyone is thinking about what they want to be next year :0)

Just a Swingin'

Luke had so much fun swinging at the zoo so we were really excited when Grampa & Grammie gave him his very own swing!

Make sure you listen for my reaction when I walk through a spider web :0)

Knock 'Em Down

Sweet boys!!
Poor Jasie. She couldn't wait to escape!

SPLAT!

My first attempt at making carrots did not go as planned. I thought it was going to be the easiest food yet.

I bought the baby carrots so they didn't need to be peeled or sliced, just rinsed. I steamed them for the short amt. of time they required, pierced them with a fork to make sure they were done, & then proceeded to puree them in the food processor.

That didn't work so I tried the hand mixer.

When that failed, I gave the blender a try, the machinery I've only used a handful of times.

I finally got the LARGE batch pureed & was ready to fill the ice cube trays.

Everything was running smoothly now.

Then, the bottom fell out of the blender.

So after an hour of extra time, a phone call to Lydia, & a LOT of mess was cleaned up my "easiest" cooking time was complete.

At least Jasie was there to help.

Bottom View Farm

I've always heard of families going to pumpkin patches during the Fall & I couldn't wait to take Luke this year! Bottom View Farm is a quaint little place in Portland. This is what we did on our fun-field day.

We started with breakfast at the Old Time Fixin's Restaurant. Poor Luke didn't take a morning nap so he was pretty much tired the entire day.

It was overcast and stayed cool for most of the day.

There were a few people who tried to hit the target, but it was pretty much impossible.

I can't remember what Matt had us all in stitches about, but isn't it cute how Elijah is laughing too?!!

We found a pumpkin for daddy, momma, baby, & puppy :0) After we got back from the tractor ride to the pumpkin patch, we got to take a train ride. Then, things really got crazy... I wonder if Elijah will let Grammie out- Aah!

3 kids + LOTS of takes = 1 (maybe 2) good pictures Yes, we are related :0) At last....a nap!