Pirate Party

Gannon's friend Owen from the boys old preschool had a pirate party and invited the boys.  I was out of town at my annual scrapbook retreat so Dave took the boys and did a great job grabbing pictures too!  What a great Daddy we have.  Owen has a huge pirate ship play structure in his backyard, perfect for a pirate party.  Garrett and Gannon had so much fun playing pirates at the party. 

Trick or Treat

Trick or Treating is Dave's favorite part of Halloween.  We invited Owen, the pirate, and his Mom Tammy to join us for the night.  We met up for pizza (and beer for the adults) prior to taking the boys out for the fun.  All the boys did a great job going to the door, asking nicely, and saying thank you.  About an hour of this and we were done.  Dave could have gone all night, but the boys had plenty of candy and so we headed in for the night. 

Pumpkin Carving

Garrett and Gannon were excited and eager to make their pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns.  Of course they both thought they were big enough to cut their own pumpkins, um no! A two year old with a knife is a little scary.  After a few minutes of explaining that they are not old enough and the knives are dangerous they were okay with their jobs being scooping the seeds.  Even this job is a little more intense than their little muscles can handle.  I tried to do something a little cuter than the simple triangle jack-o-lantern that I'm good at.  Details with a knive are not my style.  As you can see in the picture we stuck to a simple design!  Their kids, they loved them and especially loved them being lit up.

Halloween Carnival

Our Lady of Mercy hosts a Halloween Carnival every year so I took the boys with Grandma and Papa to have fun.  Garrett and Gannon are both at the age to understand games and had tons of fun.  Papa was ready for some dessert so the boys took a try at the cake walk.  Garrett was very upset that Gannon walked away a winner!  Both boys of course LOVED the bounce house slide and could have stayed on it all night.  It was a lot of fun and another excuse to run around in their spider man gear. 

Bear Creek Pumpkin Patch

Since Gannon was sick for the Corn Maze trip we decided to recover him with a trip to the local pumpkin patch.  They have a small version of a corn maze, which is plenty big enough for our little guys to get lost in and have fun.  Garrett and Gannon have great organization skills which is no surprise! so all they wanted to do is organize and stack the pumpkins.  An hour or so of fun and Gannon forgot all about missing the corn maze trip!

Corn Maze Trip

The annual corn maze trip with the Atwater FFA turned out to be a trip for just Dave and Garrett.  Garrett had been sick the week prior and of course Gannon had to have his turn and on the day of the corn maze.  Gannon had been so excited for the trip, but being sick wasn't able to go. Garrett had so much fun, mostly in the bounce house! 

USC Football

After being tortured at the UCLA game Papa Dave stopped by the house with a present for the boys...USC football shirts.  If his grandson's are going to love football he would rather it be in USC colors!  Garrett and Gannon were so thrilled to get new football shirts that they even had to sleep in them.  Dave just loves that they both love football!