Carving Pumpkins....

Halloween kinda snuck up on us this year.  We did our annual pumpkin patch trip to pick out the perfect pumpkins but didn't get around to carving them til last minute!  So...we gathered all our pumpkin carving necessities and headed to Beema and Papa Joe's for our regular Sunday night dinner with an added after dinner activity of Pumpkin carving!! 

The master pumpkin carver... 

Ewwww....

Ava Kate didn't mind getting her hands dirty....surprise, surprise! 

Owen preferred to use a spoon to scrape out the guts....

So proud...

Mommy got to help a little...

Always has a baby in tow...

Craving out mommies creation..

She thinks she's so big....miss indepent! 

Ava Kate's pumpkin...

Owen's pumpkin...

We're officially ready for Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch

Keeping with tradition....we hit Ranaldi Farms first for a few decorative and "little" pumpkins before heading to Dicky Farms for the perfect pumpkin search.

our little ghost....

collecting as many "little" pumpkins as possible.....

"check out this walking stick..."

And the search begins at Dicky Farms...

a little corn maze challenge...

Ava Kate had to get in on the pumpkin picking action....

"this one looks good"

our little pumpkin head....silly boys!

Our final picks....

Painting pumpkins....

Papa Bart and Gigi were in town for the weekend and the kids were in heaven!  One of the highlights...painting/putting stickers on their very own pumpkins!! 

so proud...

Mr. Independent...

Daddy's little helpers...

After the first freeze a couple of weeks ago, we decided it was time to change out the summer flowers for some winter annuals....

Owen was so excited and wanted to be a part of everything...

I think digging was his favorite part....

 Ava Kate didn't care much about the flowers...

She was more concerned with the hay bale and re-arranging the pumpkins....

It was a little chilly out so us girls went inside and left the boys to the yard work!  I didn't get a picture of all their work, but they did a great job!