Spooky Smiths

What a fun party we had today! With delicious, spooky snacks and treats, games for the kids, cookie decorating, and tractor rides with Grandpa Sherm on this perfectly beautiful fall day.

the food and set-up were splendid for our Halloween lunch-party


Cares playing "pin the face on the giant jack-o-lantern"

Star Wars trio

Tractor rides

HP

Random Bentley smile--but I love the fall leaves in the background and the orange crepe paper on the trailer.

Pics from our Hallow's Eve coming soon...

Happy Halloween!!

Pumpkin Carving

ready to scrape out seeds (a part Cares does not enjoy...)

digging in deep (a part Beans loves!)

carving with the Emerys--we made Russ do his home teaching over pumpkin guts...

Cares' final product: a kitty pumpkin...again :)

Bentley's spooky jack-o-lantern

and all on a snowy, snowy day

LeBarie Scaries

Halloween party with our LeBaron cousins at Nanny and Grandpa's house:

My best grandkid shot--and only the babies are looking! Classic. Look closely on the left or you'll miss "Storm Shadow" Tiago (from GI Joe)

Porter was happier to just pose for his own picture

Livs and her witchy mama :) And you can sneak a peek at baby Finch in the background

cute fall baby

a fun mask craft inspired by this and this

My hubby deserves the credit on these FYI--I just bought the materials and handed them over to him saying something like "make a cool craft for the kids with these." An hour later they were ready. He is just cool like that...

The Farm

A crisp fall morning at Wheeler Farm

with Heidi and Max

Max was thrilled to be there...

Enjoying our last days (day?) of this gorgeous fall weather

My kids are total posers...and I love it

Up To

What we've been up to this week:

I taught joy school at my house on Tuesday and focused on "L is for Leaves." We read one of my favorite fall books, Leaf Man, and then the kids made their own "leaf mans." Cares, Livs and I went on a leaf treasure hunt while Bentley was at school on Monday to prepare.



Bentley dressed Livs up in a cowboy hat.


We had a fun little neighborhood Halloween Party and debuted the Luke and Leia costumes.


Got my bedroom closet in pristine condition. Finally. And the kids keep going in it to find my boots and play "Target" in them.

New Nephew

Mason Tye Smith made his debut just minutes before midnight last night. Sweet little guy sure gave his mama a run for her money yesterday. But we are so excited he finally made it into the world. Isn't he darling? That ear is the exact same shape as my brother's...I love it.

Pumpkin Patch

An October FHE classic:

Our stay was very short-lived because the storms hit just as we unloaded from the car. So very fall-ish though to bundle up amid wind and rain. And we got some great pumpkins--Bentley's is HUGE! Can't wait to see what he and Joseph create out of it...