Happy Halloween!

In the past we have had great weather, and have been able to get some good pics of the kids in there costumes. ( I was just commenting that Joel still has up Cooper 2 yr photo on facebook.) So, becuase we live in Colorado we were due a cold Halloween, and sadly it was not just cold, but really windy. So We were only out Trick or Treating for about 15/20 mins. Joel and Cooper did go back out after Lauren and I decided we could hand out candy in the warm house. Lauren also found it it was just as fun to put candy in her bucket from Mom's candy bowl.
Here are a few pics. again sadly we did not get any great ones...but there are still good to have.

  

As you can see the wind was blowing us away, but it was still Halloween, so we all had fun.

Still a good time for a Pumpkin Patch

As I said last post, we really like the pumpkin patches. We found Anderson farm last year with the Turners, and were excited to go back this year. They have lots to do, and we again we had a beautiful day to enjoy all the offerings. The big trick is to show up early. So we hit the doors when they opened. Cooper of course had to go on the peddle cars. He must of gone about 50 laps. The most entertaining part, was if he had no one to race he would slow down until someone caught up with him.

                                                                      Go, Go, Go.......

Lauren on the other hand was content to have Dad push her around the course. Which is not easy.

                                               Mom and Lauren racing around...

                                                                 Go faster, Daddy!

After the cars, we headed over the pumpkin chunckin.... which is really cool. They have sling shots where you can launch smaller squash at some targets. Both the kids enjoyed it, but you really had to pay attention or one of the kids would be hitting each other , accidentally of course.

                                                           Cooper is ready to take aim

One, two, three..... go

Waiting for some big pumpkin smashing

After the chunkin, we tried the corn maze. Cooper was more interested in it, then the rest of us, but Lauren was riding in a wagon, and we made it through the first 12 check points. We had a great time, and are thankful to live in such a beautiful place.

Pumpkin Patch Time of year

I have really come to love this time of year, where the air is crisp, but not hot. The leaves are beautiful colors and the snow is a bright white on the mountains. So what is one of the best things to do with the wonderful weather, but pick a pumpkin.

                                                              Lauren trying one out

We have a nice one right down the hill, so Tuesday afternoon, we headed over to the Rock Creek Pumpkin patch. You can pick your pumpkin and then enjoy bouncy castles, see some critters and climb on some hay bales. Here are the photos.

Both Coop and Lauren love the slides, they must have gone up and down about 50 times

Photo Opp :)

Not sure what we are doing here

Now it is Lauren's turn to hang out of the window

Time to Drive the tractor

Big boy enjoying the beautiful day

I am sure we will try to hit at least one more Pumpkin patch before winter, and  I am sure I will take more pic to remember it.

Oklahoma....where the wind comes sweeping

We have not all been back to Oklahoma for a football game in several years, so we decided to make a really quick trip back to Oklahoma. We all loaded up, and by all I mean Joel, Sarah, Cooper, Reese, Lauren, Skylar and myself. (Heaven help Southwest airlines). One short trip and a Rum and coke later we landed in OKC. We headed for a nice dinner at Charleston's and tried to get some sleep. Lauren had been having so much fun that she was not ready to bed. So General Jill had to step in and make sure we all got some needed sleep eye.  The next morning we headed over to Stillwater, after a quick stop at Hideaway Pizza. We watched a game that made us feel like the old days when we were in school. Not pretty, but we won. The kids had a good time I think, Cooper was able to play some ball under the stands and Lauren watched Jake and the Neverland Pirates on a Iphone, making sure to clap when needed for the Cowboys. It was good to see Stillwater again and think back at my time there... so, so long ago.
 On Sunday we were able to head out to the ranch and see all the cute babies. The kids really enjoyed this, which included feeding babies, and finding Tuxedo ( a very large baby) to feed. We also were able to provide our first driving lessons.

Cooper was quickly looking for other ways to make a mess

Lauren still loving the cows

And Daddy

Cousins

Cows are cool

First Time driver

Taking her job seriously

Big Brother's turn

Just where she wants to be-- with Daddy

Just a few more mouths to feed

Now Cooper gets some chow

We had a great time, and are very thankful for Jack and Martha putting up with the craziness. We were able to celebrate Miss Skylar's first birthday before headed back home to the beautiful state of CO. Love the football and cows, but I think all of our heads were happy to hit the pillow on Sunday night.

New Town, New Play time

Since moving to Superior, we are trying to meet people and get to know our new surroundings. We received a flyer on the door for a small community carnival. So we hopped on our bikes and rode down the hill. First stop was Cooper's new school, where we were able to do some bouncing...

After we were bounced out we tried the slide.

The next business, had a petting zoo, which we all know how much Rennie loves her petting zoos. There was a donkey that was getting the hugs.

Next were more bouncy castles, the ones with the big slides. Lauren tried to hang with Cooper, but we did end up having to find a smaller one for her. But there was much fun to be had.

Cooper heading up again.