Happy Halloween!

We had a spooktacular time with family on the west side of the state.  We started in Hudsonville with dinner and dessert at Aunt Denise's house, along with Cousins Roger, Rebecca, Zach, Matt.  Here are the trick-or-treaters ready for a fun night.  Matt (Batman), Mati (Cowgirl), and Zach (Gangster.)

We then moved on to Dan & Heather's house to meet up with more cousins.

Morgan (cat), Aly (lamb), Dean (fireman), Andrew (ninja) and Mati (cowgirl.)

Here's Mati and Daddy ready to head to the first house...

Here's the first door we went to, Mati's first official trick-or-treating experience!

And here is how the night ended; Mati hanging out on the stairs (her new favorite activity is stair climbing) and watching a few trick-or-treaters come to the door.

Our Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

The weather turned nice Sunday afternoon so we headed to one of the pumpkin patches in Mason. Mati wore her Halloween dress to celebrate the special trip. We pet the goats in the petting zoo, sat on straw bales, walked around the pumpkin patch, picked out a couple of pumpkins, and ended our trip with pumpkin doughnuts... yum!

The New Toy Box!

A while back I found a beautiful toy box in a catalog and showed it to Doug. He said "I could make that!" So we found some plans online and he did it. Doug built this gorgeous oak toy box for Mati. She loves playing with the toys inside and sitting in the toy box itself. What a blessing to have a talented woodworker in the house!