and then we carved pumpkins

john and carter worked on "the boys' pumpkin."

while grace and i worked on "the girls' pumpkin."

grace designed our pumpkin all by herself and together we carved it.

the taylor's pumpkins are on the left, then grace's (with the heart nose and scary teeth), the boys', and on the right are the wilhite's

after pumpkin carving, we gathered around the bonfire and ate dinner.

carter shared his hot dog with "kylie puppy."

grace finally got to eat a peanut butter cup s'more...this girl loves some sweets!!!

once we cleaned off all the sticky marshmallows and melted chocolate off our faces and fingers, we went on a hayride and laughed and sang and snuggled.

we had such a fun-filled fall weekend!!!

fishin'

While at the cabin, John, Carter, and I went fishing.  It was fun hanging out with just my boys.  That doesn't get to happen very often (or never).  Carter Man was the only child for a little while and I was the only girl.  Carter received all the attention and we were able to experience and enjoy his personality.  I liked it.  

fall at the cabin

we spent the weekend at the cabin with our family.  the kids spent a lot of time playing on the gator.

drew and kylie...he loves her

she's one of my favorite things ever.

we went on a nature hunt.

we found some stuff.

lots of meaningful conversations were had.

carter loved loved loved riding the 4-wheeler (especially with mimi)!!!

this is scary...these two were not the best drivers (just ask poppa's azalea bush).

we decorated cookies and immediately consumed them!

this is scarier!!!

fall is fun!

instafriday

it's friday and you know what that means...no school tomorrow!!!  oh, and here are this week's instagrammies!

we went to the pumpkin patch and had a fabulous time!

it's starting to feel like fall and we ate some taco soup...i kinda put a little too much (read: the perfect amount) of cheese in my soup.

we also had a caramel apple bar.  the kids thought this was the best thing ever.

i finally cleaned out my purse and found 12 bobby pins, 23 receipts, a whole medicine cabinet worth of supplies (not sure how i could ever get sick with the 3 hand sanitizers that were also in there), some ribbon, a couple pieces of furry gum, and grace's brown bow the i got mad at her for losing (oops!).  oh yeah, and 26 cents!!!

this week at awana, it was cray-zee hair night!!!

have a fantastic fall weekend...it's perfect outside!!!

the pumpkin patch

We went to the pumpkin patch again!  And guess what?  It was still fun!

The kids went straight for the swings!

Later, Grace said that swinging was her favorite part of the day.

After tons of swinging, they were ready to ride the train.

This was Carter's favorite part of the day...in case you couldn't tell by his awesome smile!

We had a semi-private hayride out to the pumpkin patch.

This was my favorite part of the day!

We were ready to pick some pumpkins!

Carter's decision was easy!  The first pumpkin he saw was the one.

Yep.  This is it!

Grace took a little more thought while picking her pumpkin.

Look how strong these kids are!

They love these pumpkins so much!

Finally, they jumped in the bouncy house.  It was tons of fun...and John's favorite part of the day!

We seriously had such a great time.  Carter is already planning his next trip back...and he thinks it's tomorrow.

Fall really is the best...don't you think?