A Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

I just had to add this picture of Claire in her Minnie costume.  She loves loves LOVES Minnie! :)

 

 Probably a month ago we went to the pumpkin patch with our good friends Holly, Emily, and Blake.  (Blake's not in this photo!)

 We've been to it the last few years, the kids love it! They have a few bounce houses and fun things to do.

  I of course made the kids pose a few times. :)

We took Claire on her first hay ride.  She wasn't too sure what to think.

 The boys loved it though!

 Cute girl!

 This photo was a great coincidence-the kids peeked their heads out at the exact same time and I told them to smile and they actually did!! 

 I think the hay stacks might have been the kids favorite activity!

 Emily and Cooper walked around finding all of the stems laying around on the ground.

 That night we did a game night and took a photo of all of us... such a fun time!

October Happenings

Cooper started Tiger Cubs this year.  I think he looks so cute in his uniform!

 

 happy girl

 
My good friend Bekah is having a baby (actually already had him!) and myself and another one of her friends hosted a shower for her.

Bekah is in the middle along with me and Kristen, the other hostess.

Claire has so many cute fall outfits and I'm trying to make sure I get photos of her in them!

 One day we made pumpkin muffins.  Jackson especially LOVES to cook with me.  He asks me all the time if he can help me make dinner. 

 I just loved this picture of Elizabeth! :)

 Our family friends were in town that we hadn't seen for YEARS.  It was so fun getting all our kids together!

Jackson and Claire love to play together, aren't they cute together??  This is what they do while Cooper is doing homework. 

And here's poor Cooper, slaving away at his homework.  He gets distracted by his brother and sister so we set up this super cool table in our bedroom for him to have some privacy.  He's such a hard worker, and I still can't believe he's in 1st grade!!

Halloween Activities

We've had a few different activities that the kids were able to wear their costumes to.

 

We went over to my parents' house to pick up costumes and we went out to take a few photos.

 

The Super Heroes!! 

 

Elizabeth and Ben met us there so we took a few with them.

Three iron men!

 

We then went to a Halloween party at a friend's house.  We took a few photos ahead of time and took a great one of our family but Ryan wouldn't let me.  Ryan's costume included superman underwear worn over his jeans. :)

 I barely took any photos at the party but did get one of my crazy boys pulling each other down the slide.

 A beautiful sky!  We left the party and rushed over to my sister's house for her annual costume party.  We were racing a big storm on the way over and luckily made it before it hit!

 
I didn't take many photos but we had tons of fun as always!  Laura had lots of fun activities for both kids and adults.

 My parents attended the party and spent a lot of time watching Claire for us so we could play the games.  It was so nice of them!  Aren't Elizabeth and Claire cute as super heroes?  We're looking forward to next years party!

 

September Happenings

So I'm just cramming a lot of photos together so I can catch up so there will probably be a few random posts here!

 

Elizabeth and Ben came over to spend the night and had fun dressing up.

 

 Cooper played soccer this fall and did really well.  He made at least 5 goals this season!

Our neighbor has this adorable lemonade stand-isn't it so cute!?!

My friend Leanne made Claire this adorable dress and also her doll a dress.  Isn't it so cute how they match?

Cooper's top front tooth was loose and he loved walking around pushing it out in these gross way. :)

The kids were ready a little bit early one morning on the way to take Cooper to school so I tried to get a few photos.

Claire has a few cute KState outfits.  She's all ready to cheer on the wildcats!

Then of course I had to include my two cute boys!