Snow Day In Oregon

Yesterday, we woke up to SNOW in Oregon!!! Not that much, but enough for school to be cancelled. (These Oregonians would never cut it in Utah!) The kids were outside by 8 AM stomping around in their rain boots. It was the best we could do. Mark came home at lunch time and helped the kids build a snowman!!! My friend, Jamie, gave us a snowman kit years ago and this was the first time we've been able to use it! "Frosty," as we named him, turned out pretty cute. He just needs a hat! Macy asked why we skipped Thanksgiving and went right to Christmas? She thought it only snowed at Christmas time. I wouldn't mind it if stuck around until then! It definitely has put us in the mood!

Look at those rosy cheeks!

Stomping around!

Nicholas did not like the snow sticking to his gloves.

Our snow gear!

Halloween Night 2010

The kids all dressed up on Halloween. Notice Macy's leg....so girlie! :-)

Karlee was a "Pink Princess" and wouldn't consider anything else.

Macy was Merliah from the Barbie & a Mermaid Tale movie.

Nicholas was a "doggy" & a cute one at that!

We had a little get together for dinner before heading out for some lite trick-or-treating. The spread was delicious including some fun halloween treats and of course the chili! It turned out to be such a nice evening. We went through over 150 pieces of candy and had to turn off the porch light! Even then, the trick-or-treaters were STILL ringing the door bell! Our neighborhood is awesome to trick-or-treat in! I don't know how else to describe it other than "magical" with all the lights, the haunted house on the corner and cute goblins running around! I think Halloween is becoming my favorite holiday!

The Halloween spread!

Nicholas laying out his candy so he can count it all! He scored! When the kids score...Mom scores too!

Trunk-or-Treating

Saturday night was our ward's Trunk-or-Treat in the church parking lot! It was awesome! The kids got LOADS of candy & fast. Afterward, they had a carnival inside put on by the young men & young women groups. The kids loved it! There was a bean bag toss, musical chairs, a fishing pond, face painting, a witch's hat toss, a donut eating contest and even a haunted maze (which Mark's group was in charge of). It turned out pretty scary!

Here is Macy playing musical chairs. She made it into the top 3 but dropped out because it came down to her and the big kids and she just got scared. I was so proud of her though!

Karlee and Nicholas getting their faces painted. A rainbow for Karlee and a paw print for Nicholas.

A family in our ward just had boy/girl twins (#6 and #7). Isn't this the cutest thing you've EVER seen? The grandmother made these outfits! I was dying over them!

Pumpkin Carving

Friday was a gorgeous day to get out and carve pumpkins. The kids were in to it for about 5 minutes so Mark and I got to spend some quality time together finishing them up. Our pumpkins turned out pretty cute thanks to the Perfect Pumpkin tool kit! They make it so easy these days!

Karlee wearing her princess dress which she has been wearing EVERYDAY for the past 2 months. Luckily it was still in one piece for Halloween night!

Our pumpkins all a glow!

Pumpkin Patch Time!

We made our way up Hwy 99 to the Airlie Hills Harvest Festival & Pumpkin Patch today. It was a gorgeous Friday afternoon and I have to say, this farm was AWESOME!!! The BEST pumpkin patch we've ever been too! It was in such a beautiful setting and there was so much to do. There was a hay maze, trike racing, a corn maze, a wheat box, farm animals, a fun tractor ride, GIANT pumpkins and the coolest thing ever...a huge tube slide that the kids could not get enough of (and the parents ;-)). I think we spent a good 3 hours at the farm. We can't wait until next year...and might even sneak back next week.

Mark in on the action! Giant tube slides are for grown-ups too!

Adorable!

Tractor ride out to pick our pumpkins.

Someone else on our tractor ride found these pumpkins! I was so jealous! Aren't they beautiful?

Looking for that perfect pumpkin.

We could not get the kids out of the wheat box. This was the only place Karlee wanted to be.

Wheat everywhere!

One bumpy potato sack ride!

Such a beautiful baby calf!

One crazy looking turkey!

Some of my favorite shots!

"Look, Mom. It's as big as me."

Countdown to Halloween

I got together with some cute ladies and made these darling advent calendars for Halloween. Is it bad that we've already eaten all the candy? We couldn't resist! Ha!

Fall Soccer

This is Macy's first year playing AYSO soccer. Her team is the Llamas & Mark is the head coach (thanks to his sweet wife who so willing volunteered him)! He's been doing an awesome job and has been taking his coaching job pretty seriously, designing drills and honing in on his key players. Macy hasn't been loving it! Two out of the four games, it has poured rain. Maybe when she scores her first goal, she'll catch the bug. If not....maybe softball?!?!?