Pumpkin Carving/Decorating…We haven’t ever really done the traditional pumpkin carving. Logan asked if we could this year, so we made it happen! Lots of fun all around. π
Lizzy digging out the guts…
Lizzy’s Dragon she carved into her pumpkin.
Lizzy & her dragon
Logan working on his pumpkin
Logan’s cross, all lit up
Keira painting her pumpkin
Lucas painting his pumpkin (and a corner of Xanna…I didn’t manage to get a picture of her or Emma with their pumpkins π)
Lucas’s pumpkin – Mandalorians & a night sky (shocking, I know! π) & part of Xannaβs in the background
Ellie working on painting her pumpkin
Ellie & Opa working together. She did beautiful geometric shapes all over her pumpkin, thanks to help from Opa
Lizzy, Ellie & Lilly
Celebrating birthdays with McKaylee! Thank you for the awesome dissection kit for Lucas & puzzle for Emmalyn β€οΈ
Celebrating birthdays with Opa & Oma! β€οΈ Special poems & cards
Keira found a pattern online to make these paper flowers & decorated for Emma’s bday with them! So fun!
Lizzy ready for a 4H Ambassador meeting….they needed to practice for a skit with pirate costumes.. thankfully Xanna had this fun costume she could borrow.
Papa’s birthday! Ellie loves to draw on my “Thankful for” board & drew Papa a picture.
Emma made Papa his favorite cookies – oatmeal raisin…in the shape of a star
Lucas gives amazing hugs …he “hides” his hands behind his back, then “gives” it to you as a giant hug. ..π
He also made this cake for Grant….”Bible Dad!” (A play off of “BibleMan”)
Taking some pictures with our kitties before they find new homes. π
Taking some pictures with our kitties before they find new homes. π
Lizzy, Ellie & “Hunter”
Celebrating Emma & Lucas’s birthdays….Lucas really wanted to eat at Red Robin, so one day when we were in Rockford for IV Therapy day, we brought Emma & Lucas along & had lunch at Red Robin. π
Duo call while Grant & I were on vacation β€οΈ… (too bad we missed everyone else in the picture, they all took turns talking to us)
Beautiful Xanna, modeling her bridesmaid dress, she’ll be in her friend’s wedding soon
β€οΈ A friend gave us some clothes & Xanna enjoyed modeling this one. β€οΈ