happy haunting

The Halloween festivities began at our house on Monday night with pumpkin carving. But what is a girl to do when both her son and husband find it gross to remove the guts from the pumpkin? Let's just say it was a long night of scraping for me.

Of course Spencer loved the pumpkins once they had been cleaned out. I don't think he understands they won't last forever!







and finally...the fruits of my labor (it is Lightening McQueen from the movie Cars, in case you couldn't tell)

according to spencer

As most of you know, we are not finding out if this baby is a boy or a girl. So I figured, since everyone else has an opinion on the baby's gender, Spencer should get to share his. He also has some great name suggestions!

(you may have to click on the play button twice to get the video to work...if you have a slow internet connection it may take a while to load)

fall fun

Last Saturday we headed out to the local apple orchard to take in some fall fun. We took a hayride out into the orchards to pick the apples. It was a little late in the season so most of the apples had fallen already. This is when it comes in handy to have a tall husband. Scott was able to reach some great apples and Spencer spent most of his time collecting them off the ground.

There was a petting zoo at the orchard as well. Spencer loved the pigs and the donkey. He was a little overwhelmed by the hungry goats who tried their best to make their way through the gate.

Spencer's favorite part of the day...the cow stamp that they stamped your hand with to show you had paid admission. Now that is a typical toddler! If we would have only known, we could have saved ourselves some time and money! It was a sad night when he had to take a bath and found out the ink wasn't permanent!

the beginning

I am so excited to have a place to share our family news and updates with all of you. Stop by regularly to catch up on what we have been doing and how are family is changing and growing.

In honor of the beginning of our site, here is a look back to the beginning of our family.