Halloween. . .

 The kids dressed up in basically the same costumes as last year. Grace was a Fairy Princess, instead of a Fairy Candy Princess:), Will was exactly the same, Spiderman, Kate was a Power ranger, and Annie a butterfly.  Super cute, and so much fun to go around our neighborhood!

Starting off the night with a trip to Grandma Reen and Papa Bill's. 

"You mean, all we have to do is knock on doors, and they give us candy? This is awesome!"

This is unbelievable!  I can barely carry all my candy!! Good thing I'm a super hero!

Go for it, Annie:)

And they started off Halloween week with being "booed" by our neighbors, and a care package from Grandma! So much fun!

Last days of October. . . .

As I look at these pics from the last few weeks, I already feel nostalgic for the warmer, longer days that we had this October!! We had the most beautiful fall, and now it is getting dark at 5, is a lot cooler and we've had more rain! Fortunatley, we took advantage of it while we had it! 

I love Pumpkin Patches! This year we didn't go to them as often, but I took the kids to The Pumpkin Patch one afternoon when they didn't have soccer.  The had SO much fun, and I loved watching them play, and loved how beautiful it was!

Don't forget about Annie:). 

I love the sunset at pumpkin patches, and love these kids:).  

We spent an afternoon with Carrie and the kids on a day when they didn't have school. It was so fun to hang out with no schedule! The kids had so much fun! 

Fun biking around with Emily! 

The biker gang:).  

Cousin love:). 

We went to the coolest pumpkin carving party at our friends' house on Sauvie Island.  They had a ton of pumpkins to choose from, everything you needed to carve them, awesome food, prizes for the kids, and a live band! It was amazing!!

Pumpkin carving time! 

Grace was so excited about her gourd! 

Look who Grace found at the party:). 

Fall Harvest Festival at Grant Watts! Grace, Will and Kate stuck in jail for 2 minutes.  I think it was a very long 2 minutes for Kate, who was wondering what was going on:).

The kids have had such an awesome routine of playing outside, both with Pat, and by themselves! I'm sad as the days are getting shorter! Not as much time to run around and have fun outside!!

I wanted to get a pic of these two playing together because it's so sweet when they are getting along and having fun:).  But they were ready taking a snack, water break.  

Karen's photo shoot. . .

These are also from their visit, but I had to separate these because they are so awesome! I asked Karen to take pictures at the pumpkin patch, and the following are some of the pics.

My Mom and Karen's Visit

Karen and my mom came to visit for a couple days.  It was really fun to spend time with them, and the kids loved hanging out with their cousins! The weather was amazing ,which was great, because the last time the visited it was pouring! It's always nice when the kids can go outside!!

Story time with Grandma. . 

Hair cutting time with Grandma:). 

Watching Grace's practice.  She loved having fans! 

And story time again with Grandma! 

First week of school. . .

Last week, the kids went back to school.  I had mixed feelings about it, because I really loved having them around this summer, but it was fun to start a new routine! 

Celebrating first days of school with popsicles!! 

Also celebrating with a trip to the yogurt shop located in the gas station.  Kind of random, but really good! 

Yummy yogurt!  

More pics on Kate's second day because we go there 15 min. early! She was so eager to get to school!  

Pat took Grace and Will to school!

Celebrating Grandma Reen's birthday was also part of the week back!  

Annie having fun over the weekend at their school park!  

They were super excited that Annie went in the tunnel!