Adventures in Pumpkin Carving

Carving four pumpkins can get very time consuming and a tad dangerous. I broke down and bought one of those pumpkin carving kits in order to be safer while carving. However, Richard broke one of the knives in the first pumpkin he started. So he tried to make it work and ended up cutting himself. So that was the end of that knife. I really didn't want to use a big butcher knife, but that is exactly what ended up happening. I got cut with a knife, but did not bleed. So we all ended up keeping all of our fingers. I thought that worked out well! =) Jacob has a bat on his pumpkin, Aaron has a vampire, Alyssa's says "boo" and is supposed to look like a mummy, and Rebekah made a kind of Animae character. Oh, Aaron also has a white pumpkin that is "captain underpants". It is from school for his book report. I thought that they all turned out really well. I will be taking more pictures of the kids in their costumes. Enjoy your day everyone!

My 33rd Birthday

Today is my birthday!! Richard got me the best birthday present. He got me and him tickets to "Wicked" on Halloween! For those of you who don't know, this is a musical that is about the witches from Oz before Dorothy. It is going to be so much fun. So now I think that I need to get a new outfit too! =) We will go in the afternoon and then be back so that we can take the kids trick or treating. Also today for my birthday we are going to go out to eat. I am not sure where we are going yet. I also had to throw a picture in of my diploma from graduating college. I just got it in the mail yesterday. Have a wonderful day!

Chestnut

Yep, we got a new baby. His name is Chestnut and he is 7 weeks old. He is so fun. He is not to impressed with Jasmine, but he tolerates her. Chestnut loves people and is always wanting to be by us. Of course it is not so fun when it is the middle of the night and he wakes us up by playing with our hair! =) However, he is potty trained so we don't have to worry about that issue. He is so precious.

Fall Festival

Saturday was Fall Festival in Goddard. Which means that there is a parade and little booths that you can go and buy stuff at. Leslie came with me and her son Jerod and daughter Megan. Then we also had another of Rebekah's friend go, Emily. Leann and Ryan also came with the kids. I think that we had a perfect spot this year because we got a ton of candy and there were not too many people who were around us. The kids had a great time. Then afterward the kids played a few games. Alyssa and Aaron got some awesome baloon things made for them. Of course Jacob was pouting becaue he wouldn't stay in line so I made him go in the back of Aaron. That just made it worse so he pouted some more and wouldn't stay in line. So then he was upset we were leaving and he didn't get a balloon. However, everything before then was going very well. I bought some strawberry jalepeno jelly!! MMMMMMMM! It is so good and spicy!! The boys rode on this little train that went around a few blocks of Goddard. I saw quite a few people there that I knew. Richard was not able to go because he had too much homework. Devin was gone at a NASCAR thing. So Ryan was the only husband that went. Poor Ryan! Hope your weekend was as fun.

Jacob's 7th Birthday

Jacob's 7th birthday was this past Wednesday. So instead of trying to do something for him on his birthday, we had a birthday party for him on Saturday. He had so much fun. It was the first time that he ever had a birthday party. We had cake, ice cream, presents, and.....a pinata!! It was fun. He had friends over from church. Quentin and his brother Gabe, Jerod (Leslie, Devin, and Megan came too), and the cousins Isabelle, Gideon, and Sydney (Leann stayed for the party too, who can pass up cake and ice cream? YUM!).Mostly there was a lot of running around and screaming for joy. Here are a few pictures so you can enjoy it too!

Quick Visit

Mom and Dad came down last weekend just because they wanted to. It had been a while since we had seen them. Mom and Dad pretty much just went with us to all of our appointments. Mom came with me to Alyssa's first trombone lesson at Senseny Music. Alyssa complained that she was bored, but when they learned "Hot Cross Buns" she was on cloud 9. Isabelle ended up getting sick so Mom and Dad were over here most of the time. Poor Isa! Anyway, here is a montage of our weekend.

Trombone

Alyssa has started playing in the band this year. She wanted to play the trombone. She is the only one in the 5th grade that plays the trombone. She loves it and is really quite good at it. It was funny because when we first opened the case we couldn't figure out how to put it together. I didn't even know where the mouth piece was until Richard found a compartment for it. Despite my incompetence, my daughter is succeeding. Here are a few pictures of her practicing. Enjoy!