Trunk or Treat

Our family was excited to once again be able to be involved with Trunk or Treat. (Remember last year I had H1N1- not fun!) We borrowed the big orange truck for our family's "trunk." We had an Illini theme (in Missouri that is considered creative or at least different) Our van was actually loaned to another family in order to be decorated like a Dalmatian. Jeremy, Titus, & I wore our Illini gear. The girls choose to wear their cowgirl costumes. It was a VERY cold night!!!

The best picture of our family...


Grace loved handing out our treats. We gave away small prizes instead of candy. She wouldn't even leave to go around the circle at first. But, after her sister returned with candy she was convinced. She was so afraid someone would come to our trunk while she was gone and she would miss out on her job. We filled the back of the truck with blankets so the kids could snuggle in since it was so chilly.

Holst Halloween Party

Every year at Halloween Grandma Holst hosts a Halloween party. It has been several years since we have been able to go. This year it worked out for us to attend which also meant I had my Mom available to take these amazing pics of my kids in their costumes.

"Trick or Treating" at Grandma's door.
Faith watching for Uncle Cody to arrive.
Titus eats...I means opens his Halloween bucket.
Papa helps Faith open her surprises.
My grandma has been making homemade salsa, pizza, & spaghetti sauce with tomatoes from the farm. I got to choose some to take home for our family. This was my favorite part! I LOVED the black bean and corn salsa.

Leaf Raking

The Saturday before Halloween Grandpa Rick came for the day. We raked leaves in our yard for burning and the guys also built shelves for the shed in our backyard. Grandpa treated us to pizza for lunch. It was a beautiful fall day- wish the leaves in our yard were colorful but.....these pics are still cute.

Here the girls are "helping" with the shelf building. Grandpa brought us the orange truck so we would have it for Trunk or Treat the next day.
Thanks for your help grandpa!

Gracie, Gracie how does your "garden" grow?

Earlier this fall the girls were playing outside and pretending to plant a garden. They were hoeing digging, and raking some dirt in an old flower bed under our porch, now covered in rocks. At one point I caught them using Jeremy's bucket of grass seed for the yard to actually plant in their "pretend" garden. Later on Jeremy called me to come look. Their garden had indeed grown- a beautiful grass crop! They were so proud. Jeremy and I just laughed and laughed. Among all the rocks they planted grew beautiful brand new grass. We joked that they needed to help daddy as they grew more grass then he did!