So we went to the pumpkin patch with some friends... Max loved it-there were little bikes to ride on, animals to pet and a fun corn maze.

Julia and Emily had fun with their friend Connor...

...and Miah was a grump. So we made him suffer as much as possible, looked at the way overpriced pumpkins, got in the car and went home. The next week we went to Wal-Mart and got our pumpkins for $3 each. Sad, but true.:)

Here's Julia and Max after church yesterday. Max thinks my old broken camera is pretty cool, so when Bernd wanted to take his picture, he went and got "his" camera too.

I really did not get into Halloween costumes this year like I usually do. Maybe it was because I had children who were asking to be things like "mercenaries" and "sword masters". So the night before Halloween, Emily and I made the Roman costume out of cardboard and a piece of red fabric I had laying around. For Jeremiah, Halloween is raiding other peoples' treat bags. Kate is never happy about her costume, as you can see in this picture. Julia decided to be a hobo at the last minute, and Max just knows that he IS Superman.