Fall Fun

I just love the fall season...soccer Saturdays, pumpkin patches, fall festivals and pumpkin carving...plus weather that is so beautiful that we can be outside without melting! 

While Doug and I were in DC for a work event, Nene took the kids to the pumpkin patch.  As always they loved it and managed to find a few odd pieces to bring home!

We had lots of fun carving pumpkins too. They loved pulling the guts out of the pumpkin although Marlie kept complaining about the smell!!

We tried harder patterns this year.  Mom & Dad had to help some but the kids did a lot of it on their own.  It will be fun to keep this tradition up and see if we can do better each year!  I'm not sure...it looks like Matt is pumpkin stabbing, not pumpkin carving!!!

Both pumpkins turned out really cute and the kids were very excited!! Marlie hasn't wanted anything to do with anything scary this Halloween but wanted to take a scary picture with her cute pumpkin???



Matt has been all about "scary" this Halloween.  So he and Dad went to the store and bought a giant Grim Reaper blowup for the yard.  The boys put it up and Matt had Marlie close her eyes and he walked her right in front of it.  It was so cute watching it all take place.  Marlie screamed when she opened her eyes and then they had fun taking silly pictures in front of it! These moments are what I live for!! 

And so many wonderful Moms from our school put on the best school County Fair ever!!! We only had about an hour or so before soccer Saturday started but we managed to take some pics with a few special people...Mrs. Gommels our favorite 2nd grade teacher...

and Coach A...our PE Coach, but more so an amazing role model for the kids here at Fall Creek Elementary.   

The kids got to climb the rock wall and do flips on this cool bouncy thing.  I wanted to try it but 1)thought it would be weird to be the only adult trying it and 2) I'm sure I would have hurt something. 

I hope everyone is having a great fall and enjoying the season with their families!