Carving "Mr. Nobody"

We picked out and carved our family pumpkin on Saturday. The kids got really into it this year- especially Madison. She wasn't scared of getting dirty with the pumpkin guts.

Ewww.... pumpkin guts!

Madison hard at work cleaning out the pumpkin.

Everyone watching Daddy finish up all the dirty work.

Madison designed the face of our pumpkin this year. She is quite the little artist. She did a wonderful job too! Here the kids are showing off their mad monster faces with their pumpkin!

After carving our pumpkin the kids asked why he didn't have a body. Hence, we have named him "Mr. NoBody". We love our cute little pumpkin!

October

This month has been a busy one. And I have been too lazy to blog about it. But here are a few pictures of what we've been up to.

We celebrated Daddy's birthday!
I made homemade lemon pie for his birthday because that was his request. I have learned never to make a dessert for a special occasion without trying it out first. That night I made 3 lemon pies. Although we only ate one of them. I am not a Betty homemaker and have learned that I need some practice in the kitchen! I was very persistent and made sure that Cory had a birthday pie... we just didn't eat it until 9:00 pm. Oops!

We celebrated my birthday on the 19th with a delicious cheese cake Cory surprised me with. YUMMY! :)

This last week we have been having a lot of sick days. Hyrum was very sick with a fever and a horrid cough for 6 days. And Madison had the same thing for 4 days. I'm so glad they are all better and I got away without getting it. Yay!

Barnett Family Park

We found a fun park in Lakeland that is loads of fun to go to. It has fun water fountains to run through and a play ground. We've gone there a couple of times and Madison and Hyrum LOVE it!


Daddy and the kids pretending to be crocodiles.

One of Hyrum's many facial expressions as he soaks himself in the water!

Madison posing for the camera!

Hyrum was having so much fun I couldn't get a picture of him standing still. So here is another action shot. I love this boy's smile! (And Madison in the background.)

They have this cute statue at the park and Madison came to me and said, "Mommy come take my picture with those boys over there." I asked her if they were her boyfriends and she smiled and answered in the affirmative. What a girl!