Fall in New England

The trick or treating mob

Happy Halloween! I've decided that everyone goes all out for Halloween here in New England. We went to two parties, two trunk or treats, and two pumpkin patches. The boys had a great time dressing up as batman and a train conductor. Brigham's friend, Caleb, had a birthday party and then we trick or treated with them around their neighborhood. 

The boys painting their pumpkins. Benson is an artist. He loves anything crafty and gets upset if you "help" him with his art.

The amount of leaves here is unbelievable. There was a large pile in our neighborhood that the boys enjoyed playing in.

Watch out boys! The monster wants some of your candy! We decorated the car for our ward's trunk or treat and I also helped out at Brigham's school trunk or treat.

Has anyone seen Benson?

Fall is really is beautiful here. This is Brig showing off his big muscles as we hiked around Crescent Lake.

The boys playing with their neighbor friends in the leaves.

Benson likes to drink water our of the camelbaks. 

We picked apples with our friend Dexter.

The boys on the hay ride up to the orchard.

The pumpkin patch. It was a warm day.

They especially liked the corn maze. Good thing it was small because we went around it several times.

Enjoying an apple fritter. Num num!

Benson loves underdogs from big brother.

A couple of silly monkeys in the baby swings.

Brig's school picture. The photographer captured a rare moment of shyness.

New haircut for this stud!

Brig enjoyed doing " pin poke" worksheets during General Conference. And I enjoyed snuggling with my two burritos!

The boys at crescent lake. We come here a lot. 

Camping in Maine

When we got home from Montana we had one more week before Jared had to go back to school. We decided we wanted to go camping in Acadia National Park in Maine. We had never been to Maine before and it didn't disappoint. It reminded us a lot of the Oregon coast with mountains meeting right up to the shoreline. There were a lot of cute little coastal towns along the way. We stayed at a campground that had a fun playground, swimming pool, and showers. Even though we experienced some wet and foggy weather, our tent kept us nice and dry. The boys and Jared enjoyed exploring the tide pools the best and I liked picking the wild blueberries in our campground.

You can't go to Maine without eating Lobster! Jared put on quite a face for the picture. 

We watched them boil the lobster outside.

Our place mats for dinner :)

The wild blueberries. Yum!

My blue eyed boy eating blueberries!

Jared and Brig jumping into the pool

Our car was packed to the ceiling with camping gear. Brig had his legs propped up on the tent the whole way.

We went to this beach early in the morning and the water was cold. The waves were a little bigger than we were used to and Brig got knocked over a couple times. Haha it was really funny to watch.

The lighthouse