Wack-o-ween

This past weekend we celebrated Wack-o-ween, our made up holiday that we (the Wiens and Mack families) have thoroughly enjoyed for 4 years now! One month after Charlotte was born, I flew up to Portland to visit, and Christa and I made a pumpkin-chocolate cake that was so good, we decided right then and there that we needed to make it every October! So the next year, we did just that...and carved pumpkins together on the same night as well. Last year, we continued our tradition, carving pumpkins and eating cake! This year, we celebrated Wack-o-ween with a weekend together at Shaver Lake! We took walks through the neighborhood, looking at fall colors. We hiked along Big Creek up to Indian pools for a picnic lunch. We played board games, made paper-bag puppets, and of course, carved pumpkins and ate pumpkin-chocolate cake!

Thank you Lentell family for so graciously sharing your cabin with us! And thank you to the Wiens family, not only for being such great friends and neighbors, but for "carving" out the time for us to spend a whole weekend together! We love you guys!