Pumpkins

Josh and I are not great lovers of pumpkin carving. Mine usually turn out looking like modern art and the boys get bored with it pretty quick. This year we found some plastic funny faces that you just put on the pumpkin, a lot like Mr. Potato Head. They were so cute and so cheap that we couldn't pass them up. I made sure to pick out some wart filled pumkins and I let the boys do them tonight. However, the pumpkins were much tougher than we expected, so much to my delight, I got to use the power drill and do some "pre-hole" drilling. The monster faces turned out so CUTE!! I love them and the boys had a great time! And, best of all, NO mess to clean up!

The Witching Season

Today my mom and I took the boys to Gardner Village to see the witches (and of course the bats, mummies, spiders, skeletons, zombies and ghosts). We had so much fun. I am always looking for fun things to do that don't cost much. This was the best price of all, free! Gardner Village has tons of activites and even a dinner you can go to, but we decided just to walk around and enjoy the scenery. I would suggest you go if you can. You can go to Gardner Village's website and print out a "Witch Hunt" aka scavenger hunt too.

We had been there for awhile and needed a little boost to keep us going, so we got churros and hot cocoa. It was delicious!

There were TONS of really fun witch displays. Including this one that was the favorite of my mom and me. We love GREEN!

There were so many cute things there and I wish I could have afforded a lovely witch hat.

The skeleton was covered in glitter, so naturally, I loved it.

Afterwards we went to dinner and it made for a great day. Thanks mom! You're the best!

New Family Pictures

Today we did family pictures. I didn't do many of them when Porter was a baby and last year I decided to make it a tradition to do them every year. I love to see how much they have changed in just a year.

Here is Bryson last autumn.

This year.

Porter last year.

This year.

Fun pictures.

Making Fishy Faces

On another note, I just finished my "early fall" quarter of school. Early fall covers 10 weeks from the last week of July until the end of September. I am SOOOO excited to say that I passed all my classes this quarter. It was really rough and I was REALLY worried about it. Now, I only hve 3 quarters (about 9 mo) until I graduated. I am scheduled to graduate in June 2012. So, unless I fail something (keeping fingers crossed and knocking on wood that I don't) I will be able to take the NCLEX (the nursing examine) next summer and be a nurse. I am counting down the days!