Happy Fall!

Have I mentioned the new member of our family, Luna?  The kids finally convinced us to allow them to have a pet.  She joined our family Labor Day weekend.

The boys decorated this cake for their school cake walk.

Craven Farms Pumkin Patch and Corn Maze

Craven Farms - pumpkin launch - Jessie trying to make hers go really far!

The corn maze was Alice in Wonderland themed.

 Pumpkin Carving for Family Home Evening the Monday before Halloween... Josh wearing his shirt that we stenciled using the butcher paper method (thanks for telling me how, Amy!), we thought it turned out great!

 The Friday night before Halloween, Jessie went to a party at her friend's house, so the three younger kids and I decorated Halloween sugar cookies.  Here are their creations.

 Abby loved using the mini chocolate chips.  She carefully placed each chip in its place on each cookie.  It took her a lot longer than the boys, but her creations turned out great!

 Saturday night, I took the three younger kids to a friend's house for a party.

 During the party, we left to go to the church for it's Trunk - or - Treat.  Mike and Jessie stayed at the van to hand out the candy.  They had Thriller and Monster Mash playing in the back ground. 

 After the Trunk - or - Treat we went Trick - or - Treating at Nana's house and got a photo of all four of the kids together.  If you can't tell, Josh is an Army guy, Abby is Cinderella, Jessie is Superman/Clark Kent (we also stenciled Jessie's Superman logo on her shirt...), and Ben was Luther (from Zeke and Luther on DisneyXD).  Then, the boys and I went back to the party and Mike and the girls went home.

 Abby made this Heart mask that she proudly modeled for me.

 Yesterday was sunny and in the low 70's.  Such a beautiful day in the Northwest.  So what do you do on a sunny fall afternoon?  Rake leaves and play in them, of course!