It has been forever since I have written! I have composed like 4 blog posts in my head since the last time I posted, I just never quite get to the computer with them. 🙂

I wanted to share some more of how our autumn went!

Josh outdid himself for Halloween this year! (I think he outdoes himself every year.) He made a big interactive game which was projected on our garage and had all kinds of other decorations to add to the atmosphere! Josh was dressed as a ghost. The black light made it super cool!

Originally, our plan was to do a family costume where we were all Sofia the First characters. But in September, Carter decided he needed to be Olaf, and I got lazy about mine and Josh’s theme costumes, so we had Sofia, Amber, and Olaf. They were all super cute!

I decided, in honor of Halloween, to let the kids eat whatever they wanted after 6:00. We had SO much fun devouring candy, cupcakes, and cookies after trick-or-treating! There’s something special about letting loose as a mom. Usually I have to be the responsible one who tells everyone to eat their vegetables and clean up their toys, so it was fun to let them go for whatever they wanted for an evening!

 

Then, after about 2 hours of taking things down, Halloween was over. So it was time to morph the mantel from Halloween autumn to Thanksgiving autumn.

The week after Halloween Mother and Daddy took us on a trip! (It was our Christmas gift from last year!) We all went to Vernal to see and learn about all things dinosaur! It was really cool to visit the quarry and other museums! The kids’ favorite part was, as always, the hotel room and hotel pool. It was especially fun for them to do it with Grandmother and Grandpa!

We had some really beautiful days in November! We went to the park a few times and also played in the back yard more. Here’s the kids enjoying the swings at the park.

 

Then our lovely autumn turned to winter literally overnight. I love seeing the changing seasons at the pond. Did you all know we have a pond in our back yard? This is the view from my kitchen window!

Now autumn is over, and we are enjoying staying cozy for winter. I’ll try and post more about it sooner than 6 weeks from now!