So life has been carrying on after all the Halloween hoopla. I haven't posted for a while but we've been out and about enjoying the end of what has been a spectacular fall. Last weekend we went up to rattlesnake lake and hiked around the lake. The kids had a blast climbing up all the large rocks on the lake shore, and throwing rocks into the water.

This week the rain started but we had fun going to pre-school. Zoe really likes to chose her outfits for school and is enjoying her 'Hollywood' look as the teacher calls it.

Today we had a great time at our friend Melissa's new house. She hosted a cookie decorating open house and the kids had a lot of fun with all the icing and sprinkles. Zoe wanted to wear one of her 'Santa' outfits for the decorating. It was interesting to watch the girls decorate. They were very into it and took a lot of time and trouble. Max spent as much time eating cookies as he did icing them, and I'm not sure any of the other boys iced anything. They were all in car heaven with about a million hot wheels.

As usual we tried to get a group photo but as you can see it was a challenge. I kind of like the shot though, it looks a bit like they are teenagers hanging out in the basement:)