Annual Pumpkin Carving

I have been a little lazy in my Halloween preparations this year. I'm going to be THAT mom who throws together costumes last minute. I'm still not entirely sure what we are going to be for the ward Halloween party Wednesday night...

I was glad when our friends called us up last week to see if we wanted to do pumpkins with them tonight. It's become kind of a tradition to get together with this awesome family each year to carve pumpkins and eat treats. We sure love the time we get to spend with them!

 For some reason our kiddos weren't thrilled about getting messy...

 With a lot of coaxing, Mr. H got his hands dirty!

 We also were super lucky to have Daddy with us for a few more days this week while he does some work up here.

 I love these people! And I extra LOVE having Mr. Stannix home for a few extra nights.

 Joseph got pretty into it at the end, just when we were ready to carve.

 I let him "scrape" away at the inside of the pumpkin with his little spoon for a few extra minutes.

 I love seeing my kiddos work together on things.

 When we were finished I made the littles pose in front of the pumpkins. They weren't too thrilled about that...

We enjoyed some apple pie and yummy bread for snack before the Daddy's took off to the Oilers game. Lucky ducks. By the end of the night it was evident that the children had a little too much sugar! The energy in the room was ca-razy and Mr. H was starting to put on a grump. We said good-bye to our dear friends and I got everyone ready for bed. After prayers were said, teeth were brushed, and heat bags were distributed, all three of them fell asleep without too much fuss. I managed to tidy up a bit and organize myself for tomorrow. I think it's time for me to head up to bed now too!