OCTOBER......
I love Autumn! The cool, crisp air, the breathtaking colors of the changing leaves, bringing out the sweaters and long sleeves, and Halloween. It's a pretty quick change of seasons for us though, and the playing-in-the-piles-of-leaves weather doesn't last long. It's more like playing-in-the-soggy-piles-of-leaves weather. But we enjoyed it while we could!
Our attempt at getting some great fall pictures. Isaac would not hold still for anything. Who could blame him though with all those crunchy leaves to kick around! I was chasing him with the camera trying to get a shot, and that's the best I could do. I love the picture of Brooklyn holding Lillie Kate. Her face says it all!
It wouldn't be fall without a trip to a Pumpkin Patch. I sure adore my little punkin' heads! We happened to go on a beautiful, unusually warm, 70 degree weather day. This farm is a favorite and has a lot of great things for the kids to do, and they have fun picking out their own pumpkins. Notice the yellow gourd in Isaac's hand. He wouldn't put it down, and for the next few days he insisted on having his "punkin" with him at all times. Even to sleep. Speaking of sleep. Lillie was sleeping in the stroller the whole time, and I did the #1 momma no-no and woke her up to get a picture. You see the results of my efforts. Not pleasant.
Who would have thought that a laundry basket and sweeper could be such entertainment! Brooklyn created this perfect stage/mic combination, which turned our kiddos into quite the performers. It was such a spontaneous and fun night of singing, laughing, and standing ovations. If only you could hear Isaac's rendition of the ABC's and "Down by the Station", and Brooklyn's "Jesus went to Jordan's waters". You'd all have a good laugh.
We had such a fun Halloween and were thrilled that Brian got home in time to join us for the ward Trunk or Treat. Brooklyn decided that the witch costume was cute enough for her to wear again, (that made life so much easier for me) and we found the cutest doggie costume for Isaac. He would crawl around on all fours making the cutest, high pitched, barking noise. Lillie was our chunky little pink mouse. Don't you just want to squeeze those cheeks? The kids had fun at the Trunk or Treat and were munching on the candy as soon as it hit the bag. I had to include the picture of my friend, Galicia, dressed as Moses. I got such a kick out of that. And our sweet Lillie slept through all the action, as usual.
A DAY AT THE PARK
Enjoying some of the final days of fall! The kids had fun exploring the park and couldn't believe they found such a big tree. Brooklyn thought that it must be a magical tree to be so big and tall. They tried so hard to reach around it. We loved the color of this red tree. It looked like it was on fire. The picture doesn't do it justice!
Just another day on the job. Can you believe all of those pagers. The kids were right. Their dad is a super hero, and with such a fancy utility belt! Kaaa Pow! (that was supposed to be a super hero attack sound of some sorts)
Brooklyn welcomed in the holidays with a very festive picture. The kids were pretty excited to get the Christmas tree and decorations up (okay, truth is my husband was probably the most excited. He would have liked to have decorated after Halloween. He loves, loves, loves, Christmas!)
