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October's Adventures

The pictures loaded backwards, and I don't have the ummmph to rearrange, so let's remember Halloween first and work our way back to the beginning of October.

Makayla is in California with Karitza and family. She's doing really well there and I'm so proud of her. I have more fun pictures of her on my phone now than when she lived with us. Hope she doesn't mind me posting. :)

Halloween trick-or-treating with the Neilson's.

Respective ward parties. Our local ward Halloween party was pretty basic.
Karitza and Makayla had an amazing party complete with an ofrenda and international dancers.
One lonely weekend when Rick was out of town, we went to Wasson Farm for ice cream and farm life.

This Halloween, Gavin brought Daniel's joker suit back from it's retirement. Here's Gavin in his school parade:
Here's Daniel in his school parade:
Sean missed the bus for a field trip and got a ride with a police officer.
Brooklyn's dream of having a blow-up costume came true.
More adorable Makayla pictures.
Pumpkin Chunkin' at Eagle Point Reservoir. The kids used giant levers to shoot little pumpkins out into the lake. On the other side of the lake, they were shooting big pumpkins out of cannons.
Ricky got overalls. Every time he wears them, he's so impressed with himself because he looks so good. He says, "I'm so good-looking!!"

Pumpkin carving in the backyard. I'm ashamed to admit that it's now December 8 and I still have two pumpkins on our porch next to a Santa decoration. Guess I should take care of those things . . .
Brooklyn has a million selfies on my phone. She's a cute and funny girl.
Halloween coloring pages with friends before Sunday dinner and games.
Ricky experienced an extremely difficult time on his mission from August to September. In order to help him heal, he came home and has transitioned to a service mission. He's doing great now.


Halloween packages and lovely surprises from Karitza. She gets us such nice things.
The youngest three drove all over Amish settlements with me looking for pumpkins. We didn't end up buying pumpkins that day, but we saw these lovely dahlias.

Gavin in a Rick and Ricky sandwich. He talked them into helping him "fly" on our walk around the Penn State Arboretum.

Brooklyn wants a camera for Christmas. Until then, I let her use my phone sometimes. Artsy, huh!

Aaaand we're back at the beginning of October when Ricky was first adjusting to being home. The noise level in our house went up quite a bit with his arrival. He's just a happy and energetic and loud guy. He always likes music playing, and he always wants something exciting to do. Andrew is glad he had his bro to hang out with during the day when he finishes school instead of just being stuck with boring me.




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