Halloween 2017

Happy Halloween!  Here are some pictures of the kids carving pumpkins. 

 Louis did most of the scooping, which was awesome.

Louis designed his pumpkin all by himself.

I helped Alice put the finishing touches on her cat pumpkin

Alice was a mermaid this year.  She had a very fancy costume.

Louis decided to go as a Vampire. 

They were very excited to go out trick-or-treating.

This is their "can we go now" look.

Thanksgiving 2016

We had a fun and laid-back Thanksgiving this year. My parents came up to visit for the weekend and Aunt Angie and Brooke came over for dinner.

Here's Alice looking super cute and fancy.

Louis and Grandpa Brian played some surprisingly competitive chess.  Louis gave him a run for his money, but Grandpa came out on top.

Alice and her cousin.

Alice and her aunt.

Hector and his niece.

Me and my turkey.

The kids were so excited to eat, they couldn't even wait for the rest of us.

Halloween 2016

We had a fun Halloween this year.  We started off Halloween weekend with some pumpkin carving.

I made the kids do the scooping out this year.

The finished products.  Here's my Hillary pumpkin, and Alice's scary face.

Here's Louis #12 Seahawk pumpkin, and Hector's goofy jack-o-lantern.

This year the kids took over and put together their own costumes.  Louis was a vampire, and Alice was a "peacock fairy".  They made themselves some pretty spiffy costumes.

Even though we got over 8.5 inches of rain in October, we lucked out and had a few dry hours for trick-or-treating.

Pumpkin Patch 2016

In October we went with one of Louis' friends from Cub Scouts to a pumpkin patch.

It was a little cold and muddy, but the kids were troopers.  Here's Louis and his friend Danny.

Alice in front of the hay bale maze.

Tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch.

So many to chose from.

Everyone had to carry their own pumpkins.  Alice picked a reasonably sized one.

Louis picked the biggest one he could carry.

Danny and Louis being sunflowers.

Hector and Alice being sunflowers.

Louis' Tenth Birthday

Our big boy turned ten years old last month.  I can't believe how big he's gotten.

For his birthday we had cake and ice cream with Louis' aunt and cousin.

Louis wanted chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate ice cream.  It was a chocolate extravaganza.

 Louis being a Pokemon master.

Happy Birthday, Louis!

First Day of School 2016

This was a big year for the Wolf-Huerta household.  Alice started kindergarten, and Louis started fourth grade. 

Check out my kooky kids on the first day of school.

 Hector was able to meet us at school to send the kids off.

Here's Alice waiting with her class in the school gym.