The Harvest Festival Parade

The girls and I attended the first Harvest Festival Parade a few weeks back. Ryan did not go this year, but our neighbor Becky went with us. We had a good time. I know the girls loved to get the candy. Here are a few picture of us and the girls at the parade.

68 Days until Christmas

WOW!! Can you believe that Christmas is just around the corner? I (Amy) am wanting to make some homemade gifts this year for our girls and a few other people. I am thinking I better start soon.

I am looking for some good ideas. I can sew a little bit and I know how to do a few things. Do you have any suggestions?

Carving the Pumpkin

We have not always carved pumpkins as a part of our Fall and/or Halloween traditions. I was just remembering today that the first time we carved a pumpkin with our girls, Callie was Chloe's age (about 7 months). This is our third year carving a pumpkin. The girls really enjoyed it.

Here is Ryan showing Chloe inside the pumpkin. (I don't think she was that impressed.)

Here is Ryan helping Callie get some of the "yucky stuff" out of the pumpkin. She did not last long. I think she got just a little bit and then she was done.

Here is Cassidy cleaning out the inside of the pumpkin. She did most of the digging. She seemed to enjoy it. Ryan had to finish cleaning it up and carving out the face.

Here are the girls with the finished product. I think they did a pretty good job, it looks great! I think it was more difficult to get all three girls looking and smiling at the camera at the same time. This is the best picture I could get and part of Callie's face is covered by the pumpkin stem.

Cassidy's Birthday

We had Cassidy's birthday party last week. We decided this year that we were not going to have a big party like we've had in the past. We had a few family members over and Cassidy invited one of her friends. I think everyone had a good time.

You can see a picture of Cassidy's cake. I was quite disappointed when I called early in the week and was told by our favorite cake maker that she could not have a cake for Friday. I decided to call her back and see if she could do it for Thursday and she said she could. Cassidy wanted a butterfly cake. I think the lady did a wonderful job. Her cakes always taste so good. She does a great job making them.

Cassidy had a great birthday this year!

Just Swinging

Our Girls Just Swinging

We went outside the other night and put Chloe in the swing for the first time. She really enjoyed it. The girls all had a good time. Hopefully there will be many evening this Fall to enjoy time outside.