Monday, October 24, 2011

Pumpkin Carving Hysteria!

Saturday night we had a Pumpkin Carving Party and it was a blast! The kids came in costumes, we all ate, drank and had a GREAT time! We were so incredibly lucky as the weather was amazing and almost warm!  We were outside a good portion of the night!

Carter and Orion were both Iron man.  Last year, Carter refused to dress up for trick or treating and he was still able to get candy in his jeans and shirt.  We'll see if he wears his costume this year!
Becky, Mom, Cammie & Alicia.  Becky brought the most awesome dip.  Ever.  I can't wait to have some more!
Kids playing!
It makes me so happy to see lots of kids running around having such a wonderful time!
The Daddy's!
Carter, Daddy & Tanner carving their pumpkins.
Chelsea, Lisa & Makayla with one of their pumpkins!
Cathy's beautiful green masterpiece!
Carving, carving, carving!

Cammie, "Chris in Belly", Chelsea, Chloe & Alicia. 
Hadley and Kristen
Jayden!
Orion and Carter
Hadley and Kristen twirling!
Getting their carving on!
The Bethke Bunch carving up a storm!
Addy and Chad-Cutting the Boo Out!
Jayden with her sunglasses on and Orion!
Too Cute!
Some serious carving!
Taylor and her cheeks!

The cool white snaggle tooth pumpkin!
Chloe, Brennan & Kristen
Brennan, Kristen & Carter playing soccer
Taylor and Dave
Tanner and his pumpkin!
Jayden, Cathy & Green pumpkin
Dave, Taylor, Mom, Jock, & Tyler
The insides! 
 Lisa could have made her magical seeds with this, but sadly Tyler dumped it all in the trash!
Holly, Alicia and Mom. 
As the evening goes on.....moms amazing sangria comes alive!
Cheers!
Mom and Cam
I can only imagine this conversation....Does my blackboard say "I love chicken" yet? And, I haven't even checked the dry erase calendar at this point in the night!
Jock pushing the kiddos on the swings!
Lisa, Dave & Tyler lighting the pumpkins!
The carvers, the kids, and their finished pumpkins!
Brennan and Carter
Fun Kids!
Alicia, Holly, me, Cathy, Becky (with Baby Taylor), Adrienne & Lisa
Dave, Tyler, Chad & Jock

What a fun night!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Pumpkin Patch with Preschool!

Today we went to Linder Farms with the brothers preschool classes.  It was a lot of fun.  I do have to admit that this mornings outing really wore me out.  It was the first time in a long time I felt like I didn't have my act together AT ALL.  I mean, not even a little bit.  It wasn't like my normal crazy, it was hectic crazy.  I'm not sure what happened either.  I was feeling so good this morning, I woke up very very early with Tyler (4 AM) and started getting laundry done, breakfast made, and even had a little time to drink my coffee and watch the Today Show before the kids woke up. But when we got to the Pumpkin Patch it was cold, windy and muddy.  I was lugging Hadley around in the front carrier (which I decided was the last time for that, she's HEAVY!) because it was too muddy for the stroller and also trying to juggle two pumpkins, a camera and keep track of the brothers, I was about ready to explode.  I really couldn't wait to get back in the car, crank the heater and drive home....but, I did have a great time while I was there with the kids!


 Carter, Orion and Tanner waiting for the tractor to come and pick us all up for the hay ride around the farm!

 Playing in the corn pit!

 A self portrait of me and Hadley.  It's a little "off", kind of like my day!
 Inside the corn maze!

 Our muddy hay ride!

A view of  Linder Farms from the hay ride.

 The brothers looking at the horses.

 Carter searching for the perfect pumpkin!

 Tanner finding his perfect pumpkin!
 Mrs. Sale's class-Tanner is in the red vest
 Mrs.Dockweiler's class-Carter is on the end not happy because he's cold.
Hadley got worn out at the Pumpkin Patch too!