Leaves and Pumpkins..

Well Fall is upon us and its been a cold week but today wasn't too bad so we bundled up and went outside to play in the leaves and finally carve our pumpkins. Blair got home soon after that so he was happy to help throw leaves on the kids.

Here we are starting our pumpkins. Cassidy and Statton were so helpful in cleaning out the "guts" of the pumpkins.

I had some disposable gloves on hand that I had bought for potty training purposes so we put those on our hands so we could clean out the pumpkins without getting too messy. Sorry I know thats part of the fun but cleaning out pumpkins with my bare hands grosses me out a bit. The kids had spoons to clean out pumpkins but they thought using the gloves looked like more fun I guess.

Well these are the finished product lit up and everything. I think the kids really enjoyed seeing them all lit up.

Visit from Grandpa and Grandma

We got a special visit from Grandpa and Grandma Darrington this last weekend. For some reason they thought it would be fun to drive for 8 hours just to see their grandkids for a day and half. Silly people! But the kids certainly enjoyed seeing them even if it was for a short time. They got in really late friday night so the kids didn't get to see them until Saturday morning. Stattons face was priceless. I let my parents stay in our room and I slept in the living room with the baby. So Grandpa came out of our room and peeked his head around the corner while the kids were eating cereal and Statton sees him first. He got this funny look on his face like he wasn't sure if he was seeing what he was seeing and once he realized who it was his whole face just lit up and he yells out Grandpa! It was too cute and I'm sure that moment was worth the 8 hours drive to my dad. Blair unfortunately had class that same weekend so he missed out on the fun. So we went to Grand Junction for the day and visited the Botanical Gardens. We had lunch at the Olive Garden and then went and visited the pumpkin patch where Grandpa bought each of the kids a pumpkin. We certainly miss living close to our grandparents but its certainly fun being spoiled by them when they visit. Thanks again Dad and Mom for the fun weekend!