October Recap

 So long, October. You were so good to us with your perfect weather, beautiful trees, and visits from friends. We will miss you. November is already freezing and the trees are practically bare. :( But we don't worry, November, we won't hate on you too bad because we have family visiting, a fabulous holiday to celebrate and black friday shopping deals!


park days


lots of crafts







painting pumpkins


playing in leaves



cousin best buddies


rolling around on scooters


visit with krista and pretend photo shoots


apple picking



pretty fields with golden sun, and not having willing subjects


family picture attempt


carrying a heavy toddler on shoulders


pictures at the boise river



state park with pretty trees


frolicking on hills with pretty leaves strewed about


rolling down hills


being best girlfriends with krista


more playing in leaves



driving cars at the zoo


loving the animals at the zoo


being so cool, walking backwards on the bridge


eating bananas while little brother loves on goats


converting zoo pictures to black and white because I cant fix the color cast


getting halloween surprises in the mail from great grandparents


making pizza cookies

wordless wednesday

halloween candy eating

Saw this on fb:



So, I tried it with Peyton.

pumpkin patch

We found an awesome pumpkin patch to go to this year. It was a bit chilly and pretty windy, but we had a great time! Noah's favorite part was the petting zoo. When Peyton was his age she cried when we took her into the barn to see the animals. funny how different they are. Peyton loved everything about the pumpkin patch this year. She was full of smile the entire afternoon.

My little farmer


Pony ride! Those little guys were going pretty fast! I kept having to run to keep up with Peyton(I had to stand beside her while she rode).



Barrel train! I think she looks so grown up in this picture. She loved this little train. I love that she always shouts out, "this is so fun" when she is having a good time.


Running through the hay maze. She would have stayed in there for hours, but I convinced her there was more fun to be had at the corn pit.




Next was the hayride out to the pumpkin patch(no pictures during the ride, I was too busy sipping hot chocolate). Sadly there were no confederate soldiers running after our wagon this year.





Packed up and ready to go to the car. Cory and Krista both got pumpkins that weighed over 30lbs... I think. Maybe they were just under 30 lbs. Whatever the weight, they were too heavy to carry all the way to the car. Noah got to hitch a ride for a little while; that's when Peyton's fun ended and she had a meltdown.

happy halloween

Happy Halloween, friends! I took these pictures last week, so there wouldn't be any pressure to get some  before trick-or-treating tonight. Can't wait to send my kid door to door to get me free candy. :) jk... a little. I'm not sure how long we will be out tonight, it's supposed to be pretty cold. We have a big bowl of candy to pass out though, so I hope a lot of kids come to our house!









Shark attack!!!


This was the best I could get of Noah...


he was outta there!