Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!

We had fun carving pumpkins and making cookies for family home evening.

We had a little visitor playing hide and seek with us while we carved pumpkins outside.

Jorgen and Shelley had fun playing in their little house while Daddy did most of the carving.We were able to go to Justin's work for a Halloween party and then afterward went to a trunk-or-treat party.The kids loved dressing up!

We had a duckling.
A Care Bear.

And a dinosaur
(This costume may look familiar. We got some very good mileage out of this hand me down costume. This was Jorgen's third and final time wearing it.)

We considered Shelley dressing up as a punk rocker but the Care Bear costume won in the end.

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!

First Day

Justin started work at Bain on October 18th.
Thank you for working so hard for us and for being the best husband and daddy ever!

Texas State Fair

We went to the Texas State Fair the last weekend it was opened and had so much fun.

There was a railroad museum (we were too cheap to go inside but had fun looking at the trains visible to us frugal folks).

We were pleasantly surprised to meet Elsie's namesake, Elsie the Cow. When we told my Grandma (My Mom's mother) that we were going to name our baby girl, Elsie, she said, "Oh No, not Elsie the cow!" She, of course, loves the name now that her great grandchild is named Elsie. I cannot help but laugh when I think that we actually got to meet Elsie the Cow! Elsie is sure to dress up as Elsie the Cow one year for Halloween.

We saw a dog show.

We went to the petting zoo.

Jorgen is the best big brother. He always takes such great care of his sisters. They are so lucky to have him!

What???
It looks like a llama that was unsuccessfully shaved like a poodle.

Taking it easy...

Jorgen participated in his first ever PEEWEE STAMPEDE! It was a thrill to watch our little man come out of the gate and ride his stick horse and jump around as fast as he could. Way to go Jorgen.

High fives all around!

The lone cowboy.Jorgen makes friends wherever he goes. He is such a friendly, outgoing little guy. Oh how we adore him.

We saw a pirate diving act.

Arrgghh Matey!

Jorgen with his hands waving high on his roller coaster ride.

The highlight for both of them was cotton candy.

They must take after their mother.

As we left the fair grounds we spotten Big Tex and had to snap a picture.

Until next year...