October

AGH!! Blogger has totally changed things on here! Forgive me for still trying to figure it out, like how to flip the pictures?  Anyway, fall is so awesome.  I love it.  Weeks and weeks ago, Kaleb helped me pull out tomatoes
 We got to can lots of salsa with the tomatoes. That's about all I canned this year and I'm okay with that.
Our garden was fun this year.  Lots of peas, beans, zucchini, tomatoes, arugula, romaine, and carrots. 


I can't claim any credit, Braydan did most of it :-)
Kaleb is so funny with all his weird projects.  This interesting contraption is a beehive.  
He was so excited for Halloween decorations.  When he saw Amber collecting twigs for a witch broom, he was on board with that project.  He spent hours decorating his broom with cobwebs, spiders, and leaves.  He hung up bats and taped rats to the window.  You have to be brave to come to our house.

A few weeks back, we went to the pumpkin patch.  Kaleb was beyond excited.  He remembered everything from last year and knew exactly what he wanted to see again.  We all picked out the biggest, coolest pumpkins, but then put them back (except one) when we saw the price.  I was happy with a smaller pumpkin after that :)

I guess this post is mostly about Kaleb :-)  He had a rough spell with Kaitlyn for a while --where they fought every time she came over--but now they get a long great!  Yay!  I wonder who compromised?  The picture will give you a clue :-) 

Last Tuesday was the Halloween carnival, but it was also Braydan's birthday so we wondered whether we should go.  We asked the kids, and . . . .well . .. that was a dumb question.  Of course we have to go! 


I told Eliza she could wear this dress (which is too big) only if she held it up and didn't walk on the bottom.  Well she kept her word.  Even with her hands full of candy, she kept that dress up off the ground, sometimes so far as to show her panties. 



Splash

Sea Turtles

These sea turtle aquariums were so amazing! We stayed in this place for a while mesmerized.

Wake-up Call


The guys thought it would be so funny if they put trail mix on my back while I was sleeping. Sure enough, the birds came to check me out.

Feeding Time

These nice people bought some fish and let the kids feed the seals. Kaleb had a fish and was going to throw it when a bird swooped in and snatched it! The people felt bad for him and gave him one more fish to try.

The Boys

The boys having some fun in Gavin and Brody's room.

Waves