Halloween 2012

Pretty much, the whole day was a whirlwind. Fun and fast! The kids were BURSTING with anticipation!

The kids and I went to see Hannah in the school Halloween costume parade. We waited, and waited, and waited. This is what the kids thought of all the waiting.

It sure was worth it though to see this little cutie!

She made the perfect Cinderella!
We had cousins over for Mom's yummy chili and then headed out with the 100's of children in our neighborhood to trick or treat.

Joe was a perfect angel the whole time! Love this baby so darn much!!!

So nice to live in a neighborhood where we can just go up and down a couple of streets and be finished. The  kids were thrilled with their Halloween baskets and I was thrilled it wasn't really all that much! Well, considering what my bag use to look like when I went trick or treating.

*Worth mentioning. It was the warmest Halloween on record. I've trick or treated in rain and snow and bitter cold, but never bare feet. Saw many kids running around without shoes on. Crazy! No complaints here though. It was a gorgeous night!

**Happy Birthday to my brother Travis. I love you!!!

Traditional Pumpkin Carving

Honestly, I don't really like to carve pumpkins. I never really have, but it's tradition...so we carved our own home grown pumpkins.

It was so funny to watch the kids "draw" their faces on their pumpkins.

They turned out pretty good I'd say! The best is Abby's face when she was gutting hers.

But the most fun was putting our 'little pumpkin' inside a pumpkin.

Happy Halloween Eve!

Cornbelly's

 After 3 year of trying to make it all the way through "the creature", she finally made it!

Until next year beloved Cornbelly! You never fail to impress us with loads of fun!

Halloween Parties

I like dressing up. I don't like trying to think of something, or someone to dress up as. Rachel to the rescue! She saved me/us with two parties.

Friend Party: Flo from Progressive, and Caveman from Geico Insurance Co.

Joe got to come with us and was dressed as a mechanic! Cute huh? So, I was bummed that I didn't snap pictures of the other costumes. Man alive, people are creative! And check out that spread......mmmm!!!!

Our Family Halloween party is my favorite family party all year long. We went as pirates. Rrrrr!

I could hardly stand how cute my kids looked as pirates! I. could. die. So cute!

 My favorite little 6 year olds!

And that's a wrap!

Fall Break

Gardner Village was at the top of our list. We went on a day that was cold and rainy. Thus, we had it mostly to ourselves.

 Dancing with the Witches

 Wonderful Mandy!

My lovely Mother! Thanks for braving it on this cold day with us.

The kids also enjoyed a birthday party and time with cousins. No pictures. Loved our fall break this year!