Halloween

I can't believe that Halloween has already come and past and that we are in November already.  We had a fun-filled Halloween with lots of activities with friends.  The day started of with a visit to church where we listened to a wonderful guest speaker, Ron Hall.  He is the author of the New York Times Best Seller, Same Kind of Different As Me.  I haven't read any of it, but if it is anything like his sermon, I can only imagine that it is excellent. 

We followed up church with a bite to eat at Subway and then off to a birthday party.  One of Brayden's friends, Grayson, was having a birthday party at a local pumpkin patch.  There was so much to do while there.  We started of with a visit to see the farm animals.  They had cows, horses, sheep, goats, and chickens.  Brayden loved watching the animals and occasionally petting them when they came up close.  I then tried to get Brayden to join me in the Kiddie Corn Maze, but he was too involved in playing on the big John Deere Tractor. 

Next we all took a trip around the entire farm on a hay ride.  I think this was probably the highlight of Brayden's day. 

After some cake and present opening, Brayden and Michelle decorated a pumpkin while I held a napping Brooklyn.  Brayden had an absolute blast the whole time.

After a quick nap in the car ride home, it was time to get dressed up for some trick-or-treating.  Brayden dressed up as a monkey while Brooklyn was dressed up as a banana. 

We hit up a few of our neighbors houses and then went to the neighborhood across the street to visit a couple from small group. 

After spending a little while with Ben, Jen and Carter another family from our small group joined us to visit a few other houses.  Cristina and her son, Solomon, joined us while we went to 10 or so houses.  It took Brayden a while to get the hang of it, but by the end, he was a pro.  Brayden was able to fill up a small bucket with plenty of candy.  Brooklyn was a champ and slept almost the entire time. 

Altogether, we could not have asked for a more fun-filled day and beautiful weather.