Halloween and more

We enjoyed many Halloween outings this year, but the favorite was a "trunk or treat" festival at a local church. They had a fun spinning ride that both kids got to go on:

waiting in line for the ride

Cute dragon

Then, in the parking lot there were rows of cars. Some were decorated, some weren't but they all had candy in the trunk (hence "trunk or treat")

Candy in the trunk

Well decorated van

It took some courage, but Lily finally went into the van.

Checking out their candy stash.

I arranged for a local painting studio to come to our clubhouse one Friday night to paint the sunset over our lake. It was a lot of fun and our apartment supplied all the food and drinks.

Luke's finished masterpiece of the sunset over our lake:

My grandpa stopped by for a visit on his way home from Montana. The kids remembered him from last year and were really excited to see their Papa again.

During the warm days we started a hobby of looking for snakes. There are tons of them that live around the lake so we would see how many we could count and catch. On one of our walks we counted 8 snakes.

One of the little snakes we caught

We even caught a huge bull snake. It was probably six feet long. I held it for a second but it rattled and tried to bite me so I had to let it go. It was the biggest snake I have even seen in the wild.

Big bull snake.

Lily and a little snake

Luke is more afraid of the snakes than anybody :) So afraid in fact that he gets nervous even trying to take a picture of the snake...that is why half my head is missing

The kids touching a baby snake

Jack's kindergarten is going great! His class got switched to part time so he is home with me more which I love. He is growing up so fast!

Jack's Kindergarten Picture