pumpkins and cereal killers

Our first October living as coast siders and I think it's official: we belong :)

We took the kids back to Arata's Farm...the pumpkin patch of their childhood...

only Lucy remembered it :)

Chester wasn't born here so he is still more Coloradan than Californian.

He gets a pass.

I love that Audrey likes to celebrate holidays :)

and step into corn fields haha

Every weekend we have a football game for Chester

It has been rewarding to watch him grow in his capabilities.

He looks so small out there though!

post game lunches if we are doing an away game

see?

even the liquor store a block away sells pumpkins here :)

Lucy got to meet some of her future sisters as they had to get their visa applications in for Portugal!

Sister Shoell on the right is her MTC companion too.

Henry's polaroid vest creation :)

haha...pumpkins on the roof tops at our high school. History has it what started out as a prank a few years ago is now a high school tradition :)

The only picture I got from our ward Trunk or Treat Party!

Audrey ran the whole party and Henry had it organized but had to go to work.

I didn't help out at all!

I was quietly proud that they could do this on their own :)

carving away!

Audrey's cute pumpkin house :)

And here's that "cereal killer" I mentioned in my title:)

Lucy helped him come up with his idea...he was thrilled.

Happy 2021 Halloween!

By pandemic standards...it was pretty normal.

Can I say that now?

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