Pumpkins!!

We had a fun family night of carving pumpkins!  The kids were very excited to carve the pumpkins that grew in our backyard this year.  We gave them the option of getting bigger ones at the pumpkin patch, but this is what they wanted so we went with it.  I think they turned out great and we still got lots of good seeds for roasting!!!

Erik is definitely the master carver.  Owen convinced him that "If I can draw it, you can carve it" and Erik was up for the challenge.  It is especially cool looking when it is lit up.  Thankfully the girls were very happy with my simple shapes!

Big Girl Bed

We recently put Audrey in her big girl bed.  As you can see from the pictures, she was and still is a very proud, happy girl! 

She sleeps really well in it too!

Soccer

We've had a WET soccer season this Fall.  Owen enjoys the games, especially playing defense, but not so much the weekday practices after a full day at school.  These pictures were taken on one of our rare sunny Saturday mornings:

Hangin' out on defense

Columbus Day Weekend

Mom, Dad, Shawna and family came to visit us for the long weekend in early October.  We had a fantastic time visiting the pumpkin patch, playing outside, and going to the animal park.  The cousins have so much fun together and we love having them visit!

A trip to the pumpkin patch

Audrey loves babies and held Evan every day he was here.

My favorite attraction at the animal park... so funny to watch them feed this gentle beast!

McConnell's Mills Park

The grandkids worked together to decorate a pumpkin for Nana and Papa to take home.

Colorado Visit

I had the chance to go visit my brother, sister-in-law, 2 nephews and niece for a long weekend.  As much as I would have loved to bring our whole family with us, I loved having time to focus on my adorable niece and nephews and get to know them a little better.  It was a wonderful visit and I can't wait to go back, hopefully to show our own kids where they were born.  Thanks, Mark and Megan, for a fantastic weekend!

After a beautiful drive in the mountains, we stopped for a picnic lunch.

Me and my "little" bro... loved the time we had to catch up and chat!!