Family Pictures

At the beginning of October, our great friend Amy, took some family pictures of us in the beautiful autumn colors. I was trying to save them for our Christmas card - but they are just too cute. I'll save the family one for the card...
Thanks sooooooooo much Amy, you are so awesome and not to mention talented.

 

 

 

Cosmic Date!

A couple of weeks ago, Rob planned a date for us to go Cosmic mini-golfing - it was so fun! Sophie came along for the fun (mostly because she's still too young to leave with a sitter).

 

I didn't fare so hot - Rob is a much better golfer...

 

Sophie made a new friend...

 

And then she hid under her blanket and slept... Ahhh overstimulation!

 

Finally... Halloween

So it was the night before Halloween and all through the house,
not a pumpkin was carved, not even one!
So we busted out our potato head faces and finished the job - lickety split!
The kids enjoyed this, I think, even more than carving!

 

Make a face like your pumpkin...

 

And finally Halloween was here!! This is the kids getting ready to hit the doors... (by the way, it was 70 degrees on Halloween - Wahoo!!)

 

Sophie for McCain!

Rob somehow ended up with some tickets to a McCain rally that was here in Denver a couple of weeks ago. So we took Sophie to her first political event - she was so pumped...

 

 

It was actually pretty lame - a short speech and a bunch of fanatic supporters... But, John Elway was there (that was probably the real reason Rob wanted to go):)

Thanks Nona!

Ana's Grandma "Nona" sent her the cutest ballet bag to carry her ballet shoes in. Needless to say, it goes everywhere with her...

Chubby Alert!

We've discovered that Sophie will sit in her Bumbo... if you take all her clothes off - I guess they're just too bulky. Little Stinker...

Pumpkin Heaven

We went back to the same pumpkin patch again this year. This time, Sophie got in on the action...

 

Hayden had a hard time choosing a pumpkin, who can blame him with all of those colors to choose from...

 

Climbing Mt. Pumpkin...

 

Good thing they had hay bales to rest on after all that climbing...

 

Dancing with Daddy...

First Daddy-Daugher dance. Rob loves to listen to Bob Marley and get the kids dancing in the kitchen...

Indian Summer

October was the best month for weather! With most days averaging in the 60's and 70's, we had a wonderful time holding on to summertime activities.

 

 

Whose "Baby Legs"?

One of my friends showed me how to make those super cute tights for baby girls called "Baby Legs" out of tube socks - so a couple of us had a crafty day and made some for our girls. Can you guess which one is Sophie?

 

Halloween time...

With only two more weeks till Halloween, we decided to get down and dirty for FHE this week, so that we could do all of the fun things we've been planning before it's too late. So we busted out the giant spider decoration and Rob and Hayden were in charge of hanging it up - didn't they do a great job?!

Ana and I got out the haunted gingerbread house kit that I had been saving since last Halloween (that's a good way to keep the kids from eating the candy - save it for a year and then it's all hard and not good to eat!) It took alot lot longer than i anticipated because you have to let the frosting harden between each step. Ana was so patient - poor girl, all she wanted to do is put some candy on the darn thing...

Finally, she got to decorate the house...

Hayden stopped in for some of the action - namely the end...

The final product was great!

Pumpkin Festival...

Last Saturday we went on a family date to the Pumpkin Festival in a near by city. Even though it was pretty cold - it was so much fun! So here's how it went down:
We played in the Corn Box...

Made Pumpkin Heads... (Ana wasn't too fond of it messing up her hair)

And Monster Hands...

Ran an obstacle course...


Rocked out on air guitar...

Mastered the maze...


Got up close and personal with Skeletor...

And for the culminating event we watched crazy people, who spent hours and hours and I'm sure tons of money building pumpkin lauchers, in the annual Jack-O-Launch competition. These machines were outrageous and they launched the pumpkins hundreds and hundreds of yards - it was hilarious to watch as the crowd roared each time one went soaring. I wish I could have gotten a picture of one flying, but they were way too fast.

"Whoa, did you see that, Mom?"

And Sophie was such a champ through it all - even when she was being attacked by pumpkinhead monsters...


All in all - a great family date!

Apples and Jam...

OK, so I absolutely love it that Ana loves to help me cook. It doesn't matter what it is, she's there to help. I also absolutely love the produce that you can get in the fall. So we've spent quite a bit of time making apple pie filling and canning it, making and freezing strawberry jam, and freezing peaches - and Ana and Sophie were in it with me for the long haul, they are such troopers!