Trick or Treating....

Halloween this year was sooo much fun! We started off with some pumpkin picking and a hayride, we celebrated with a Spooktacular Halloween Party with 27 kids. Yup! 27 kiddos all at our house... It was a gorgeous fall day so we were outside.. Bouncy house, costumes, cupcakes, and sooo much silly spooky fun! Buzz (Jake), Woody(Matt), Jessie (Me) and an Alien(Jon boy)!

Then we headed to Patriot Place for some Tricks and Treats and a HUGE bouncy house... Matthew was Lightening McQueen because he wanted an easy costume there! :)

Finally, it was Halloween and the real trick or treating begun.... Jake really wanted the candy...

Matthew visited a few houses, but had a blast handing out candy to all the kids!!! I have to give Jon props for the pumpkins.. He made an awesome Mickey Mouse and the one in the picture.. Donald Duck!

apples, pumpkins, hayrides, and more fall fun...

Have I mentioned yet how much I (we) love the fall... Football, crisp cool mornings, pumpkin spice coffee, colored leaves, Halloween, candy, friends, costumes, family, Thanksgiving, delicious fall beer, snuggling, racking leaves (pine needles), more snuggles...so fun!!

Well we started off with our first fall adventure. The entire family headed to an adorable farm up the road for a morning of pumpkin picking... We were in search of the "perfect" pumpkins!!

Well the perfect pumpkins were found!!!

Matthew wanted every pumpkin in the patch. Big, small, gords, butternut squash.. I swear everything ended up in our little red wagon! (Even the kids)

It was an awesome day... We even found time to decorate some for our annual kids Halloween party! It was a perfect day! I love my boys! And I love spending time together as a family on a gorgeous fall day! What more could a girl as for!

finally.. ski jumps too! part 4

Here are a finally few shots from the Olympic Ski Jumping complex! It was so flipping awesome! Seriously those guys have some brass balls to be jumping from those heights. We rode the chair lift to the top of the jumping ramps and watched them practice... then we headed up the elevator to the tippy top of the jumping platforms! HOLY **** it was sooo high and sooo fun!

Oh my gravy..... can you seriously believe people ski down this and then jump off it...

We also had a chance to watch the freestyle jumpers too. They actually fly off the ramp, do some crazy flips and spins and turns and then land in a pool for practice! So wild!
hmmm do you think the boys will make the 20.... Olympics as Ski Jumpers???

and some more vaca.....part 3

We headed up to High Falls peak for some hiking and some awesome views of the waterfalls since it had rained heavey earlier in the week it was AWESOME!!!! Below are some fun family shots....

The birthday couple! Don't they look great for oldies :) :)

Our little family!!! Yep, I did carry Matthew part of the way on my shoulders.. He told me his legs were broken!!

Aren't these brothers just the cutest!

The whole crew posing for a pic! It was great fun adn an easy hike!

Jon and his boys at the end of the hike and so ready for some Hot Cocoa and a nap!!

60, 64, laughs, hiking, beautiful views, and family fun! part 2

Ooh here are a few more pictures from Santa's Workshop... Jake and I were riding the Merry go round so you get a nice view of the reindeer bum bum...

Matthew and Gpa had a blast feeding the "real" Santa's reindeer...

The afternoon after seeing Santa we headed up Whiteface. It was gorgeous. Cold (ice on the trees). We thought we could take the elevator to the top of Whiteface... So, we headed into the mountain down this long tunnel to wait in line to take an elevator in the middle of the mountain. Yay Right! I am slightly claustrobhobic, well in there I thought I was going to pass out. So I took off, back out the tunnel with Dad and Jake. Matthew, Mom and Jon took the elevator to the top. Dad, Jake and I hiked to the top. How hard could it actually be when the trail starts out with stairs... I only had a 20lb baby and a 5lb pack strapped to my back... It was well worth the struggle (at one point I was pulling myself over a boulder and Dad was trying to push me... we gave everyone there a few laughs for sure!)

60, 64, laughs, hiking, beautiful views, and family fun! part 1

So... My Dad turned 64 this year and Mom hit the BIG 60!!! We decided to celebrate in Lake Placid, NY... We staid at a beautiful resort on Mirror Lake, private beach, paddle boats, and glorious views... Here is a view one morning from our bedroom!

Nanny got alot of love from her grandsons... In the picture above we had said to Matt Man that he has red hair just like his Nanny.. His response "Yep, from Hugging!" Too cute and where do they come up with this stuff!

Matthew's favorite part were the friendly ducks.. In this picture it looks as if he is scaring them and yes he was trying to.. Boys :)

The first day was a little on the rainy side so we enjoyed the Wild Center. So fun watching the otters play, hiking around, and learning about the environment. Matthew made a little friend too... My silly hubby is playing around with the only moose we saw ;)

Then off to Santa's Workshop (kinda lame) but the kids loved it. Dad and Jon got in on the fun too!

Ladies man... Look what I got in the mail...

Isn't he adorable... thought anyone reading would enjoy this adorable picture!