Fall Festivities!!!

This past weekend was SO MUCH FUN!!! Todd's dad and his wife came to visit, and although we only had one full day to spend with them, we crammed as much fun into that one day as we possibly could! We visited the pumpkin patch, which I look forward to all year long!

I love how this guy's beak is so appropriately, festively colored!


I LOVE the corn maze. I love the feeling of being completely lost! Unfortunately, I discovered this year that Todd has a method that he uses to find his way out, so it ruined the whole hopelessly lost illusion. But I made him promise next year that he wouldn't use his method or memorize where we'd been. I guess not getting lost isn't that bad, we ran into a lady with her kids who had been lost inside for an hour and a half! How do you do that???
I think Todd may be a little bit jealous of me, so we found him a precious baby of his own.
After we found pumpkins that we felt we could love and care for, we started the carving process. It was easier for some than it was for others. Todd's dad picked a really complex design, plus he had to shrink it down to fit it on his pumpkin, and it was impossible to do. Luckily Bibi salvaged his pumpkin and turned it into that adorable pumpkin with a bow tie that you see below. And of course, Todd's is the pac man pumpkin!=)



We decided to be resourceful with our pumpkins this year, so we saved the seeds and the flesh from the inside. Todd made some tasty pumpkin seeds and we boiled and blended the flesh for a completely homemade pumpkin pie! It was so fun, it may be a lot more work than just popping a can open, but it made us feel very self-reliant to be able to do it from scratch.



Also, we are probably the last people on earth to see this movie, but we LOVED it! It was SOOOO good! If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it! It was the perfect kinda spooky movie for a very halloweenish day!

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BOY!!!!!

I should have known all along! This kid is kicking my gut all day and I just knew he was too tough to be a girl!!! We are so excited! We're glad that we have a boy first to be a big brother to future siblings. A couple weeks ago I all of a sudden got really excited about boy stuff, I saw the little blue and brown blankets and beanies and I thought how fun it would be to have a boy. Up until that point I had wanted a girl- hands down, so I kinda had a feeling when that happened that I was being prepared to be excited about having a boy! And I am! I'm excited to be outnumbered by cute Perkins boys! It's a dream come true! I just hope he looks like his dad!!!=)

Hawaii!!!

As excited as we were about our trip to Hawaii, we were also kinda bummed to be leaving our new house. We were so antsy to get everything unpacked and taken care of, but after having gone, We're so glad we had a break in there to enjoy life and be reminded of what is really important.

It was SO beautiful and relaxing! You can't seem to get that same sense of serenity and peace anywhere else-we loved it!

Okay, there were some parts that weren't quite as relaxing as others, like the fact that the whole island of Kauai is covered with retarded roosters that can't figure out when to cock-a-doodle! They seriously started at 4am and they were right outside our door-argh! Needless to say, we didn't get the soundest sleep that week.

Our niece Ashlyn was so much fun to have around! She learned lots of new words on this trip, like rooster (or 'roostiff' in Ashlyn language) and cock-a-doodle-doo (do-do-do-a-do!) and most importantly, she FINALLY learned how to say my name! Yesss! Also, she doesn't just call me 'Jess', she calls me 'The Jess' which makes me feel pretty superior.

We saw tons of rad species of animal life

this bird is SUCH a rocker!!!



And I couldn't resist this photo-op of a lifetime!!!=)
It was so awesome to spend time with family enjoying the awesome beach, the delicious shave ice and seafood. And it was cool to spend tons of time with Todd before the little bundle of joy arrives! Good times!