Boy Bash at Hudson Gardens

 There's a beautiful, outdoor event center about 15 minutes from our house.  They have trails & gardens on about 10 acres.  It's a great place to let the boys run off some steam:-)  We invited our friends to join us this week!

The best tree climbing tree ever--if only it wasn't over water:-0

J&J's Performance of "Five Little Pumpkins":-)

Fall Sledding

The boys came up with this ALL on their own:-)  Darin and I were inside fixing lunch, and looked out the window to see this new activity. 

Trick-or-Treat!

 We started our Halloween night out with pizza & "It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" at our friends' house.  The Jasperson boys were dressed as Scooby Doo & Shaggy (Jacob kept singing the Scooby Doo song:-)

 The 2-year-olds actually cooperating (or was it the TV they were watching behind me?)

 And the older guys!

 We swung home after supper to pick up Darin for Trick-or-Treating.  The boys had a great time, but didn't last as long as I expected.  We still have a HUGE bowl of candy to show for our efforts!

 The fireman, policeman, and Spiderman--I've never felt so safe and secure:-)

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving!

 Sunday afternoon was the perfect weather for carving pumpkins!  Kenny took his very seriously, and completely understood the process from previous years:-)

 John liked the idea of scooping everyone's innards back into his pumpkin!?

 And Jacob just REALLY wanted to use the knife!

 Sarah did the majority of the work, with artist direction from the boys.

They turned out great!  We did a trial run, lighting them once it got dark.  We're ready for Halloween:-)