Giddy-Up Cowboy!

I know it's been awhile and yes we're all alive and doing quite well actually. I just don't have much time lately. So while I'm playing hooky from church I thought I'd blog. I know.... it's about time! I have several posts for you all to see.

We LOVE Halloween! Neil even usually takes the day off work so we can all enjoy the day together. It was nice that it was on a Sat. this year so he didn't have to. But Halloween is a special day for us and some of you know why. :) This year Neil was so sweet and got up, made me breakfast, decorated the house and got the kids ready to go. It was SO nice. Not to mention that we actually got go on a date without the kids! Wahoo!!!!!!

Cole was a cowboy for Halloween and I don't think he understood how darn cute he looked! Well actually from the looks of that cheesy smile I think he did.

The little guy even had spurs on the back of his boots. Aren't they cute?

And here's a back side view of him. I love how he's holding his hat in this picture. Just like a real cowboy.

And cute little Korver was a giraffe. He didn't seem to mind his costume at all. And I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the 2 of them together!! What kind of mother am I? Luckily the grandmas did.

Cole was a little hesitant at first with the trick-or-treating. It didn't help that the first house we went to had a dead guy on the porch blowing out fog. Cole HATED ANYTHING SCARY and didn't think scary was fun or funny at all. But by the end of night he warmed up a bit to everything and had a blast trick- or- treating

Pumpkin Party

We had a pumpkin carving party at our house the Friday before Halloween with a bunch of people from Neil's work. It was a lot of fun, and some of Neil's buddies really got into it. They brought drills from work and other tools. Some of them turned out pretty cool.

And here's a picture of them all done. The one in the middle was done by shaving it so in order to see it we had to put a light underneath it, that's why it's so bright. Neil did the pirate and then I made him do the cute Frankenstein.

And is this not the most haunted picture? Can you see the outline of the ghost in the middle and all the little devils coming out of the pumpkins?? SCARY!!!!I'm not quite sure what Neil was messing with when he took this picture.Whooooooooooo!!!!

What the... Are those pumpkins???

Well we harvested our pumpkins early October this year after the frost pretty much killed the plants. Cole had a blast helping Neil pick them all.He was just a little frustrated with how heavy and poky they were. He wanted to carry them too!

And in case any of you were ever wondering. This is what happens when you cross pumpkins with crook necked squash. Apparently, they were planted a little too close to each other.

But as weird looking as they were, they were actually pretty cool. We got lots of compliments on them and people actually were willing to take them when we gave some away.

Hmmm... can you tell where Cole gets his fake cheesy smile from? Sorry Cole.
Cole and I got the fun job as being the trash compacters for the day.

Although, I think he enjoyed it more than I did.

So our garden is done for the year. So sad. And let the lesson be learned. Don't plant your squashes too close together! Or actually if you want to see some kind of cool new breed then do!

Korver & Cole

Well now that Korver is 7 weeks old I thought that I should probably post some pictures.

Cole ABSOLUTELY loves being a big brother and absolutely LOVES Korver. He tells me all the time that Korver is his best friend. It's super cute!

At first Korver would sleep through ANYTHING! Baths and even getting poked in the foot by a needle and then having his blood squished out of his little foot. The nurses couldn't believe he slept through the whole thing, and I was SO grateful! Poor little guy!

Cole wants to hold Korver every chance he gets. But then he gets frustrated because he can't see Korver's face when he holds him. Cole also got sick when Korver was about 4 weeks old so he wasn't allowed around the baby at all. It was the hardest, worst week of his life! Luckily, Korver didn't get sick and they're able to play again. Korver also loves Cole and it's cute to see him smile at Cole when he gets right in his face. Oh and just a little tidbit for all you nursing mother's out there. If you get mastatis put cabbage on it. It does wonders! I couldn't believe it. I didn't even have to go to the doctors and it was gone within a day! Wahoo!!!!