Friends. Family.

 

 Day 18 {Saturday}

This morning my heart is full. Happy. Content.

Last night we had a pumpkin carving party at my best friend's house. It was perfection. And served as a reminder of what really matters. 

People. Love. Quality time with those you truly cherish. And I am thankful.

For this girl. Who is the sister of my heart. I knew the first day I met her there was something special about her.

I don't have as many pictures (or the quality) as I would like.  I forgot my camera and they were all taken on my phone....mostly while bouncing this guy on my hip so...

Ryan's friend also joined us.

pumpkin guts

This finished pumpkins

it's a brand new day

Work last night was good.  I am feeling more confident.  I think I may just get the hang of it yet! ;P It gave me a little thrill to see my name up on the bulletin board with all the other employees.  Silly I know, but made me feel a little more like I belong.  And I got to order my two work shirts.  woo-hoo.... hahahaha....

Today I got back at my living and active challenge.  We are on the final week.  And I seem to have petered out a little bit midway through last week. But am back at it, determined to not loose to much ground!

Yesterday the kids were off school again.  We took advantage of the gorgeous fall day and met up again with the Basile's at the park for some picnicking and pumpkin painting!

 
 

Jess and I diligently painting away on our pumpkins, long after the kids had abandoned the project and headed to the playground!

7 Happy Pumpkins!

 

Happy Fall Everyone!!

Halloween

I am not a big fan of Halloween. Never have been. I don't like things that are creepy, or scary, or gross. I do however love pumpkins. Fall. The kids dressing up, giggling with anticipation.

Last night was our Church's Harvest Bash. The kids had a great time. All my kids had costumes inspired by Adventure Time. Their favorite show on Cartoon Network, if you are not familiar and must know more you can check it out here.

Mikayla did not dress up last night. The "teens" watched a movie upstairs while the kids partied downstairs. But she wore hers on Thursday night for the Girl Scouts party. She was Fionna.

Hannah was Cake the Cat. I had to slightly modify the ears from Ryan's old puppy costume to transform her into a kitty. But she was happy, and that's what really matters. :)

Ryan was Finn.


Sunday night we finally carved out pumpkins. We were all quite proud of our creations.


I also made these cool looking cookies for Hannah's class yesterday. Sadly she informed me her class was less than impressed with them. :( Oh well, I thought they were cool and am enjoying the leftovers. ;) I found the recipe via pinterest. you can check out the recipe here, it was actually a Christmas cookie, I just changed the colors to make if Halloween~y.