Ahhhhh!

Something has taken over her hair?!?

A Fall Project

This is what my mom and I have been up to this fall...

We've been canning! This was my first time canning, so my mom was my mentor :) We had a lot of fun together. We canned LOTS of peaches, applesauce (the hard way), apple pie filling, and raspberry jam. And we still want to do some salsa it we can get some time. Mmmmm!

Ava even pitched in.

Applesauce for the babies!

Random

Not much is new or interesting with us lately, so this post has no purpose really besides just some random picture updates from the last week in our awesome life :)

This is Ava's latest pastime - singing. She is pretty much constantly singing as she plays around the house. I recorded her two favorites: ABC's & Twinkle. She sings them each like fifty times a day. Also on her singing rotation: Give Said the Little Stream, I Am a Child of God, London Bridges, Old MacDonald, & Shake Your Peanut.

Twinkle Twinkle

We've been having some precip around here lately... and Ava likes to play in it

And yes, it rained AND snowed in the same week! Happily the snow has all melted... for now.

(It's time for us to do our winter shopping... In the snow picture Ava is wearing last year's coat, jeans, and boots... all too small)

I just thought this was the cutest smile. You can see his sweet disposition in his eyes.

My kids like to play in my clean laundry.

A few more cute pictures...

Halloween

Halloween was really fun this year. Ava was so excited to be a witch. Ever since she saw Minnie dress up as a witch on Micky Mouse Clubhouse, she wanted to be a witch too. Can you guess what Cody and I are? Yup, Clark Kent & Lois Lane. Cohen wore a pumpkin bib... good enough :) We went to a trunk'or'treat near our neighborgood, then trick'or'treated at G-ma&Gpa's house, then went to a Halloween party with our friends. It was a really fun night!

Here's Ava in her witch costume

She loved it!

Trick or Treat! G-ma & G-pa's!

After trick'or'treating we went to the 4th annual Halloween party at Mike & Jaime's. We had a great time hanging out, playing games, having the annual costume contest, and of course playing Mafia. It was a blast, and the Taylor's are always such great hosts! Thanks guys :)

Kylee holding Cohen at the party.

Devin & Jessica won the costume contest this year. She was a firefighter and he was fire! This picture doesn't do their costume justice though - Devin costume covered his face as well, so you couldn't see one inch of him!

The girls! Unfortunately, I didn't get a couple's picture... that would've been way better to post here, but you can get an idea of what half of our couple's costumes were. Left to Right: Jessica-firefighter, Melanie-pinata hitter, Natalie-baseball player's girlfriend, Caroline-dead Lehman Brothers, Me-Lois Lane, Kylee-fighter pilot, Jaime-Sarah Palin.