October

So.... I'm a little behind (ok, way way way behind) on blog stuff... here are the pictures we have from October. I guess we were just too busy having fun to worry about posting about it. I hope I can get caught up... :)

These first two are a little out of order... don't quite know why, but hey - it still happened in October. We had a great time carving pumpkins!! Ty's a pro and the kids thought it was super neat!!

Brookie's zucchini water. So yummy. Our budding scientist comes up with the most interesting stuff.

Grandma Marilee wrote the funnest letters after her visit. Cole loved his so much he kept it and we eventually cut out all the bugs and he carried them around for a week! I think I just found some under the couch. Thanks for the fun letter and the great time, Grandma!!

Grandma Marilee came for a visit and we all had a BLAST!! It was so fun to have her.

Brave Grandma made cookies with us and even let us help!

We went to the pumpkin patch together and took advantage of the great deals on pumpkins and little gourds for the fall season. The kids loved playing on the piles of pumpkins, looking at the chickens, going on a hay ride behind a tractor, tasting the piles of fruit, playing with thier friends, etc. It was a great day!

Mom and Brookie on the hay ride.

Cole and John on the hayride.

Grandma, Brookie and Cole on the big hay jack-o-lantern.

Grandma took pictures while Mommy read books.

We had such a great time being together with Grandma! She was a trooper and did all the crazy things we usually do plus a whole lot more. She was up early hanging out with kiddos and running every minute. Thanks so much for all you do. Grandma! She even cooked dinner for the missionaries while she was here and taught us how to make Chinese food. SO Yummy! She didn't even pretend not to know us when we wandered through Sears with Coleman dressed as a knight. (We went to 5 Guys for burgers dressed that way too.) Thanks, Grandma! We love you!

Brookie and Coleman like to use glue (suprise, suprise). This is Brookie's first glue project. The dots were supposed to be scales on a fish, but the ended up looking like polka dots. Pretty cute though, I think. She did it all herself!

Coleman is really good at gule projects too! His fish was really exciting!

Coleman dressed up for pre-Halloween. He was a knight this year. He wore this to Sears and Five Guys the week before. :)

Big Brookie feeding herself

Celebrating Tyler's birthday with busy day pie. Yum!

Playing in the water at Silver Falls

Cole in the water at Silver Falls, rearranging the river bottom.

Brookie has turned into quite the kitchen helper. She loves to help cook, play with any kitchen item available or empty the dishwasher (clean or dirty). Here she is making cookies. She's pretty good too!