Pumpkin Carving

We were pretty late with carving our pumpkin this year (and probably last year too if I remember correctly). So two days before Halloween it became a "now or never." I am so glad we squeezed this time in. The memories (and roasted pumpkin seeds) were so worth it.

I love catching moments like this. Eli is a great big brother. He has such a tender heart for all of his siblings. I think he was giving Isaac a pep talk about how fun it is to carve pumpkins. :)

Fall Fun

An arctic blast is headed our way so I suppose I should catch up on our Fall happenings before it is snowing! When the chilly days start creeping in I am reminded to enjoy the time outside because it will be coming to an end all too soon. We have enjoyed raking the leaves and a few last family walks before we will be home bound for the winter. The low temperatures are predicted to be in the 20s by Wednesday!

A brief recap...we took a trip to the apple orchard the end of September before all the apples were gone. Tanner's Orchard is super fun if you are ever in the central Illinois area in late summer/fall. There is so much to do! The kids enjoy playing on the playgrounds, racing the cars on the dirt track, taking a ride on the wagon, picking apples, and of course eating a snow cone and popcorn. It is a guaranteed great family day.

Hailey's 4th Birthday

We celebrated Hailey's fourth birthday last weekend with a Frozen/bowling party. She had so much fun! I loved seeing how excited she was about her birthday this year. She is a little introverted so it takes her awhile to warm up to strangers. However, she was declaring loud and proud everywhere we went that it was her birthday. The check-out ladies at Target and Kroger all knew Hailey had a party coming up. :) It makes the effort of planning a party so worth it to see how special it can make a child feel. They really are such precious treasures to us! Here are some favorite pictures from her big day.

Harvest Time

We just harvested our last broccoli offshoots yesterday so I thought I should put up some pictures of our garden this year. Now I have to figure out what to do with all these green tomatoes??