Halloween 2008

Halloween is over. My big kid is at a friend's house, which is normal for a Friday night. My little beauty and the two beasts are in bed sound asleep for now. We had a great night at our church's fall festival. The original plan was to go trick or treating but this afternoon we decided to do something different this year and I'm so glad we did. Not only did the kids get candy, but they got to play games and have fun. On the way home we picked up a pizza for a late night dinner, so all in all it was a good night.

Almost 2 weeks ago, Maddie and Nicholas both came down with chicken pox. That was interesting. Thankfully we have some friends who would like their children to have a natural lifelong immunity and were happy to bring their kids over for a pox party. A few days later, I was going crazy wanting to get out of the house, so we went to a costume party with some similarly minded friends.

Once the kids got all better and were no longer contagious, I just had to get out of the house. We decided to take the little ones (Kayla didn't want to come with us) to a local pumpkin patch and we had an awesome time! The kids got to pick cotton, jump in a huge pile of cotton, climb hay mountains, ride on a mule drawn wagon, and play on some pretty cool tractors. Boy it felt so good to be out of the house finally!

Here are some pictures taken tonight and over the past 2 weeks...in no particular order becausse I'm exhausted and ready for bed. Enjoy!