Some photos from Halloween.

This year we had a death warrior (?), a fairy and Black Panther, of course. The kids had their annual dry ice bath (which can't be good for them but is so much fun - thanks Jeff!) and trick or treat with cake for Josh's birthday. 

Fall Day, 2018!

Twas annual Family Fall Day so we put on our brave faces and fourteen layers of clothing and headed to the pumpkin patch. We never time this right so we are always either sweating or freezing when we do this each year. 2018 proved to be the latter. That was the coldest hay ride of my life. 

Hot cider and motivational speeches got us through. "We're having so much FUN, right guys?!"

 these folks are troop-ers.

Then it was home for mulled cider, homemade donuts and pumpkin carving. (Or painting if you're Ever). Oren managed to get three adults to carve his pumpkins for him and Marisa slayed hers as always. We ended the day with bowls of chicken noodle soup and "it's the great pumpkin, Charlie Brown" so I'd call that a success all in all.

 Happy fall, y'all!

First Day(s) of School 2018

I just wanted to throw up pictures of the kiddos on their first days of school to have here for memory's sake. The boys started the same day at their school in 2nd and 4th grades (this is Wes's last year in elementary school!!!) and Ever started her first year of pre-school just a few days later. She could not have been any more ready and excited. So proud of these three.

A Fairy Festival

We had the very best time at Heritage Farms for their fairy festival today! This is the farm we go to for pumpkin picking every year and when we heard they were doing this we knew we couldn't miss it. The kids loved the activities; even the boys who I thought might be a bit too old to have fun. But they built awesome fairy houses in the fields and made fairy crowns with the best of them. They had a station where you were given your fairy name and clan, our kiddos were Granite, Smoke and Harvest respectively. There was a fairy circle for dancing with gauzy scarves to flute music, a fairy parade and fairy gardens to decorate and take home. There was henna and face painting and a bubble fairy who blew bubbles using only her hands. It was so SO magical! If your from the area and have a chance to go, I can't recommend it enough! Some photos from our day below...