October Activities...

Day with Daddy

Poor Daddy was supposed to go on the temple trip this past Saturday, but his alarm did not go off.  Lucky for us we got to spend the day with him.  We drove around trying to find things to do and we stopped at the "Apple Fest" in seymour.  The kids loved riding on a little train pulled by a tractor.  It was also an auction where the Mennonites were selling quilts and furniture that they had made.  It was really neat to see.

Then it was off to Silver Dollar City.  We decided to see what it was like during the fall time of the year.  It was decorated so pretty.  They must have brought in thousands of pumpkins, mums, and scarecrows.  It was pretty festive!  Here we are on our way there.

This guy was sculpturing this cow and farmer out of real butter.  Pretty neat ha?

Pumpkin Carving Family Night 

We carved pumpkins for family night last Monday.  Katelyn painted hers and put glitter on it to make it a ghost.  Meanwhile, Daddy was helping Brayden carve his.  They decided to do something that Brayden would love.  Yes, he loves cars and trucks.  

Cottage Meeting "Pumpkin Night"

I was asked to host a cottage meeting and I decided to make it a "Pumpkin Night" where I made different examples of decorating pumpkins other than your original carving ones.  I also made recipes with pumpkin in them to taste.  I had a really great turnout and we had a good time.

This one is called a "Celestial Pumpkin."  You can drill holes and put Christmas lights through them to make this one.

These are real, little pumpkins coated with glue and glitter.  You need to use fine glitter for these.  Then you paint the stems.

Lots of the sisters painted theirs too...

Some of them were quite talented!

Don't forget the goodies... We made pumpkin roll, squares, bread, cake, soup, and pumpkin seed brittle.  Mmmm... 

Costume Party

My brother hosted a costume party for young couples.  We decided to be Zorro and Elaina.  We had a great time.  They played get to know you games and board games.  We had a lot of fun!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Katelyn's class had a field trip and so my mom watched Brayden and I went with Katelyn for a little "Mommy and daughter" time.  We had a great time at the pumpkin patch.  This is her class.  Yes, she is under her hood.  It was kind of windy and cold when we first got there.

Here she is on the hay ride.

We had fun "getting lost" in the corn fields.

Here she is pretending to hide.

They were playing "The farmer in the dale"

It was a cold but beautiful day.  I just thought these mums were sure pretty.  They were selling pumpkins and mums there at the farm.