Fall Pictures

Halloween

We got a little crafty for Family Home Evening and I think our pumpkin jars turned out really cute.

Noah's preschool party.  He is the blue and black ninja in the middle and his friend Hyrum is the wizard next to him.

Adam's 3rd grade party, Mrs. Dorsey's class.  He is the happy Grim Reaper in the front row.

 That's Adam.  He makes a pretty cute toilet paper mummy grim reaper.


The ward Halloween party was fun as always this year.  It was a carnival with each organization in charge of a booth.  Dave helped with the apple bobbing and there were some fun games, a cupcake walk, dart shooting, face painting , mini golf and foggy homemade punch.


Adam and his friend Wynn taking a quick break to get their picture snapped.

 Jude started on the donut, pretty much just licked it, so I decided to finish the game for him.  It looks like he is trying to give me a healthier choice.

Jude's favorite word became "open."  He could say it as clear as day and as he held out candy it was always clear he knew exactly what he wanted.

My zombie football player Paul and his friend Devin Long.

Like any good agent, I snagged my man.

 My big boys requested funky pumpkins this year.  The green and white turned out cool though.

The big boys ready to head out trick or treating.  Jude had bad timing on his naps this Halloween.  He did get to go up and down the street when he woke up.  He was just more interested in seeing people's dogs than in getting candy.

Everyone ready to head out with the Keller boys.  Cute cute boys!

World's of Fun Halloween Haunt

We lucked into the perfect day at World's of Fun!  It was warm, sunny and beautiful.  We had never gone down to Kansas City for the Halloween Haunt before, so the boys were very excited to see all the spooky stuff.  The daytime stuff was great, little haunted houses, characters and decorations were super cute.  Everyone was very brave until it hit 7:30 p.m. and the REALLY freaky stuff started.  Once the fog machines kicked in it was definitely time for us to kick out!


Noah likes to run with Paul and Adam usually, but he was too short for the big rides.  So it was nice to see him get to spend the whole day playing the good big brother role with Jude.  Man, did he do a great job.  I love how he is looking at Jude on the carousel.  Sweet boys.


Paul and Adam ran from one roller coaster to the next all day.  They loved the decorations like these all over the park.


One of the few rides everyone in the family did together.  Jude was loving it.


The line for this scrambler ride was the longest the boys waited in all day.  It was ridiculous.  On the bright side, I got some awesome action pictures.  And it looks like they thought the wait was worth it!


Noah just lights up a picture with that smile.  Such a daddy's boy.


I LOVE this picture of Dave.  Still a kid at heart.


This freaky guy had a horrible show as a used coffin salesman and Noah LOVED it.  Seriously, he watched it 3 times.  Luckily we just kept happening by and he would BEG to stop and watch.  After the 3rd viewing I told Noah he had to get his picture taken with him.  He was too scared, but got brave when Jude was by his side.


It got freakier the darker it got.  All my boys.


I was the only one brave enough to pose with the bird lady and I was not that brave...


The whole family had a great time, but we were ready to leave.  Looks like Jude got worn out for sure!


Adam took a turn on the baby ride with Jude.  Jude loved it.


My little climber.  Adam is so athletic and scrappy.


He made it to the top twice!


My little pirates.

Vala's Pumpkin Patch

It seems like every year we go to a pumpkin patch a couple days before Halloween and it is FREEZING... or raining. Everyone is bundled in winter coats and it is a pretty miserable experience, but we suffer through and get some pictures and a pumpkin. This year we went October 3rd and it was a beautiful sunny day. Holy cow, why did it take me 10 years to figure out that the pumpkin patch can actually be a fun day? We were there for almost 6 hours and everyone had a blast. The pumpkin cannon, haunted houses, giant jumping pillows and feeding the goats were some of the favorite activities. What a great day together.

Paul taking his mini-me for a little ride. I love how they have the same expression in this one.

Adam and Paul searching for the Great Pumpkin.

Jude would have been happy just feeding goats for 6 hours. He is such an animal lover.

Paul. Loving the hay rack ride. Geez Paul, curb your enthusiasm a little bit.

That sign is a little too appropriate. Its just in the wrong order. Paul is the malcontent (just look at how happy he is), Noah is clearly the Trouble Maker (always stirring it up with his big brothers) and Adam is the Lollygager. (how can you take a 45 minute shower and not get your hair wet??)
Picked our pumpkins.

Noah and Adam
Paul and Jude
All my sweet boys going for a ride.

I love this one. How did everyone get so big?? Guess I need to stop feeding them...

Dad helping Jude out on the trike races. Paul and Adam really had a blast with all the races.

What boy can resist a choo choo train ride?

How convenient. Jude can play in the field corn and have a snack.

Noah looks like an angel with the sun on his face.

Just so you know, his teeth are not that yellow. That is more corn in his mouth too. I was finding corn in places I don't want to talk about for the next week.

He had such a great time playing with Jude.

Well. That's the end.