zoo babies

We went to the Hogle Zoo for fall break in Oct. They had a lot of babies. Which the kids loved.

Emily and Mom loved the baby the baby elephant the best.

Baby giraffe, They also had baby tigers, and snow leopard but they were hiding behind their mothers and couldn't get good pictures

Jake loves the crocodiles. We even saw a baby one which totally made Jake's day.

This huge rattlesnake kept standing up following the kids. It was pretty cool, glad it was behind class!

We decided to ride the carasol instead of the train this year. If you look closely you will notice Emily's new look. She has lost her two front teeth and It still takes some getting use to. She looks so different to me.

Jake loved it too! The snake house is always his favorite place to go and the stinkiest. It has the crocodiles in it too.

Pumpkin patch

It has become a tradition to visit the Red Barn's pumpkin patch. Mom thinks they have the best donuts, the kids love the ice cream, and Dad loves the carmel apples. We find ourselves stopping for treats quite often these days.

The kids love the hay ride and think that we should invite Grandma Due and Aunt Jill and Uncle Paul next year Because Sammy and Tommy would love it. Emily was concerned though that it might be a little bumpy for grandma.

Here's Jakes sexy pose

Emily went for the biggest pumpkin this year.

Happy Halloween

Emily loved carving pumpkins. She had no fear of the sticky icky goo. She wanted to do all of it by herself.

She was actually pretty good at carving she did the body and the tail by herself.

Black cat Girls rule!

Jake and dad did a great spider for spider man

Devon's always talking about how when they were kids they used to make donuts every Halloween. So we decided to give it a try. Here's Devon talking to his mom checking up on our progress. I think we did okay for or first try but realized it sure is a lot of work.

Jake loved eating them!

Emily was a big help with the glaze.

Once we were dressed and ready to hit the streets Devo got called to work. So the kids were stuck with mom and Devo didn't get to sport his Batman costume.

The kids liked handing out the candy more than the actual trick or treating.

When Devo got home the kids made him put on his costume so we could snap a picture. Too bad the kids were already done with theirs.