Um. . . Where did OCTOBER go?

I can't believe October is over!

So here's a little recap of our OCTOBER FUN!

We met up with friends for our annual

BISHOP'S PUMPKIN PATCH TRIP

Yes moms were present but somehow as we all piled out of cars

the dad's found themselves with all the kids and strollers.

It was heaven for a few minutes.

The afternoon was spent. . .

Riding the train

Feeding the animals at the petting zoo

Jumping on the "Hay Trampoline"

Going down the "Barn Slide"

And

THE HAY RIDE

(it took Kara awhile to get used to the hay)

Here we are in the GIANT PUMPKIN PATCH

This is like the worst picture of my kids - but I love that

NONE of them is looking in the same direction!

But we picked out the PERFECT PUMPKINS

so later we could do some CARVING!

My family always had a tradition that we would carve the

coolest pumpkins

(you know the ones in the pattern books)

Each year we would each pick a pattern before we picked a pumpkin -

because we had to make sure the pumpkin would fit the pattern.

It was a night of precise tracing and cutting until we had the perfectly carved pumpkin.

So Kyle and I have carried on that tradition

UNTIL THIS YEAR.

The boys really wanted to draw their own faces on their pumpkin.

I had to let them.

(even if it was a little reluctantly at first)

I couldn't care that the eyes weren't evenly spaced - 

or that the triangles weren't equal on all sides - 

BUT

my boys were proud of their pumpkins

and that made them

PERFECT PUMPKINS!

All leading up to HALLOWEEN NIGHT!

The VAMPIRES came out to play. . .

GOODBYE OCTOBER!