Halloween Weekend

We had a great time celebrating Halloween a couple times over the weekend.  Caleb & Jake separately decided to both be Captain America. Of course they both looked adorable in their matching costumes (even both not wanting to wear their mask).
Saturday we enjoyed a fun trick or treat activity filled with candy, lots of learning, & fun games.

On Halloween all the kids came to our house to do the real thing. In typical Jake fashion he was sick most of the day. (he seems to always be sick at his birthday & Halloween). He had a cough & mostly wanted to lay around the house all day, saying his head or stomach hurt. Never running a fever. Even saying he didn't want to trick or treat. But I knew that once the other boys got to the house he would want to participate. And he did perk up a lot when everyone was here. Even eating a piece of pizza and running and playing. So off we headed to trick or treat in our neighborhood. Jake made if for a couple of streets before deciding he was ready to go back to the house. We still had to walk back, but he stood with me instead of running up to houses with the other boys. Even not feeling well he still was so excited about trick or treating and kept saying how much fun it was and he couldn't believe how much candy he was getting. Thankfully he woke up feeling better Tuesday morning & by Tuesday afternoon he was back to his usual rambunctious boy self.

Cousins...7 Grandsons...Wyatt(6weeks), Logan & Luke(15 months), Jake(4), Caleb(4), Tyler(6), Austin(9)

                                                                 Jake and all his candy

Halloween

Well, I guess pictures of Halloween are better late then never right? Around Halloween there were lots of posts going around the blog world about whether or not it was ok to celebrate Halloween as a Christian. We are very much a Christian, God loving, Jesus believing, Bible reading family, and we celebrate Halloween. It is fun to dress up in a favorite costume, spend time with family & friends and go knocking for some candy.

Jake had lots of fun this year and was all into trick or treating weeks before Halloween was even here. This Halloween was made even more special because this was the 1st year Jason was actually home for Halloween...what a treat that was for us.

As with years past all of our family met at our house and then we headed out in our neighborhood. This year we were also joined by some great friends of ours. And being that we know lots of people in our neighborhood and are in fact good friends with a lot of them it is always fun to see everyone out and about throughout the neighborhood.

Pumpkin Carving

I found this poem over at Women Living Well and it was the perfect thing to go with our pumpkin carving. Keep in mind some of our pictures were taken by an almost 3 year old who thinks he is in charge of the camera. 

Lord, open my mind so I can learn new things about you.

(Cut off top of pumpkin)

Remove the things in my life that don’t please you. Forgive the wrong things I do and help me to forgive others.

(Remove the guts)

 Open my eyes to see the beauty you’ve made in the world around me.
(Cut open eyes)

I’m sorry for the times I’ve turned my nose at the good food you provide.

(Cut out nose)

Let everything I say please You.

(Cut out mouth)

Lord, help me show your light to others through the things I do.

(Light the candle inside)

Amen.
By: Liz Curtis Higgs