Black Island Farms

One of the highlights of the month was visiting Black Island Farms to have some Halloween fun and pick pumpkins!

 It was such a fun activity and Logan and Norah were especially in heaven. Here are some of the things we did:

the corn maze (we went through a lot of "shortcuts")

 The view from the bridge in the middle of the maze. I reaffirmed my fear of heights.

Took a little tractor ride through the fields.

Tried out the jumbo slides. Benj just let Norah go on her own the first time and I about had a heart attack! She loved it though and kept going again and again.

Logan loved it too!

Max and I went on the smaller version. :)

After a loooong wait in line, we got to go on a tractor ride to pick our pumpkins! 

We left right around sunset.

This was one of my favorite places to get pumpkins. I hope to make it a tradition every year!

Park City

 My parents usually come stay in Park City in September/October and we like to join them for a day or two! This year we just came up for the day. It was a beautiful fall day! While Benj and Dad went golfing, my mom and I took the kids on a walk by the old white barn. This little hike has become a bit of a tradition every year for the past 4 years. 

We happened to catch the scarecrow walk this year. It was fun to see all the submissions (probably about 25-30 of them).

Like I said, it was gorgeous day! This is why fall is my favorite season!

Love how these two are squeezing in together. 

Definitely a favorite!

Norah pointing to one of the scarecrows.

My favorite part of the hike.

Exploring

This kid discovered the joy of fruit snacks. Can you spot big brother?

Hopefully we can plan a longer visit next year. I love Park City!

Family Pictures

 I love getting our family pictures taken in the fall. And my absolute favorite family photos have come from Jodi Thornock Photography. The kids did really well, despite being attacked by mosquitoes at the end! We got our photos done up in Brigham City near a quaint little farm, complete with cows and horses!

Here are a few favorites:

These are just some of them and I love them all! Now the difficult choice of which ones to put on our walls!

Halloween

 We had a great Halloween this year, and I think it was mostly due to the weather! Its the first year I had to worry about the kids' costumes being too hot instead of being warm enough!

Our Halloween consisted of a few trunk-or-treats with the cousins,

 Spooky storytime at the library,

a Halloween party at preschool,

(Logan with his teacher, Miss Patti)

and a whole mess of candy! Luckily our kids are still young enough to not realize that Mom and Dad pretty much got rid of their stash. Its the process that's fun right? Logan was so cute this year and the whole trick-or-treating totally clicked. He loved running from house to house and saying trick-or-treat. He even tried to make himself at home a few times and stepped right into people's entryway. Luckily most of them were ward members! Ha! 

We also enjoyed a fun trunk-or-treat at Daddy's work, complete with a costume parade and haunted, uh, office spaces. 

Lots of fun to be had. Happy Halloween!