Pumpkin Guts

There are going to be a lot of pictures. Consider yourself warned. :)

(Love the smiles)!

I love fall. L.O.V.E. it! Our weekends have been jam packed with tons of fun stuff, and it's been great weather on top of that!

We made monster brownies. Cute and Yummy!
Went to Wheeler Farms where we dared to go through the spookable filled maze.
Good thing we had these tough chickies to protect us!
Played a little bit of Follow the Leader. Well mostly Banana led and we followed...

Picked out our pumpkins. Apparently the pumpkin was winning this battle.
Painted said pumpkins.
(Those are ALMOST finished Halloween Costumes in the background. So close)!


And here's the part where Running Man thought it'd be great to terrify Miss Em with pumpkin guts. I'm pretty sure the following was her thought process through the whole thing...
Hmm...what is that? Very interesting.
Oh wait. Maybe not. Don't come any closer dad. I mean it.
Maybe if I hide he'll leave me alone. Maybe.
Ok, maybe not. Maybe if I cry he'll see that I don't like it.
Well, crying has never really worked out in my favor. I think I'm going to be sick. Maybe puking will get him to back off. And maybe Mom will put down the camera and give a girl break.
Well, that didn't work either. I think I'll just resort to screaming my head off.
And success.
We're great parents, huh?!
To make up for it we went for a drive through American Fork Canyon.
It was GORGEOUS. So many pretty colors and there was the perfect fall crispness in the air. Heaven.Banana's biggest dream is to fly. Not like be a pilot fly. Really fly. Running Man tried to bring a little of her dream to life. They loved it.

The perfect end to a nearly perfect day.

Finally Fall!

I'm sitting here listening to the rain and wind outside, and it feels like HOME. One of our favorite things about living in Iowa was the amazing rain/thunderstorms. It is one of the top 5 things I miss about living there. Another things I miss about living there is this awesome girl.
And...she came to visit yesterday! I only got to spend a few hours with her but we didn't waste a second! I haven't done much, well anything, socially since we moved out here so it was SO nice to get out and spend time with someone who knows me inside and out.
I am LUCKY to have her as one of my best friends.
My girls take after me (and I after my mom) and fully embrace the start of the Holiday season! We love all things Halloween/Fall/Christmas at our house and I really believe it is my favorite time of year!
The first craft of the season were these Frankensteins. Super easy, super fun and kept them entertained for a good half an hour. Awesome!
(Em won't stop making this face in EVERY picture I ever take. And Banana looks slightly crazy in this pic...)

Running Man's parents and li'l sis came into town for Conference and I'm so mad I didn't get one single picture. But we did go to Gardner Village with everyone and had a blast finding all of the witches and eating some yummy candy from the candy store. I could have spent hours and hours in all of the shops, but there were 10,000 ppl there and the girls got grumpy. So...my bank account is safe for now. :)
The biggest thing to happen this week...Banana chopped her hair off! I kinda sorta didn't tell her I was going to cut that much off...Lucky for me she LOVES it. I couldn't get the smile off of her face, or get her to stop checking herself out in every mirror we passed. It makes her look so grown up!
(Yes, yes I know how dusty my shelves are. I did clean them promptly after seeing this picture on my camera)!
Here's to Happy Fall Festivities!