Our pumpkin creations!

We carved pumpkins for FHE and this year decided to do more traditional pumpkins!  The kids LOVE this tradition and the best part was... all the pumpkins we carved were from our own garden!

Working on Violet's pumpkin!

James working on Pressy-boy's!

Violet and her witch pumpkin!

Pressy and his 'spider man' pumpkin!

Dorothy and her kitty pumpkin!

Eating the BEST part... the SEEDS!!!

Dorothy wants the whole bowl to herself!

The finished product!

Out on the doorstep, ready for trick-or-treaters!!!

Gardner Village!

The kids did not have school on Friday so Allison and I decided to take the kids to Gardner Village.  It was all decked out for Halloween with witches and is such a darling place to visit this time of year!

The crazies!

This reminds me of "da da da da da da" from the Wizard of Oz!

The kids and I

The spinning witches!

Watching the ducks!

It is such a darling little place to visit, but next time I want to go sans kids!

Fear Factor!

We had a family party the other night and played fear factor!  It was so much CRAZY fun!!!

This was what we had for dinner!

Kyra and Violet eating "Cow tongues!"

Jello- with 'maggots and flies'

Jon eating a piece of 'Cocoa's poop!'

Bobbing for turds anyone???

Taking the rats out of the 'brains!'

These were the HIT of the party!!!

We each had to eat a bite of 'cat food!'

Evan eating an anchovy and chasing it with a disgusting drink!

Violet LOVED the 'poopie diapers!'

Get a few pennies out of this jar....

The kids thought this was sooooo cool!!!

Pumpkin Patch!

Preston's preschool had a field trip to the pumpkin patch, it was fun and the weather was PERFECT!!!

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On the hay ride to the pumpkin patch!

Three little pumpkins!

Preston's pre-school class!

The kids and I!

Violet running through the maze!

Picking out a pumpkin!

Riding back with their pumpkins!

Halloween-Jammies!!

You know I LOVE Halloween jammies and this year is no exception!  I know the time will (soon) come when I Dorothy won't go for this so, I am enjoying this year!!

Three little monkeys!

Three little monkey's jumping on the bed...

They are sooooo cute!

I never ever want them to grow up!!!

Cornbelly's here we come!

During the kids fall break we headed up to Cornbelly's for some fun!!  There were so many fun things to do and the kids played hard for 4 hours!!!

The kids jumping on the 'jumping pillow's'!

Panning for gold!

Riding in the 'cow ride!'

Preston (who was obsessed) in the tractor!

Violet LOVED the kettle corn!

We are lost in the maze!!

Playing in the 'room of corn'!  The kids LOVED this room!

Waiting outside of the haunted house!

The huge 'haunted' monster that Preston was terrified of!!