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!!

Seeing Friends

Look at this cutie pie!!  This was a few weeks ago. 

 She was having fun playing with her tea set-she loves to play tea!

 We made a tent one morning.  Here are the boys!!  Yes, they're still here. :)  They just aren't around me as much as my little model Claire is.  So she gets a lot more photos taken of her!

 In her first tent!

 and here's a (not so great) picture of Jackson in the tent!

 We were finally able to get together with our friends we met in China!  It took the girls a little while to become reacquainted, but they became fast friends and actually shared toys a bit.

 Here are the moms.

 Here are the dads.

 We got the girls in pjs before they left and they had fun jumping around in the crib a bit.

 What sweet girls.  I hope we can stay good friends with them, it'll be nice for Claire to have a friend from China like her!

Catching Up

Wow, I am behind!  Here's a few happenings in February...

 

Cooper played basketball for the first time.  He had fun! 

 

 A movie night/game night with friends

 Hugs for Cooper from Emily :)

 I came around the corner and Jackson was dressed like this...hilarious!!

 A flying bug got in the house and the boys decided to get it for us!

 We had an early Valentine's party at Grandma and Grandpa's house. The table was decorated so cute!

 Here's Elizabeth and Jackson eating their chocolate heart.  My mom always reads a book about a chocolate heart and the kids each get one every year.

 Cooper and Ben listening intently to the book.

 Little Valentine playdate.

 Jackson has been really into picking his outfits lately and refusing to wear certain things.  Cooper never did that so it's been a learning experience! :)   He also loves to show me some fun faces!