Festivities...

 The week before Halloween Emily and I attended the Dia de los Muertos event at her school...

 The following weekend Auntie Jenny and Baby Olivia came up to visit...

 Even though it was raining we headed to the pumpkin patch to get a few pumpkins to carve...

Pumpkin carving time was a little crazy with Charlie and Olivia running around but in the end we ended up with a good size bowl of pumpkin seeds and some fabulous pumpkins carved with specific orders...

 Jack wanted a choo-choo train...

 Emily requested an owl...

 

I thought this looked like something Charlie would like...

 ...and the WSU pumpkin for daddy...

 By the time Bryan got home from class we were all tuckered out and cuddled up at Grandma's house...

 Auntie Jenny found this pumpkin for Uncle Mike and I did a little decorating to make it just right...

more OCOTBERRRRRRR camping...

 

Our second camping trip in October turned out to be a chilly one!  We arrived late in the evening and Bryan literally set up camp in the pitch black and rain.  The next morning the rain finally ceased just long enough for me me to get a quick picture of our spot...

Our first visitors came out bright and early bearing lots of FUN gifts for the kids (and Bryan)...

We bundled up and took a walk down to the beach...

The kids found a fort built on the beach and were immediately captivated...

Eventually we got cold enough to decide that we needed some trailer time to defrost parts of our bodies.  We made some "indoor smores" to snack on...

Then entertained ourselves with CRAFT TIME while Daddy did homework in the other room...

Thankfully the kids packed LOTS of toys for the weekend, keeping them well entertained indoors...

Naked with a iPad, just the way he likes it!

The next day we headed into LaConner and visited the LaConner Historical Museum for the day.  They were having apple cider pressing event for kids and had lots of fun activities ready to go for the kids...

Back at camp we roasted marshmallows and ate smores a little early while the rain was away...

The boys don't really like smores so I tried enticing them by slathering one side with peanut butter...

Popcorn balls, hot chocolate loaded with mini marshmallows and peanut butter smores...our tummies were FULL!

LOVE these babies and LOVE the memories we are creating with them....