October

One of the most beautiful fall seasons we've had together as a family. The weather has been incredibly gorgeous and we've taken full advantage!
As always, every fall we get a massive amount of pine needles and leaves to rake up. Here the boys jumped in our big pine needle/leaf mixture!
This is a fun picture of the boys having some evening fun being super punks.
Jacob and I enjoyed a special morning together at preschool, it was "bring a special person to school day." Fun experiencing preschool with Jake. He really enjoys school.
One of Jake's favorite things to do is play with the trucks!
Fun snack day where Jake put lots of frosting on his graham cracker. Yummm.

This October we had a very special day with grandpa. He came to hang out with us for the whole day! We started the day off with yummy donuts he picked up in Woodbury and then carved and painted pumpkins together.

Played some Rack-O
And went to Chippewa to throw rocks and eat ice cream at Olson's.
Absolutely beautiful day.
The pumpkins turned out great and even better with the help from Grandpa! We love him so much.
Trick-or-treating was so great. The little guys dressed up as super heroes this year and our big guys were a scary baseball player and a headless pumpkin man!
We got an incredible amount of candy this year. Not sure what we will do with it all!
And to finish up a great month of great weather and memories, we watched the Mustangs play an outstanding season of football. This is a picture of the boys at the final game in Chippewa as the Mustangs lost in the playoffs. The boys have really enjoyed going to these games and cheering with their buddies. Some of the time sitting with Kyle and I, while the rest of the time running around with friends or cheering with their families. Kyle and I have really enjoyed these Friday nights as a family with friends.
October 2015. so much fun.

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