October Weekend Fun

We had a great weekend last weekend! It was all about the kids, fall, and Halloween traditions. I went to the store on Friday and got a bunch of Halloween decorations for the kids. I also got these cute little flashlights which let you put a Halloween design at the end of it and you can shine it on the wall. There was a witch, a ghost and a jock-o-lantern. We turned off all the lights and took turns telling ghost stories using the symbols! We then played trick or treat in the dark. We thought the kids might be scared, but they loved it! On Saturday, we got up and found a cute pumpkin patch in Double Oak that was free and oh so awesome! We took alot of pictures there! There was great food, bounce houses, hay rides, pony rides, and tons of pumpkins! We came back, decorated the house and then carved our pumpkins. Then, we finished off the night with pancakes and hot chocolate! The kids had blue mouths all day from the blue snow cones, if you are wondering. I think holidays are so much more fun with kids in the picture...you get to live through them, getting to redo the fun things that you can't do as a single adult! I am really looking forward to more fun holiday fun to come this year!

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Brittany said…

Jason and those kids are soooo lucky to have you! I can only imagine how much fun you bring to their lives! Loving that you update your blog so regularly...I've missed knowing what you are up to!

October 10, 2009 at 8:11 PM

Nikki McCallum said…

Ohhh Jenna, I miss you so much and wish the 8 of us were doing all these fun things together. You better be saving some time for us at Christmas! :)

October 10, 2009 at 11:09 PM

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