Thanksgiving week. . . .

The trees were so pretty! This one was especially gorgeous!! 

Walnut picking with Eric and his family. . .

The kids did a great job filling the buckets! 

Then off to a clinic with Uncle Eric. . . 

Trip to Quincy. .  .

The kids were rocking out most of the time they were there! They loved hanging out with their cousins! 

The play structure at the park was a huge hit with the kids! 

"Cheese!"

Wait, someone else is coming down with us! 

And an attempt at a slumber party! 

Back to Grandma and Grandpa's. . .

It was great to have the kids help out with the meal! 

On the way to the park. . I loved all the fall colors! 

Look who can do the monkey bars!

A bunch of monkeys:). 

Thanksgiving day. . .

It was freezing, but they were still able to play outside!

Fun with Cal before the other cousins got there! 

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Aunt K brought cookies to decorate! 

Sometimes the best way to get a picture of all the kids is while they watch a show:). 

I wanted to get a family pic, just for fun.  Annie is not too happy about it:). 

We went to Aunt Toni Ann's for lunch the next day and Grace was SO excited to get the wishbone! 

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!