First Ever Pumpkin Carving Experience

The kids and I have never carved a jack-o-lantern EVER!  Crazy huh?  My family are not Halloween fans at all so growing up we were never allowed to do anything associated with it.  My brother and I were not allowed to trick-or-treat, but some years we did it sneakingly...telling our parents we were just going to a friends house LOL.... I think my parents know that by now.  If they didn't, they do now :P

Honestly....after watching Hugo dig out pumpkin guts, I don't think i'm missing out on anything big haha.  But it was really fun to see the kids faces...especially when we lit up the candle.

We browsed the internet and let the kids choose the pattern.  Christopher wanted a scary face and Hannah wanted Mickey Mouse. Thank you to our friend Payten for the pumpkins.  She invited us to her birthday party at Country Critters and these pumpkins were party favors along with a bucket full of yummy goodies :)

Now on a way different subject....
This past weekend Christopher's school had their annual Fall Festival. My friend Michelle convinced me I should do a vendor table and advertise my photography.  I decided to give it a try...and here is some pics of my table.  It was kinda a last minute setup :)

Yay to a 4 day weekend !!!

We're kickin' off this 4 day weekend right :)  It's gonna be a fun-busy weekend with 2 birthday parties and we're starting it off with a bang.  We had time to kill before Christopher had to go to his Tae Kwondo class and Hannah suggested we baked some brownies....so we did.  They were having so much mixing the batter that I had to grab my camera and take a few shots of them.  I just love everyday shots like these :)






I bought this solely for the 2 box top LOL, but it turned out to be one of the best store-box brownies I've ever had.  Betty Crocker is da' bomb :)  Seriously, we devoured that thing in minutes!

While Papa took Christopher to Tae Kwondo... Hannah and I hung out in the backyard, just enjoying the breeze.  I can watch this girl play out there forever....I just wish our backyard was a lil' more prettier and greener :)

The chocolate face witch-princess.

Pumpkin Patch Playdate

Windy, bright, sunny, pumpkins, and fun.  Those are the words that best describe today's playdate with our mom's group at St John's Church pumpkin patch.  They had story time for the kids and a goodie bag with their very own pumpkin to take home :)











Hannah with her buddy Cayden :)





I just love love love this girl <3