Pumpkin Carving and apple crisp

We decided to carve our pumpkins while our apple crisp with fresh off the tree apples was cooking. I was very impressed with the kids landon and brooklyn took there insides out all by them selves and carved it all by them selves. David made a darth maull pumpking it looked really really cool all lit up. We have not carved pumpkins for a long time. In hawaii we just painted them. It was a fun night to watch the kids have fun and to top it off with homemade apple crisp. Hello Fall I have missed you the last 8 years.

Nothing like carving pumpkins in pajamas

AHH the good stuff inside

Carving the perfect face

Our perfect pumpkin family

Family fall day

The weather was perfect for our day planned to go to the pumpkin patch. We went to the same farm we went to when we picked berries this summer. Our friends the moores came with us. We went to the pumpkin patch, picked apples, and took a hay ride. This farm is teh greatest find. It is called larrialnd farms. It is about 35 minutes away.

Always has to find the most perfect pumpkin

After we found our pumplins we went over to the apple orchard and started picking. At first we were just going to get a few apples just to eat but they said they had a good kind that is good for baking pies with. So we decided to load up split the cost with our friends so we can make some applesauce and try to make some apple pie filling. The kids thought it was cool to just pick and eat an apple. I think dawson had his share of having more then his share of just trying one like the farm says.

Taking his third or fourth sample

Brooklyn and Hailey

that's alot of apples

After the apples the moores headed home and we decided to take the kids on the hay ride. Itw as a 20 minute hay ride through the forest were they had story book characters all throughout the forest. It was a classic hay ride a big tractor puling you in a big wagon full of hay.

thanks to brooklyn for the picture

such a cute kid

Our reward for all the apples yummy

Fishing Rodeo

The first weekend in ocotber there was an event on base called a fishing rodeo at the lake. We were very excited to take the kids fishing. We didnt catch any fish but we still had fun. They stocked the fish with rainbow trout a few days before. When we got to the lake ther wanst really any good spots and the lake was very mossy. It was such a cold cold day. It was 55 degrees and windy. This was the day me and david realized we have no long sleeve shirts. Needless to say we went to the mall and looked for some warm clothes that night. Despite no fish caught we still had a fun freezing time.

Brooklyn loved the night crawlers

all three fishing