Happy Autumn!

A couple of weeks ago my family went to a local pumpkin patch with some other families from church.  Not only did we all pick out pumpkins, but we got to play freeze tag for awhile in a super big corn maze!  After the maze, we all realized someone was missing.  Sören!  He was lost in the maze, but we found him pretty quickly!

We also participated in a pumpkin carving contest at our friend's house. This post will include a collection of photos of the fun times we've had so far this fall. Stay tuned...I might do another fall posting...hopefully before Christmas time arrives! :)

Pumpkin Patch:

Here's most of the kids...headed into the corn maze!

Esther having fun running through the corn maze

The Tribe of Benjamin

Esther picked her pumpkin!



 Lillian did too!

Esther helping Maryn try to decide on the perfect pumpkin

Sören hauling in our family's batch of pumpkins

4 Happy Siblings :)

The pumpkin carving contest was the next week. We chose to carve my pumpkin for the event.  Although ours didn't win, we all had a blast.  We chowed down on a yummy chili dinner, caramel apples, pumpkin cake, and most importantly, enjoyed a fun time with friends!

Carving our pumpkin



Everyone's finished pumpkins. Ours is second from right (the cowboy with a wig).  We had a very creative group of pumpkin carvers!  The Seahawk pumpkin took first place!

Dipping their apples in the cameral

Sören's ready to start eating his treat!

 Dad helped Sören, Lillian, and Esther carve their pumpkins a few days later. Sören's was HUGE!   Just to give you an idea, it was an inch or two thick and it took Dad quite awhile to finish carving it!

Carving out the other three pumpkins

Ta da!

Happy Fall!!!