Halloween

 Here we are ready to go out.  The kids were so excited.  I wasn't sure what time they started trick-or-treating but we went out.  Our neighborhood is still in the growing stages so I wasn't sure how we would do with the candy.  Just the right amount if you ask me.  We would get lots and some places and none.  I think some were worried that no trick-or-treaters would come so they gave us a ton.

 Overall we came out on top.  We went to other neighborhoods but really after ours it was enough.

Heaven.  So much candy and they could eat as much as they wanted.

Carving Pumpkins

 Due to Hurricane Sandy the weather got a little cold but we decided to carve pumpkins anyways.  I have to laugh cold was 59.  Alex right away decided he didn't want any part of it.  Once Trinity saw Alex didn't like it she wasn't going to help and we just decided to not let Aubrie get supper messy so Allan and I did all the gutting.

 I let the kids take over for picture time.  They are gettting better.  Obviously we needed a close up of getting the guts out and of the seeds.  When I looked on the camera there was 8 pictures of really really close ups of seeds.

Drawing the faces on.  Yep lots of marks.  We tried to stay really close to what they drew.

 Allan just did Aubrie's pumpkin.  Turned out cute.  A very traditional one.

Alex went for scary teeth.

Trinity went for the 3 eye effect.  We added the nose later.  I like hers the best.

 The kids and the pumpkins.  Allan's is at the end we think his is the scarest and mine is the big one in the middle with the square nose. 

Thanks grandma and grandpa for buying us pumpkins.  We sure enjoyed ourselves.

Edisto Beach Oct 2012

 At the beach again.  We let Alex go to school so we didn't get an early start but it was still fun.  Even though it was cooler than I wanted it was still a  relaxing time.  I forget how relaxing the ocean makes me.  Aubrie stayed on the sand.  She had no desire to touch or get close to the water.  Not so brave this time.  I think the cooler weather had something to do it with it.

 Yep that little head you see is Trinity getting taken out by a wave.  We had already played in the water.  The waves were a little rough for all of us.  They scared me especially with my kids not being strong swimmers so we stopped playing in the water.  To make sandcastles they decided they needed water so Trinity was on a mission.  She got her water and was ready to come back and deliver but she couldn't run fast enough and the wave got her.  She came up so surprised and wanted to cry but she didn't.  And the best part is she kept going back to get more water.

 Filling the bucket.

 She lost the red bucket and almost lost the yellow bucket but mom rescued it.

On my hunt for shells I came across a tiny crab.  I tried getting Alex to come check it out but before he came a wave got it.  So I thought it was lost but I found it again and caught it.  Alex made a good home for it.  He gave Grandpa Kit directions to not let it burrow in the sand too far or it would get lost.  We were also lucky to see a fishing boat.  They had two of them out.  After we were done at the beach we went and ate.  I love the sea cow.  So good.  Thanks for the adventure and great dinner mom and Kit.

October Grandparent visit

 First things first.  How come nobody has told be what a terrible job I am doing with my writing.  I reread some of my post and had to stop because of the poor job I did with writing.  Come on people someone has to tell me I am making a fool out of myself!!!!

Grandma Sue and Grandpa Kit came and visited for a few days.  Thankfully they came when it had cooled off some so it was an enjoyable visit.  We went to Hopeland Gardens again.  Just love this place.  I have to say Aubrie really loved it this time.  She is becoming quite the monkey.

 We wanted to put Trinity on the high branch up there but Trinity isn't a big fan of heights.  This picture turned out just as good.

 Finally after several pictures they are all looking.  Wow!  That is a job now that Aubrie is messing around and will look for 2 seconds and then Trinity wants to see what Aubrie is doing and Alex just wants to be done.

 Haha must have liked the pictures of Trinity this visit!

We took pictures on the bridge.  This is the first time finding the bridge for us.

 If you remember last time when Grandma Sue came for a visit we had a tea party.  So of course we had to have another tea party.  Mom wanted to make the sugar cookie candy corn cookies so we made fancy cookies for our tea party.  Trinity decided that boys could come to this one.  Thank goodness because we had Kaden and Colton over.

 Enjoying the tea.  Kaden was wondering why we had to be so fancy!!!

 Silly love birds messing around. Trinity wondering what is going on.

Aubrie once again just loved the tea and never had enough.  Colton liked the fancy bread we had.