Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving with both families in Idaho! By the time we actually got on the road to go, I think we were all pretty exhausted and looking forward to having a few days of relaxing, good food, and family!

We boarded Charlie while we were gone, and it was fun watching him on the video camera to see what he was up to!

Ice cream at Reed's Dairy with my side of the family

And then ice cream at our brother-in-law's pharmacy the next day with the Rickses! They redid their soda fountain and it is so much fun!

Marching on to Davis's birthday and Christmas!

Halloween

Another Halloween come and gone and it was a good one! 

2018's pumpkins:

I dressed up as "Deb" from Napoleon Dynamite for Halloween bunco this year. I taught myself how to make boondoggle keychains on our drive to California to help complete the outfit! 

I also dressed up in Jackson's old Whoopie Cushion costume Halloween morning for a run with my running friends! :)

Halloween parade at school!

This year's costumes:

Napoleon Dynamite

Santa

Storm trooper

And Minnie Mouse

Charlie was even festive as a Beanie Baby

If you opened his tag it even had his name inside. :)

We did our annual chili dinner with some friends before trick-or-treating. The kids had a great time going around the neighborhood and they got a TON of candy (to add to the already ridiculous amounts they got trick-or-treating in Disneyland).

I loved walking around with the little kids and ran into Jackson and Bode with their friends as we were going around. I am so glad to live in such a fun neighborhood where my kids have lots of friends around!

All the fall things!

We took advantage of a beautiful fall! We took the kids apple picking for family home evening one night at an orchard in Alpine where we like to stop and buy fresh pressed cider every year. This year they opened up a u-pick and we loved it! It was a really beautiful night and the orchard was so pretty. We picked honey crisp apples and the trees were loaded.

Since our pumpkins didn't fare so well this year (again) we are lucky to have a pumpkin patch on the farm behind our house! The kids each picked out a pumpkin for carving and they had a petting zoo, slide, pony rides, etc.

I joined my sister and her kids for an outing to Cornbelly's one afternoon. It was crowded and I always feel a little frazzled going, but it ended up being a good time and the kids had fun. 

Finally, I am loving how fast our autumn blaze maples are growing in the back yard. When the sunset light hits them they are so beautiful!