Carving pumpkins :)

Rich bought some most excellent pumpkins for the boys to carve, so we sat down yesterday as a family and carved them up!

Step 1: Scooping the guts!

I LOVE this picture.

More scoopage. I was Noah's assistant for this, but I was also manning the camera (as always).

What's in there?

A little help from dad...

Do you like the matching wardrobes? Rich had to get into his undershirt, before Avery could be convinced to take off his nice shirt and do the same.

A little co-carving. The planning process was funny. We drew on the faces with a crayon. It was a little like a police artist. "What eyes do you want, triangles or circles? What eyebrows? (Avery wanted scary, and a nose just like his) Teeth or no teeth?"

Sheesh! He's JUST like his father!

The final product! Look at that beautiful smile on my Noah! I told you he had one. He was actually laughing because Rich was saying Monkey Butt! LOL

Remember us?

Ok, folkies, I KNOW it has been way to long, and I won't even try to explain the absence that felt like forever. Just appreciate that we are back :) Here are some pics from the beginning of summer. In fact, I know it was in May, because that is the only time this summer when we had a week warm enough to wear shorts.

Avery, of course, accessorized.

My sweet boy and his sweet smile (if I could only get the eyes open at the same time)

In case you weren't sure, he's a tree.

and he's just cute!

Funny cuties in PJ's.

I still have to go through and re-folder my photo collection (my hard drive crashed while we were on vacation, but though the miracle of Mother-in-laws who want pictures, I actually managed to have most of it backed up) so the picture posts may be somewhat random for awhile, but we have returned!