Clara's 1st birthday!

Clara turned 1 on October 28th! We celebrated her birthday with a party on Saturday, Oct 25th. We rented an inflatable slide/jumper and had them set it up in the front yard! Our house is like a playground on most weekdays - with a jumper in front, we should have charged admission!

The kids had a great time and clara was ADORABLE. She was very cute opening presents and playing with her new toys & clothes.

Mom & Tom made a great cake for Clara -- multiple layers & hand-made polka dots & embellishments. It was very cute and extremely tasty!

Pumpkin carving/Tina's birthday

We had our annual pumpkin carving event on October 18th. This year the event had grown to include most of the neighborhood: Devlin, Brandon, Aidan, Clara, Nathan, Macy, Zachy, Nachite, Sunshearray, Colton & Aaron. We carved almost a dozen pumpkins within a couple hours.

It was loads of fun, like always. The kids all picked much simpler designs this year - I think they remembered how long the pumpkins took in the prior years.

It was a fun filled night of pumpkin guts, lasagna, & multiple birthday cakes! YUM!