halloween

mary lou and annie!!!

first trick-or-treat in tomahawk bluff...

adelyn's trunk-or-treat at preschool...

our trunk....

adelyn's class...

going through her loot....

halloween party with our friends!!!

carving pumpkins...

they drew their own faces this year...

elena's....

she named it "sad"....you're thinking "huh?"  no worries.  we thought the same.

adelyn's...

elena's school halloween parade...

reading her new halloween book from her teacher with her new witch finger...

trick-or-treat to family....nana and papa....

great grandpa john and great grandma lorraine...

great grandpa john and great grandma betty...

great grandpa bud and great grandma lil...

grandma...

great nona...

trick-or-teating with friends...

the farthest we ever went - about 4-5 blocks this year...

the after party...


mary lou and little orphan annie....

"Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night." ~Steve Almond

starved rock

we took our usual fall hike out at starved rock to see the giant leaves and pretty fall colors...



















e got a phone call on daddy's phone while we were hiking...no joke. this is a true reaction. kinda speechless? we were too.

miss cool...







"How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days." ~John Burroughs

fall happenings....

(i will be fast forwarding through a lot of the last 10 months to play catch up! :()

after we settled down from our amazing trip to disney, we celebrated miss adelyn turning 3 1/2!!

to be 3 1/2....

the circus came to town...always an interesting atmosphere! entertaining in several ways!

when the weather turns, we head to indoor places we can play.  one of the girls' favorites is "open gym" at their gymnastics gym. it is usually their pick for what they're earning on their behavior charts.

some autumn crafts...

some movie nights, of course....in cozy pj's

snuggle time during the day too...

trying new pinterest snacks....this one is grapes rolled in jello powder and frozen.  made for a sweet treat.

ad and i visiting daddy at work real quick...

hard work on a new patio...

that's j in there. ;)

the patio to open up the yard a bit more...

bloody noses from the dry dry weather. :(

messy eating....

more pizza and movie nights...

a date night....

our baby cousin's first birthday!!!

safe to say sienna liked the cake....she's definitely related!

and the start of wrestling meets...watching uncle eric and uncle t-bone's team...

"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter." ~Carol Bishop Hipps