Halloween

We’ve had a busy week this Halloween week, but we' had a fun time at the Trunk or Treat at church, trick or treating at Shane’s work, carving pumpkins, and finally trick or treating on Halloween.

Wednesday evening was the first chance we had to carve pumpkins.  The kids had fun, and Davis and Landon designed their own.  (Landon’s is a guy hiding behind a bush?)

         

Halloween night couldn’t have been more perfect weather.  It wasn’t very cold at all and the sky was mostly clear.  We went a little bit on our own, and then some with friends too.  Landon was a robot (we made it), Davis was a construction worker, James was Super James (recycled from Super Landon and Super Davis), and Asher was a tiger (donate by Packers).

         

Pumpkin Patch

The last weekend in October, my parents came up to Portland, and the Packers came down from Seattle for the weekend.  We had a bit of a busy day with van shopping for the Packers and two soccer games for us, but we had a great time at the pumpkin patch. 

We had a little time in the afternoon to play in the leaves in our front yard.  The boy started out by trying to make the pile themselves, but then it really got big once Grandpa came out and helped rake them into a pile.  They were pretty excited to go jump in once they got their big pile!

         

We went to our favorite pumpkin patch, Lee Farms.  We missed Jake and Stacey, as they’ve gone with us the last few years when they lived in Ashland.  The kids had fun on the slide, going through the maze, eating donuts, looking at the farm animals, and going on the cow ride.

                        

Utah Trip Part 2

On Friday, Christie had a get-together at her house with Grandma Brewer and as many of her family as could come.  It was so great to see aunts and uncles and cousins that we hadn’t seen in a long time.  The kids had fun meeting their second cousins too!

 

Asher loved John’s beard!

 

We all love Grandma Brewer, and it was so fun to spend some time with her.

 

Saturday, we went bowling at Fat Cats.  The kids always love bowling, and they had a great time together.  Asher even had a fun time hanging out and watching everyone bowl.

     

James always stood like this with his hands behind his back to watch the ball go down the lane.

 

Asher getting some love from Grandma Malan!

     

James and Ames – good buddies!

That evening, Mark and Melanie had us over for dinner and to give us a tour of their new house.  They have an AMAZING backyard.  The kids had fun running around and chasing Shane, playing tag, and playing airplane. 

       

All the cousins: (except for Ewan . . . lots of boys!)

       

The next morning, we stayed for Ewan’s baby blessing before making the trek back home.  It was a nice trip, and we were so glad we could make it out there in the fall.  Can’t wait until our next time!