Crocktober Fest

 
We had some friends over for a potluck October party today.  We started with carving pumpkins.  Emma had her pumpkin ready.

Olivia had her pumpkin too.

Marcus is ready to carve.

The kids got down and dirty...this is the best part!

They really do enjoy this.

The power tools came out in full force.  Dustin cut all the tops off with a saw!

Kaydin had no problem getting dirty either.

The adults did the carving of course; our kids are all still a little young for that.

Olivia did draw her face on the pumpkin and Daddy carved it out...cute!

While the adults finished carving, the kids decided to play in the leaves.

They raked a big pile...Aubrey, Harlow, Marcus, Kaydin, Cruz, Olivia and Emma are ready to jump in!

And there they go!

Leaves are so fun!

The finished pumpkins. 

We got all the kids to sit in on a picture!
Top row is Olivia (7), Kadyin (6) and Emma (7).
Bottom row is Hunter (3), Aubrey (5), Harlow (4), Easton (1), Cruz (3) and Marcus (5). 
Everyone brought crock pots full of amazing chili, soups, etc.  There was bread and salad and even apples dipped in caramel.  It was the perfect Crocktober Fest! 

EWU

After the birthday party, we headed to Cheney for Homecoming. 

We had tickets to the game.

Marcus got an eagle tattoo.

Emma got a tattoo too.

Olivia wanted to show her spirit with a tattoo on her cheek.

Emma thought the cheek idea was pretty cool.

Marcus went for one on the neck...Go Eags!

We even ran into the mascot.

We walked in and saw "the Inferno".  Such a cool field!

Our seats were on the other side...still pretty cool!

EWU fans at their best!

Super cute.

Olivia ate this whole thing of Nachos by herself!  YUM!

Marcus showed us his quick feet.

We stayed until the 4th quarter and the kids cheered the entire time.  They didn't want to leave...they loved it.  Marcus wants to be a football player and the girls want to be cheerleaders of course...we'll see.  They all said they loved EWU too...I like that idea...close to home :-)

Lexie's Birthday

One of the girls' classmates turned 8 this week and had her birthday party today at the roller rink.  Lexie is the birthday girl (on the left).  Bree is her cousin; she's in third grade but all these girls know each other well.

Marcus got invited too.  He's here with Javin, Lexie's brother.  All the kids go to the after school program together so Marcus got invited to the party too.

Emma did really well...she skated 1/2 the time without the training walkers.

Marcus participated in everything..here he is doing the limbo.

Happy Birthday Lexie!  Thanks for inviting us...so fun!

Pumpkin Patch

We visited the pumpkin patch this morning.  We only went to the one that has the hay maze and cannon that shoots pumpkins into a field.  Makayla and Bella joined us for the fun.

Emma,Olivia, Bella and Makayla...cute.

The kids love to pose for pictures now...I've finally gotten them trained.

Marcus wanted a picture of him in the cannon...cute.

The kids are all lined up to watch the pumpkin fly out of the cannon.

A few of them decided to move a little closer.  Aubrey and Hunter joined us too.

We didn't actually get pumpkins today; we plan on getting some next weekend and having a pumpkin carving party.

Quick family photo before we left for lunch...it was a beautiful day!  Lots of fun as always!

Fishing

Marc took Thursday off and went down to the Hanford Reach to do some fishing.  Look at that monster fish!

The limit was 3...another nice one here.

And another...Marc caught his limit...it was a successful fishing day.  We even had fish for dinner on Thursday night!  Nice job Daddy!