Saturday, October 25, 2008

It's Saturday, Party at the Bates'

 Today was family picture day. We headed off to Heritage Farm, it's a local park that has an old fashion charm. Complete with a refurbished barn, out door fireplace, silo, haystack and a crap load of leaves. My friend and distant cousin, Mandy Reger was running around snapping a ton of pictures trying to catch the cutest moments of the day. The boys were sword fighting with sticks, and Lily was running around with Mandy's girls. Valerie is home for the weekend and was with us for pictures. She and Sara were hanging out, just walking around checking things out. Sara was making sure she saw
 every leaf and stick in the whole dang place. It was so cute to see her investigate and explore.
 Then, tonight, because Todd is such a great Daddy, he and the kids carved a pumpkin. They picked out a skull and cross bones design. Todd cut the top open and the kids dug in. By the looks on their faces, they thought it was pretty weird feeling.
 Todd has patience like no one else. He carved and worked on that pumpkin for a hour. The pumpkin looked great and the kids had a great time watching Daddy work his magic. It's going to be a fun Halloween. The kids are so excited to dress up and go trick~or~treating. Mom and Dad can't wait for the treats!
 

 


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1 comment:

Nicole said...

Heeeeeey! What about a picture of the final product! We wanna see the pumpkin all carved!