Photo of the day: carving pumpkins

This year is our 8th Halloween together. Almost every year we carve pumpkins together, I think last year was our exception :(. This year, we didn't try to do anything too fancy, just a traditional Jack-O-Lantern.

Photo of the day: Halloween costumes

Tonight is Trick-or-Treat night! This town takes Halloween very seriously, there was a costume contest last weekend, tonight is trick-or-treat and tomorrow is the big Halloween parade. We met for community group and we had chili,  apple cider, we watched the game and of course passed out some candy to trick-or-treaters. I wore my tried and true Minnie ears and Alex went as an insurance agent (he's clever, isn't he?).

Happy (almost) Halloween!

 Lambie is Mallory, Princess Sophia is Kaitlyn, random TMNT and Kaitlyn and Minnie Mouse (aka Me)

Photo of the day: youth group

Alex and I are youth leaders at our church for high school students. We grew up with some amazing leaders and hope to be a fraction as good as they were. We love our students and love getting to be a part of their lives. We love getting to talk with them, pray for them and hangout with them. It may seem cliché but I'm pretty sure we get as much or more out of it than they do. 

Photo of the day: baking

Alex's birthday was yesterday and we celebrated....by running 13.1 miles. On Friday at our murder mystery party, I made apple crisp for dessert. Alex got a candle and of course we sang Happy Birthday. I know that this isn't technically a photo from this day, but it's a photo and I baked something.

The recipe can be found here.