Pumpkin Carving Par-tay

We gathered in the "barn" with three different kinds of soup, rolls, jam, cookies, and rootbeer floats !!
We are calling it the BARN, because the building behind my dad's is the SHOP
Have to differentiate  ;)

Everyone drew on their faces........

Then Zac got the sawzall, and got to work !!

YUM!

YUMMY!!

Loves to READ !

Grandma's Galore - loving on the littles

These two - giving each other a bad time as usual

Finished Pumpkins !!

Pumpkin Carving (night before Halloween)

Tagg drew a Frankenstein on one side of his pumpkin, then decided he wanted something else.  He was pretty adamant, and knew EXACTLY what he wanted.



Thatcher sitting on Treyson's HUGE pumpkin.



Before the carving started.



Now they are REALLY getting into it.  Notice Moroni in his gloves :)  He must not like the slimy GUTS that dad's have to pull out when their kids won't - haha

Thatcher tried digging his GUTS out with an ice cream scoop.

Treyson and Kaydence work well together.

Brightyn loved the noodles from my soup.  We had three different pots of soup, it was delicious.   Rolls too!!  Grandpa and Grandma D came, and also Grandpa and Grandma Ben.

Helping Pays clean his out, through a teensy tiny hole.

Zac had to keep enlarging the mouth, so that the little pumpkin could fit inside (being eaten by the big one).



This girls was ALL SMILES !



She would either say - CHEESE.............

...or TA DA !!!  over and over

Pays with his finished GHOST pumpkin.
Ooooooooooooo........

The whole Crew !! (mostly)

Ta Da - again :)   I just love this picture.

Treyson's

Tagg's

Thatcher's

Payson's
Brightyn had one too, but I guess I didn't get a picture :( 

Friday and Saturday - Life is great !

Grandma, do you think we need to clean the junk out of Billy's ears?   No Tagg, I don't think so.  Billy came to us from the Wardell family a couple of years ago.  Boy he sure has grown !

Climbing in the barn is so much fun !

Poor Miss Piggy  - it's hard for her to get around.  She is so ugly she's cute !

Jumping is always fun...........

No jumping for Kathryn - with her broken arm.  Right after I took this picture she fell off the swing and hurt her OTHER arm!  I was sure glad it didn't break too. 

The ground drops away, and they swing out over the tall grasses.  I chant a song/rhyme about an evil clown who lives down in the ground, and doesn't make a sound,..........until it GETS THEM !!!

Today we tried to tube down the creek......  They were sure excited. 

It is quite the chore to get all the kids down to the creek......ON the tubes......and all of us headed off together. 

Roger D. took this picture from the shore.  It sure wasn't much fun.   The creek was sososososo low, and we had to walk alot of the way.  The kids had fun - but seriously we need a couple more feet of water.  I guess that won't happen this year !

Getting out was a chore - we got our water shoes stuck in the mud, as we sunk up to our knees almost. 

Grab me Tagg !!

Okay - Now for landing the whale........

A one......and a two..........and ..........

It was harder than it looked, and I tried to keep the water shoes ON my feet, and not stuck in the mud.  Thanks Zac and CJ :)

You wouldn't know Treyson and Kaydence are the same age.  He's about twice her size.  They have a great time together. 

We cooked up some S'mores and got warm by the fire.
Kamry, Kaydence, Kassidy, Zac, Treyson, Tagg, CJ, Thatcher. (Kathryn was in the sand)

Last but not least !  This cutie will be getting glasses soon !  He has been squinting, and his one eye has turned in.....  I guess he is a far-sighted as his Daddy.  Zac didn't get glasses until about 6 months before he went to Kindergarten, when he was 5 1/2 years old.   Thatcher will get his glasses in about 2 weeks.