Zach's 4th Birthday

We still had the Thanksgiving crew here for Zach's B-Day. We went bowling and had pizza with everybody. It was fun.

Thanksgiving

We had a lot of family at our house for Thanksgiving. Jon and Kendra came with their five kids. Candice, Grandma Karan and Grandpa Jim, and Blaine and Jennifer came too with their two kids Mark and Emily. There was way too much food eaten and not enough sleep, but it was a great time and good to see everyone. Kaden and I took Jon and Mckay hunting in the morning and then we went to the shooting range. We got a flat tire, but made it home in time to carve the turkey and pig out. The afternoon was full of football, running kids, pie, and naps.

Zach and Dad, Hunting

This is what happens when you take a little guy hunting for pine hens on the 4 wheeler. Zach kept telling me to keep going until we were about 1/2 hour from the house. Then he said he wanted to go home. By the time I turned around, he was asleep. Of course, we only saw chickens on the way home....so I didn't shoot any.

Waving Goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa

Zach's birthday from Grandma and Grandpa

Zach loves his backhoe.

Zach-man

Halloweeen

Halloween was great. I was dressed up as a really ugly woman, Molly was a witch, Kaden was some wizard from Harry Potter, Zach was a dinosaur, Gabe was a lion, and Sadie was a dancer one day and a different dancer another day. All I know is that she took forever to get ready and she had to wear two different costumes for two different events. We went to the carnival at the school, the city trunk-or-treat, and also to several houses in our ward. I didn't post any pictures of me as a woman because I knew someone would blackmail me with it. When Gabe saw me he was scared, then he and Zach laughed at me for a while.

Pumpkin Carving

This was fun and work too. Kaden dove right in while Zach was a little grossed out by the "guts". Sadie painted bats and hooked bats to wires that stuck out of her pumpkin. Mom did a lot of the work. Gabe slept through pumkin carving this time. I think they turned out pretty good.

Fall Fun

The kids were bored, so we raked up a pile of leaves and they played in it for a long time. They rolled down the hill and jumped into the pile. Our dog (Daisy) had to join in too. She gave Kaden a bruise on his eyebrow when she tried to jump over him and didn't quite make it.

Fall Sunset