Thanksgiving

We had a nice quiet Thanksgiving with my parents.  Mom prepared most of the food and we had a great feast.  The boys had fun with Nana and Papa!  These are the only pictures I have from the day, how sad!

Mom and I

 Chase waiting patiently for dinner

Behind

Wow, I'm just so behind this year and I don't know how to keep up!  We had a fun fall.  One night after work I took the boys to the MN Arboretum to see the Halloween/Fall decorations they had out.  It was beautiful and we had so much fun running outside and exploring.

Scarecrows decorated the Arboretum and Chase liked this banjo player.  They also had every kind of pumpkin/gourd known to man.  Some were a little creepy looking.

The fall color was beautiful!

We loved this funny looking woman!

We loved this huge owl too and the huge pumpkin Chase is climbing on.

Chase jumped up and down trying to get the leaves off the tree.

Jump boys jump!

Check out this huge scarecrow!

The boys threw some rocks into the pond

This picture is from the Pumpkin Patch.  We explored there one day and had some fun.  Chase peeks through the hole

Owen peeks too

Halloween and All the Festivities

We've had a fun Halloween season and were a bit sad to see it go.  We went to our friends, the Hanson's for a pumpkin carving, pizza making, cookie making party and boy was it fun!  The boys had a great time decorating their pizzas! 

 Chase and Jeff get the pizza ready.

 Chase, Jeff and Brian

 Susie, Brage and Emma

 Owen saying, "Ewww!" as he takes the top off his pumpkin

 Chase doing the same!

 Mommy and Chase working together to carve his pumpkin.

 Owen's self designed pumpkin!  Isn't it cute?!

 Jeff working on a special pumpkin

 Chase and his specially designed pumpkin!

 Emma eating her decorated cookie

 Owen's cookie

 Chase's cookie

The kids, Owen, Emma, Miles and Chase with their finished pumpkins!

Our church has a wonderful event called "Trunk n Treat". We went for the first time this year and had a blast.  It was so fun to play games, win prizes, see friends, laugh, worship God and then go outside and trick or treat out of people's trunks.  

 Chase the Spider Man!

 Owen my little dinosaur

 Waiting for a face tatoo

 Owen playing the Cake Walk game

Finally . . . Halloween night!  The boys were so excited.  Dinner came very quickly and I always forget it's a bit of a rush.  They easily got into costume and giggled with excitement.

 My little Owen Spider Man and Chase Bat Man

 Tough guys!

 This was how Owen wore his mask-I don't blame him, I wouldn't want that cloth over my face either!

 Boo!

 Heading out with Daddy, saying, "let's go to that house!"

 Run run!

 At the door

 Looking in the windows to see if anyone is coming.

 Examining the loot

 Nana Sandy has been here for 4 out of 5 Halloweens!  We were glad she could join us.

After examining candy they both held the big bowl for the kids who came by.  I told them to tell the kids, "Take one piece."  So when the first kid came, Owen says in a really deep voice, "ONE".  I had to laugh.  From there on out Chase took over saying, "Just take one," in this little sing song voice.  It was so funny!  They got high fives from the big kids who called them Spidey and Bat Man.  The boys had a blast!  When a friend came by, Chase peeked under the mask and said, "Is that you Jayden under there?"