Pumpkins & Pre-Halloween Preparation

We went to Kruger farms this year to pick out our pumpkins. (I'm pretty sure everyone in the greater Northwest area went there this year, thanks to Groupon.com).

We went on a Monday, it was pretty fun to spend Family Home Evening together picking pumpkins and escaping the corn maze.

My cute little pumpkin by the pumpkin bin. She makes me smile.

Sadie and Wesley on the hay/tractor ride to the pumpkins.

Here Novalee is claiming her first pumpkin. There were several more claimed before she picked the best one, which also happened to be the smallest thing ever! :)

Here's probably another claimed and then rejected pumpkin.

We walked around A LOT. Wesley started getting nervous that we would miss the tractor ride back and hurried us all along.

Sadie loved walking around and looking at all the pumpkins. She is really good with new experiences, especially outdoor ones.


Jared's first pumpkin, again claimed and then rejected.

Jared is super friendly and seems to always find someone to hang out with wherever he goes. The pumpkin patch wasn't any different, except I'm pretty sure he chose this certain friend because she was cute. You can always tell when he is digging a girl because he gets very calm and he talks very smooth. I don't think he is going to have any problem with the ladies when he is older. :) Here he is helping the girl carry a pumpkin.


Caramel Apples. They were super delicious and I kept trying to have the kids "share" with mommy. When they kept refusing Wesley said, "Honey just let them eat their own apples." Haha, I guess I'm a piggy. :)







Novalee is buried in hay. We filmed her in it and she jumped out and yelled "Boo" it was super cute! :)




Today we got this really cool surprise in the mail. A package from Grandma and Grandpa Crockett filled with all sorts of Halloween goodies! The kids were surprised and we were grateful that there was very little candy in the box. :) Good job Grandma and Grandpa Crockett!

Wes is super cool in his new glasses.

We wanted to thank Wes' family for the box and show that the things inside were put to good use. So we took a picture. Happy Halloween! :)

Tonight we carved our pumpkins. Jared carved his with Wesley. It was neat to have him actually be old enough to sit long enough to actually help. He carved most of the top and he drew the design. His is the ghost. Novalee and I were supposed to be working together but she decided at the beginning that I could have the big pumpkin (not shown) and she would do the little one. I drew the picture of what she wanted and she carved it. Pretty great!
Mine wasn't in the last picture because I thought I would be cool and try something different this year. I drew a picture of a My Little Pony since it was supposed to be Novalee's and my pumpkin. But I decided not to carve all the way through. Well that took forever and I had to keep thinning it out to make the light shine through. Novalee was in bed and asleep well before I finished. Kind of anti climatic. But I'm still proud of my handy work. :)
Here are all of the pumpkins together. Mines not in the front JUST because it rocks, I'm not that childish...well maybe...I do like it a lot. :) But it was also getting late and I'm pretty sure Wes was hoping I would hurry and finish already and move on with my life so I didn't bother arranging them. :)
Sadie wasn't feeling very well tonight. Which is very sad but on a positive note it does make her super cuddly, which we don't get to enjoy as much of now that she can walk around and explore.

We are very excited for Halloween. We have been having a lot of fun getting ready for it. We hope everyone has a safe and spooky Halloween. :)