Thursday, November 21, 2013

Halloween 2013

We had so much fun this year for Halloween and seemed to be able to celebrate the whole month of October it was fantastic!  We feel blessed to be able to live in an area that has so many fall festivities.

Here are the kids posing pretty on Halloween Night before our big night officially began.

I got some really fun pictures of the kids in their costumes.  Bare with me as I share with you several of my favorites.



I love this one!  Elaine running out of the picture and Evie's face.
We also attempted some outside pictures.


Finally scored some pictures of Elaine smiling in her Tangled Costume.

Love this girl; had to put her in one of her favorite place,s on the play structure to get a true smile!

Evan with some more awesome poses!
He loves using the golf clubs and weapons too.
Elaine and Evie didn't want to be left out holding extra items in the picture too.  As you can see they also are posing with some props.
Had to also feature the kids count down to Halloween Calendars they made and them taking off their final ring.

Finally a picture of Daddy and his girls!
Mommy and her boy!
Our Jack-O-Lateran Pizza.  It was as scrumptious as it looks.
I couldn't resist putting on this fun hat and apron set my Mom and Dad got for me this year and capturing a picture.

Then it was time for our big night.  This year's Trick-or-Treating was extra special because we were able to do it with our awesome friends the Pray Family.  The kids were loving it and had so much fun being together.  You can barely see Ninja Jon, but he is in their with the other Ninjas.

Best Friends Evie and Ariel
Super Ninja Buds Evan and Cameron

We all got to eat dinner together.
Then it was off to Trick-or-Treat.



We have the best neighbors with some super cool decorations!
But, one of our favorites is Ms. Nilda!  She always spoils the kids and this year was no different.

Friends holding hands.
Elaine enjoying the ride.

More awesome decor.
Evan's cool ninja moves with his glow necklace.
The Dads...

and the Moms.
Finally, Elaine decided she had enough of just riding in the stroller and wanted to get a try at this thing the big kids were doing.  She was a natural!
Just look at her go.
This picture cracks me up, the big kids tired and now Elaine going to town Trick-or-Treating.  She was little machine and couldn't get enough of the fun!

We were so proud of our adorable little babe!
Can you say tired?!
Our final top for the night was to another one of our favorite neighbors, Ms. Judy.
Then it was back to our house for candy sorting!
And Eating!
Evan cracked us all up by putting his candy into categories.
Can't forget Elaine who was also getting into the fun.
Another fun highlight of the night now that we were done Trick-Or-Treating was the kids got to pass out candy to the Trick-Or-Treaters at our door.  These were some of our favorite Trick-or-Treaters, Ms. Nilda's kids with her hubby, Mr. Dave and children, Christina and Joshua.

It was another fantastic holiday.  Our family had so much fun celebrating and really loved being able to do it with the Pray family this year too!  Hope you all had wonderful Halloween Celebrations too!

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Dave's Pumpkin Patch


We had or second annual trip to Dave's Pumpkin Farm this year courtesy of Groupon providing a nice affordable deal on Saturday, October 5.  It continues to not disappoint.  We had another wonderful time visiting.  This year we had the kids wear matching pumpkin shirts and actually got a few good pictures of the three of them together too!  Which is no easy task. :)

When we arrived the kids were greeted by the Pumpkin Princess.
Then they got to see how tall they were.
As we entered the Cornival our first stop was the Hay Maze.
Then it was off to the Jumping Pillow.  This like last year was everyone favorites.  This year Elaine got to test it out too.





Then it was time to climb up the Hay Pyramid.
Followed by a good dig in the Corn Box.
Evan was having an extra fun time and we were all cracking up as he was doing silly things like this and throughout the day removing corn from his cast.
Then before lunch we got some pictures.

After lunch a few more King of the Hay Pyramid pictures and then we took a Tractor Ride.


At the end of the day before picking our our pumpkins we let the kids choose one big activity to enjoy.  Evie choose the pony ride.

Evan got his face painted.

I love this picture of the girls checking it out.
So cool!  He choose this dragon all by himself.

Last, but not least it was pumpkin picking time.

Peek-A-Boo!
We found some great finds!
As soon as we were on the road back home Jim and I looked back and here is what we saw.  Exhaustion, a sign of a great day!
Also, I will share some nice family photos the Patch took for us.  However, they sent them all together in this four square design and the resolution was very low.  Great idea, but would have loved to have them sent separately with a little bit higher resolution.  Nevertheless, it was the thought that counts right! :)
Thanks Dave's Pumpkin Farm for a fantastic Day of Fall Fun!