monster fun

we had another family fun night, but it was a little scary!

we had monster meatballs and slime for dinner.  eww!!!

after dinner, we made monster brownies.  they weren't eww!!!

after that sugar intake, we had to burn off some energy.  so, we had a monster dance party in the dark with flashlights.  it got a little crazy...you should have seen our moves!!!  ha!

ooo eee, ooo ah ah

ting tang

walla walla bing bang

after baths, we read the very scary monster story, the monster at the end of this book.  finally, we read Psalm 46:1-2.  i wanted to make sure the kiddos weren't scared and to remind them that we have an amazing God that will protect us because He loves us so much!

thank you, Jesus, for fun and family and for being our refuge!!!

it's a great pumpkin family fun night

this weekend, we carved pumpkins.

the kiddos did a lot of the work.

carter and daddy worked on a spiderman pumpkin.

grace designed her pumpkin all by herself.

cheese!

the girls finished first.

but, this was not a race (said the boys).

the boys finished their fancy superhero.  

then, we had some fun with the self-timer.

after that, the "momma, take a picture of this" began!!!

our pumpkins.

next, we had pumpkin shaped quesadillas for dinner. 

we ended our pumpkin night with this classic!

(it comes on abc at 7:00 thursday night, if you want to have a pumpkin family fun night too!)

while we watched, we snuggled and snacked on popcorn and reese's peanut butter pumpkins!  mmm!!!

happy pumpkin time!!!

all. the. time.

seriously, she does this all the time. all the time.  yes, we've all been kicked in the face by those flying feet that come out of nowhere.  but, i kind of love it.

Harvest Joy Festival

Today, we had a super fun and sweaty time at our church's Harvest Joy Festival!

After hitting up all the trunks and loading up on candy, SpiderMan and Queen Elsa played a little baseball.

Then, we had some archery practice.

While Grace was bouncing and sliding and playing, I found Carter Man here.  Doing this.

wheeeeee!!!

This yummy Italian ice was a nice cool treat on this crazy 84 degree October afternoon.

So...like I said a second ago, we had a super fun and sweaty time at our church's Harvest Joy Festival!

just another day at the pumpkin patch

these kiddos ran straight for the swings.  it's pretty much become the norm.  they love to swing!

they are getting so big!  almost too big for the swings.

after a bunch of playing, we took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch.

grace found her perfect pumpkin!

it took carter a while to find his.  maybe, it was because he was looking for a square pumpkin.

my favorites

then, it was time for a little train ride.

while the kids were bouncing in the inflatables, we got to hang out alone.

his face!!!

she's so strong!!!

"i'm so glad i live in a world where there are octobers"

~anne of green gables~