Happy Halloween!

Thought I'd post a few pictures of our pumpkins and costumes though Sierra has yet to try hers on for me to take a picture...

Hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween!

 Our pumpkins this year:

(Mike's which he carved with his dremel tool this year, mine is the house, then Lily's she drew and carved herself, and the little one was drawn by Sierra, carved by her mom)

Pictures from our church party:

 Sierra wouldn't smile for me on the stage, so here she is lassoing a rocking horse :)

 Lily with a couple of her friends showing off their face paint

 Sierra learning the letter C with candy corn earlier this month

Lily wanted in on it as well!

And my cute little spider!

Lily learned a lot about spiders last year in school so maybe that's why she wanted to be one. She was also excited to be the only spider in her school, and have her arms move all together. I need to mend a couple of her strings that broke in school on Friday before trick or treating tonight. 

Hoping it won't be raining at trick or treat time!

I'll add some pictures of a very pink fairy princess too - once she lets me put her whole costume on! 

Happy Halloween!

Flashback

We recently did an accidental remake of one of our favorite photos. 

Almost 4 years between the two. 

Fun photos from September and October

It's been awhile since I really posted a blog. I was looking through my photos from the last couple of months and found some fun ones I just had to share. The world has been feeling so serious lately - thank goodness for kids who keep the silly coming :)

There are several dress up things in here -- Here the girls squeezed into their Dad's shirt and played the two headed monster:

Lily started 3rd grade this year - her first day photos:

Sierra and I have been working on learning her letters at home.

Then some ladies from church got together to do a little preschool once a week too. Here's Sierra's first day of preschool:

...and our cute little group. 

Sierra planted this sunflower in the spring. This is her with it after we removed it from the garden in the fall:

...and with one tiny still live blossom:

...and just being super silly

Sierra looking like a mini teenager

 Lily got her little sister all dressed up like a little Mini-Mike in her Dad's shirt, flannel, shoes, hat and glasses. We were all in hysterics as she made silly faces and pretended to be her dad.

When we went came in to show Mike she put on her imitation dad voice and said: "Hello, son!" Here's Mike & Mini Mike together!

Here's a fancier look for my little lady. Sierra loves to play wedding...

 ...and get her Dad to play the groom.

I tried an updo with Lily's hair one day as she was trying on a new winter dress.
She is so adorable and beautiful and grown up looking in her dress she takes my breath away every time she puts it on :)

  such a cutie!

Sierra at Lily's school carnival with her doggie balloon

Lily did so good at this basketball challenge - another little girl was tugging to make a basket on the other side. (Lily was the bigger of the two)

Here's Sierra posing for me one day - she moves too fast to take a good picture most of the time I thought her little poses were so precious.

 

The girls at the little play cabin at the pumpkin patch we've been going to.

It was so cold already this year we got some pumpkin & huckleberry donuts, picked out some pumpkins and got out of there!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! 

Fall is so pretty and full of fun, but I think it's going to be a hard winter and I'm not ready! 

But I am grateful to have all the blessings we do :)

Labor Day Hike

We got out of the house for lunch and a little family nature exploration this Labor Day. It was our best family hike to date. The girls loved going exploring and collecting sticks - they actually didn't want to leave even to go get icecream!

(...Someone just likes to be silly when we want to take her picture)

Sorry I've not been much of a blogger lately. Got on here to post my pizza recipe for my mom and found this unpublished post. Life is so crazy and busy, and it doesn't seem like it will be getting less so - does it!? :)