What were we up to October?

Of course, October means playing in the leaves, visiting a pumpkin patch (or two) and dressing up for Halloween. I will say that a holiday like Halloween is much more fun when you can celebrate it with your own really cute kids!

We found this pumpkin patch and it was just a little disappointing. All of the pumpkins were in huge piles and it was super windy and dusty.

We stayed just long enough to take all of these fun pictures and get dirty boogers.

We quickly called some friends and joined them for a trip to a different pumpkin patch.
We were lucky enough to get it right the second time. This was a "you-pick-em" patch. There were pumpkin fields as far as you could see. It was like pumpkin heaven! We were given our own pumpkin picking sheers to get them straight off of the vine.

Before we knew it we had selected the perfect set of pumpkins to take home. We then had a fun night of pumpkin carving. This is Tyler's handy work. His really good one got destroyed before we could get any pictures.

Morgan dressed up as Snow White. She wanted us to spray her hair black. After trick-or-treating we were washing it all out (which took a while). She decided she didn't want to spray her hair again!

Caleb was dressed as a cute little doggy. This was fitting because two people dressed like Tyler and Boo must own a dog.

I hope this photo makes you laugh a little. We should also let some of you know that Boo's pregnant belly is not part of the costume (although it makes it a lot funnier). We are expecting our third child on April 14th! Feel free to spread the word.

What did we do in September?

Rocky Mountain National Forest

Rocky Mnt Nat Forest

We know that we will only be living in Denver for a year, so we have made a goal to go on at least one family trip each month to see something new. We hope to get the full Colorado experience while we are here.

We took a super fun day trip to Rocky Mountain National Forest and Estes Park. It was exciting so see the elk herds so close to the roads. The bulls were bugaling and sparring for the ladies. It was pretty sweet! The down sides...we unknowingly chose to go on "free park day" which meant that all of Colorado was there also. And, Tyler caught an unfortunate rash! It has already cost us $1000 in new hunting gear/permits and it has cost me speding my Firday nights watching his hunting shows. We hope he can find the cure he is looking for when he goes to Nebraska to see Mother Nature (and shoot it) in a few weeks.
This is our first camping trip in Colorado. We went to a ward campout at Pickle Gulch.