Hope You Had A Happy Halloween!

We had a wonderful Halloween this year. Here is our trunk from the trunk or treat we did with our ward. We had our fog machine and strobe light going but you cant see it in the picture. 

Here is Sams first pumpkin he ever helped do, he loved drawing on the face. He did not love pulling out the seeds, so I ended up doing it (he has an issues with getting anything slimy or sticky on his hands like his dad)

Colten decked out in his duck costume, I was really glad with how it came out!

Super Sam! He loves his costume and is so glad now he can wear it. 

I was glad he had the idea of adding a hood to his costume it got cold near the end of his trick or treating and was able to use it to keep his ears warm.

Do you see the little tail...its my fav!

Two of the cutest boys!

Here are our pumpkins mine is the one eating another one.

Stephen made a pacman ghost, sadly Monday is Stephens busiest day of the week but luckily he had enough time to quickly do his pumpkin with us.

Hope you all had a happy and safe Halloween!!

Pumpkin Patch 2011

We went to Hee Haw farms this year for our pumpkin patch trip, we have been there before and had so much fun we had to go again!

Colten enjoyed his first hay ride, I was glad he didn't spend the entire time trying to eat the hay.

My handsome boys.

I love their pumpkin patch not only do you get to pick pumpkins on the vein but they grow below giant sunflowers. Sam kept saying we were on a treasure hunt!

He found just the right one.

I think both boys favorite was the corn pile

Colten did get one corn in his mouth but mom came to the rescue and fished it out.

We did my first real corn maze (at least the first one I remember). I really didn't love it, the map they give you doesn't tell you where the entrance is and they said you would see signs were you answer questions to know which way to turn...well we never saw a single sign!

Part of it was our fault though why I didn't like it we did the maze to late and it was getting dark and really cold and I didn't have a coat for Colten. Oh well maybe we will try again next year.

Look how tall my little/big guy is!

and how big my really little guy is!

We had so much fun, now Sam keeps asking when we are going back :)

Feeding the ducks

We were looking for something fun to do before work started back up, Stephen had the fun idea of trying to find some ducks to feed. We figured there wouldn't be very many out there but our first stop supplied lots of ducks, seagulls and pigeons!

 Sam loved feeding the birds then chasing after them

 Stephen found a few brave pigeons that would let him hand feed them

 Sam and Dad flying after the birds and making them scatter

 Sam was very sleepy by the time we left, I just had to get a picture with the water behind them

 When the pigeons would fly they would all take off together then swoop around in a circle and land around us here is the best picture I got of them flying.



Thanksgiving

We hosted Thanksgiving this year at our place, sadly I had my camera on the wrong setting so most of my pictures turned out fuzzy so here are the few that turned out well.

Sam and his cousin Hannah sat at his Cars table

 We had to split the group in two with some in the living room eating and some in the dinning room.

 My Grandparents joined us for the yummy meal!

 I didn't get a picture of the turkey before we cut into it, this year our turkey was named Peggy because Stephen loves the new insurance commercials with the guy named Peggy. The turkey turned out great!

 My homemade pumpkin pie, I made the crust for the first time this year, I wasn't sure how to make it look fancy but it tasted very yummy anyways.

 Sam loved the dessert!

 We ended the night playing cards

We had an amazing Thanksgiving, and we have so much to be grateful for! This was our first Thanksgiving in Oregon after getting married and the first holiday we have had with Stephen after moving to Oregon. I hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving as well!

Pumpkin Patch

We took a trip to the pumpkin patch...well more a place with fun stuff and pumpkins sitting on the lawn but we still had a blast!

 Sam found his new all time favorite thing, the bouncy houses!! Stephen and Sam went on all the bouncy things wrestling and sliding and getting all sweaty! Dad was exhausted when it was all done, and Sam was ready for more!

 The Big Slide!

 Sam loved all the animals and feeding them

 The hay maze was pretty fun

 Back to the bouncy house

 I cant believe how big he has gotten!

 We all loved the bumpy train ride

 And in the end we found the perfect pumpkin