{FaLL fuN...WitH coUsinS}

On Sunday (my bday) we went down to San Diego because Carter was getting the Priesthood at church and we also celebrated mine, Carter's & Maddix's birthdays!

I took this picture over the summer, the last time we went to church with these guys....and we couldn't believe how tall Cooper was.....back then, he had officially passed up 6'3" Jeremiah.....

And this time when we went, it had gotten even worse!!!  Oh my....Jeremiah is shrinking before our eyes!!!!  Crazy!!!

Auntie Cara had some cute Halloween decorations set up that Maddix loved....it was like we were at the Halloween museum or something!  :)

Uncle Joe tortured Maddix with some fake rats.....kind of brought back memories of my childhood when he tortured me....but it was MUCH funnier this time!!!  :)

Cooper was giving Ayden a baseball lesson in the backyard before we ate dinner....

Dinner was Halloween themed....Cara went all out....

This guy joined us for dinner....in his smoky cauldron....

Spaghetti Pie....

Ceaser Salad....

Berry Salad...

Key Lime Tarts for dessert...

Crazies on the trampoline....

Best birthday gift ever....a pic of Jer & I together....which NEVER happens!!!  :)

Grammy gave the kids punpkin buckets with treats inside....

The kids played baseball.....literally until it was dark!!!!  Oh how I wish Ayden had them around all the time to play baseball with!!!!

{FaLL fuN...PuMpkiN pAtcH anD caRvinG PumpKins}

Carving pumpkins was on the to-do list of things we needed to still do....and we were going to do them on Monday night for family night!  But when Grandma Brenda was babysitting on Monday, she bought all the kids pumpkins....and they carved after school!!!  YAY!!  I was glad to be able to check that one off of the to-do list!!!  :)

Deep concentration!!

That pumpkin is bigger than he is....not sure how he is carrying it!!!

Ewwy....gooey!!!!

Grandma Brenda also made us a delicious dinner that night and some homemade apple cinnamon donuts!!!  Mmmm.....they were DELISH!!!!

Little helpers....

Silly Maddix stuck his hand in a bowl of flour...and started making a mess everywhere!!!

On Wednesday, the kids had the day off school for Parent/Teacher conferences.....so we decided to go to the Pumpkin Patch....they had a blast!!