Fun in October

This fall...I can't believe how gorgeous it was!! The whole month of October was perfect, so we took advantage of the good weather and the girls having several Friday's off of school. One of the days we went to the zoo with my mom, Anna and her kids. It was fun - as always! We also spent a couple of outings at the pumpkin patch. We went one day with our cute friends, and another trip with my sister and mom (again! we love outings with them!). Needless to say, we ended up with lots of pumpkins. I still have 7 sitting on my porch....and that's after the ones we carved for Halloween!

The girls wanted to have a late over with some friends, and it turned into a whole neighborhood affair. It was such a fun night - but holy cow - it was crazy having that many kids running rampant around our house and yard and trying to keep track of them. Thankfully it was great weather, so the kids played night games outside almost the whole night. Anton and I took the 3 pizzas outside and laid them on the driveway - and let them feed themselves! The girls kept saying thank you to me and Anton for letting them have a "party"....they had so much fun, so it made it worth it! And, I love all the kids in the neighborhood - and I am so grateful for the friendships my little family have made here. It is so similar to my childhood and neighborhood growing up, which makes me so happy! After pizza and games, they came in and frosted cupcakes. Love these cute kids.

We were leaving for California the day before Halloween, so we decided not to go crazy this year with pumpkins. The girls got to carve a pumpkin this year, but Anton and I decided not to do one this year. Here are the results! Lilly's was a zombie hand, and Claire's was a bat. 

The week of Halloween was a fun week at school for the girls. They had pajama day, crazy hair day, college color day (go Utes!), sunglasses day, and the day of the halloween parade. The girls thought the crazy hair day was so funny...especially Lilly!

It was a crazy and fun month! Next up - pictures from Halloween!