The Wedding

Ahh the wedding.  It was beautiful! 

 

 The kids looked absolutely adorable.

 When did he turn 10?!  He looks so grown up and handsome!

 Here's our little sweetie pie.

 My little cutie.    He took about 15 silly photos before he would finally give me this cheesy smile. 

 So it was super-bright and Jackson was not feeling the pictures, but we got one with the grandparents!

 and the flower girls...

 and great-grandparents!  I'm so mad it was so bright, I needed to change my settings!  But at least I got a photo.

 The three brothers! 

 Our family.

 Me and my sister-in-laws! 

 My three handsome men.

 Their other grandparents came to the wedding! I am so thankful they came because they helped me so much with the kids!  Ryan took all the pictures with the wedding party and rode with them everywhere, so my parents were able to sit with us at the wedding (my dad took Claire out after about 5 min!) and then rode with us to the reception. Thanks mom and dad!

 I was so proud that they both did so well at the wedding.  Cooper is pretty confident and brave so I didn't think he would be nervous, but Jackson can be shy at times so I wasn't sure how he would do. But he did great!!

 The reception was BEAUTIFUL!

 This is how my kids spent the majority of the reception. :)

 Except when Claire was dancing.  She loves to dance.  LOVES it!  She stood RIGHT in front of the band and jumped up and down swinging her arms around the entire time.  It was absolutely adorable and hilarious.

 The boys refused to dance. They love to dance at home but there weren't a ton of people dancing and so I think they were embarrassed.  But they still had fun!   We had to get a picture of the kids with the beautiful bride and groom on our way out! 

We are so happy you are in our family Amanda!  We love you!

Oh the Colors!!!!

We came to Kansas on the most perfect weekend. 

 

 The colors were GORGEOUS!!!

 So of course I made the kids pose with the leaves for a minute before the wedding.

 Here's my ninja boy!

 Just driving around Kansas made us miss it SO much. 

 Ryan kept talking about moving back...I wouldn't mind living there in this beautiful fall for sure! 

Cooper took some pictures of Ryan and I too!

What a glorious world God has made!

Halloween and trip to KS

We traveled to KS on Halloween so a few days before we trick or treated at Grandma's house.  It's a tradition so we had to make sure we could squeeze it in.

 

 Ninja Turtle coloring book!!!  (He LOVES to color and loves ninja turtles)

 and she loves Minnie Mouse!

 Not sure what he got but he loved it too.

 This was the first year we actually tried to carve "something."  it was a ninja turtle and actually kind of turned out!

 On Halloween we drove up to KS to go to Chris' wedding!  ( Ryan's younger brother)  The leaves were beautiful so we had to get some pictures of Claire.  We don't get much opportunity where we are for beautiful fall leaves.

 Ready to trick-or-treat!

 This just shows how much Claire loved trick-or-treating.  She ran right behind them and never stopped.  She wasn't scared at all, just thought it was a little strange getting the candy. She didn't quite understand it at first.

 The next day we had the rehearsal.

 The boys practiced carrying this very adorable sign.

 Then afterward the flower girls decided they wanted to walk out arm and arm with the boys.  So they took it upon themselves to practice with the boys.  They took charge for sure, it was so cute!  The boys just listened to what the girls said.

 Afterward we went to the rehearsal dinner.  It was so beautiful so right before the sun set we ran outside to get a quick photo.  Then we went in and celebrated with everyone about the upcoming wedding!

Catching Up Again-October

Wow I'm behind!  These are going to be some very random posts to catch up!  Here is cutie Claire with a little black eye! :(  I don't even remember how she got it!

 

 We made some chocolate chip cookies and had to wear our cute aprons!

 Cooper had an assignment for tiger cubs where he had to bake and decorate a cake with Ryan.  It was so cute and fun to see them baking in the kitchen.

 A family visit to the pumpkin patch!

 Here's the cake they decorated- there were a few categories and they tried to make a scary one.

 Here he is receiving one of his patches.  They were allowed to wear their costumes because it was almost Halloween.

 Cooper played soccer in the fall- he's a little tired of taking pictures!

 The week before Halloween we had a few Halloween parties to go to.  I took a picture of the kids before we left.  They're ready to save the world!

 Pumpkin decorating

 NONE of my kids are fans of cleaning out the inside of the pumpkin, just check out the faces...

 Western Day at Jackson's school!

 Isn't that the cutest little pig?