And here's Cole's list. I'm not sure what he was thinking with some of his names. I'm pretty sure he's never met a girl named "Disaku" in his life, but at least he's being creative. And I love his # 4 on the boy list. I guess you can't have too many Coles.
She did a great job in the show. And she was lucky enough to have Grandma there to watch. 
After Friday's show we went to the Haunted Harvest festival where the kids trick or treated and had a ball playing games and looking at all the lights. 
Here's a photo of the school production.
We're so lucky to have such an amazing daughter.
Last Monday the kids had a day off of school, so we headed to the St. George pumpkin patch and corn maze. Perfect weather, perfect company... it doesn't get better than that. 
Luke looking cute before getting all dusty and dirty. 
Fun tire swings hooked to a horse walker. 
And of course the cow train. Luke loved this little ride and boy... the guy drove it fast. 
Aspen, Mia, and Katelyn having a ball.
Cole found a fun tower and of course had to pose for me. 
It took me a good 10 minutes to get Luke down from the tower. He wanted to stay up there all day. 
He got pretty mad at me, and that set the tone for the corn maze. Notice I didn't get any cute pictures of Cole and Mia. I was too busy taking care of my sad little Luke, who trailed behind with his bag of Sun Chips. 
And last but not least, we got to pick out our pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. We ended up with 4 wonderful pumpkins that we can't wait to carve. Thanks Geneva for making all the arrangements for this really fun day. We missed you. 
And this is a common sight. It's really late so she should be asleep, or at least putting away the laundry sitting in the basket, but she's too busy reading to worry much about silly things like that.
Yesterday was the best craft day of all. I met up with some of my dear friends and we made this awesome Halloween Advent Calendar out of paper mache boxes and some scrapbook paper. I'm so in love with it. It was just so fun deciding how to decorate each box. Mia helped me glue the magnets to the back, and I filled each box with candy or small toys. I keep them on the metal board in our mud room and the kids are so excited to open each box to see what's inside. It's always nice to hang out with friends and create something that I know will bring my kids so much joy. You can't beat that!
Cole's first field trip was to the local pumpkin patch. It was the first cool day of fall, so we loved wearing our autumn clothes, including jackets.
Here's the winning pumpkin!
After the kids finished picking their pumpkins, they took a break and enjoyed some yummy apple cider with their friends.
Then they climbed back on the bus and headed back to school, where they watched "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown." Isn't kindergarten FUN?
It took two days, but here's the result after one coat of primer and two coats of paint. The kids love it. Now they have a platform to stand on, before jumping on the couch.
Here's a tip: If you haven't repainted furniture before, make sure you use semi-gloss paint. Once I used Gloss, and it was awful. Shiny but always felt kindof sticky to the touch, and left fingerprints. Stick with the semi-gloss. That's what I used here.
Then we headed to the concert. We loved the special effects. Here Miley is riding a motorcycle over the audience. 
The concert was so much fun. I was singing and dancing as much as the girls were (yup, I'm one of those crazy Moms). Afterwards we went for ice cream! It's so much fun to share these great times with my little Mia. 
I was scared to death that Mia was going to slip on the rocks. 
Our friend Joe was the one to get the kids down. 
Luke was too busy enjoying his bread with jam to look at the camera. 
Back down at the bottom of the trail, we had to get a photo of all the cute and tough kids. 
The countdown....
It was amazing seeing 1200 balloons fly away. The three yellow ones (held by the principal) symbolized a yellow ribbon, to honor our service members. 
