~The Deer Hunt~

This year we made the deer hunt a family event. The kids and I went with Dave, Becky and the girls came with Jeff, and Marc brought up Randee. Our plan was while the men were out hunting us girls would hang out back at camp. We headed up Thursday night. Friday was a very nice day. We set up camp, rode 4 wheelers, went on a walk/hike around our campsite, and my dad and Dave went up to check out their hunting spot. They saw about 90-100 deer and were stoked for the hunt to open the following morning.

I know this is kind of gross, but as we were exploring around we saw a dead coyote hanging from a tree. Hunter thought this was so cool.

Mckell is our little camper. She loved helping to gather rocks for the firepit, wood for the fire, and absolutely loved helping my dad make the fire.

So Friday was a nice day, but Saturday was a different story. It rained a lot and even snowed up on the guys as they were hunting. Since the weather wasn't the best, the deer were not out and about, so they didn't have much luck with the hunt. Back at camp we spent the day watching movies, coloring, and decorating sugar cookies.

Playing Games. The guys thought that Sunday they might get a chance to do some more hunting, but boy were they wrong. It rained, no poured, the entire day. So we spent the whole day playing games and watching movies waiting for the rain to subside, but it never did.

Eventually, we realized that the rain wasn't going to stop so we packed up and headed home. Not the most successful hunt, but we had a good time.

~Smeding Girls Night Out~

It has been a tradition, for years now, to go to dinner and a Haunted House with my moms sisters and my cousins. It is so much fun, to get together and visit and then go and get scared to death :) Our favorite haunted house, that we have been going to for years now, is The Nightmare on 13th. Soooo Fun!!! This year our group was a bit smaller, but we still had fun. Here is a picture of those of us that made it with Freddy Kruger.

I love the look on my moms face, lol.

~Happy Birthday Grandpa~

Grandma Wangsgard threw a big birthday party for Grandpa this year. Well really, the family Halloween party just happened to fall on his birthday, so we celebrated it at the party. Grandma got his favorite, apple pie.

The kids all dressed up in their costumes. Lexi is Tinkerbell, Hunter is a Soccer Player Zombie, and Mckell is a Flower Princess.

Dave and I were party poopers, we didn't dress up :(

The kids being scary :)

~Oo-oo-oo-oo! This is Halloween~

Tonight was our first Halloween party of the year. A fun family up the street had a Halloween party. They had tons of games and lots of food. The kids had a blast!The Donut on a String game. Afterwards, Hunter told me, "Mom, that game is harder than it looks" :)
Ella and Mckell playing Bingo.
Let the parties begin! I love Halloween!

~ A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch~

Today Becky and I took the kids to Black Island Farms. We had a lot of fun and could have spent the whole day there. The kids just didn't want to leave :) We had fun picking out our pumpkins from a pumpkin patch, playing on the slides, going through the corn maze, riding on the train, and much, much more. It is such a fun place to visit at Halloween time.

The kids absolutely loved picking out there very own pumpkins.

Mckell is such a little mother to Jocelyn. She "had" to help her with her pumpkin, going up and down the slides, and on the train. She cracks me up, but I guess Jocelyn likes the pampering because she lets Mckell do it :)

Such a fun day! It is days like this that I really like having the kids home from school.

~What We Do While Dave is Elk Hunting~

It has been a tradition for the past several years that while Dave is away elk hunting, the kids and I paint pumpkins. We have alot of fun doing this, I LOVE spending time with my kids!!!

Mckell named her pumpkin Rosie (that is her favorite name at the moment. She names all her dolls Rosie, has named her Grandma Ropelato's new kitten Rosie, and even told me the other day that she thinks Rosie is Mckell in Spanish. Ha ha, she cracks me up.:) On Hunter's pumpkin he painted Mario, Luigi, and Wario from Super Mario Brothers. Yes, I think he plays video games too much. :) HAPPY HALLOWEEN!