Pumpkin Patch

We went to our annual trip to the pumpkin patch last weekend. It was a beautiful day, but kind of hot for the pumpkin patch. Jackson also was running a fever so he wasn't his normal smiley self, but we went anyway! We are moving in one week (ahh!!) so I wasn't sure if we'd get another chance to go.



Here's Jackson posing with pumpkins. Isn't that a cute shirt? Laura's friend in her book club made them. She has a buisness and makes/personalizes lots of shirts, so let me know if you want her info! (laura also posted a link on her blog, I think on her post of the pumpkin patch)

The tractor is always a hit!

The best family photo we could get.

Cousins!

We did the corn maze with the older kids. It actually was kind of hard (not to mention hot) so we had to have a farmer give us some hints! (ben is posing for the camera!)

Cooper playing in the little kid hay maze.

Awwww, hugging his pumpkin.

The next day the kids and I painted their pumpkins. Cooper was excited!

Jackson, not so much. (i think he wanted to get down and play)

He enjoyed it once he got his hands dirty.

Cooper loved it!

I don't really like messes so it was a big deal for me to let him paint! It wasn't as bad as I thought, so I think we'll be doing it more often.

Elizabeth and Tony's Wedding

A few weekends ago we went to our good friend Elizabeth's wedding. Ryan went to school with her and I met her in college. It was a wonderful wedding and the most perfect day. Perfect weather, not a cloud in the sky, which is perfect for an outdoor wedding! (Wow, I used perfect a lot in that sentence!) Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures until the evening.

Here is the happy couple; Tony and Elizabeth

They did the most fun wedding dance!

Ryan and me

Eliz, Emily, and I were in the same sorority, so Emily and her family came to the wedding too.

Monica (in red) was also in our sorority. She was also a bridesmaid.

Kappas!

So happy for EB and Tony!

Jackson's 1 Year Pictures

We finally got Jackson's 1 year pictures taken. He was only 13 months old, so a month behind is not too bad, is it? :)

We hadn't had an official family photo taken yet so we decided to take a few.

Then we got some brother pictures.

(I couldn't flip the photos from the photographer for some reason)

I love them kissing!

We tried for a few more brother poses but they didn't work out so well.

It was so hard to get a good picture of Jackson! He's at that age I guess. (Plus I didn't love our photographer)

He started to cry and wouldn't let us get any more, so we moved onto the cake. That of course was a hit!

Brothers, and Walking!

So this is a random assortment of pictures from the past week or so. The boys have been having fun playing together so I had to get a few pics.

Cooper discovered a new place to play!

Jackson had fun opening and shutting the doors on Cooper!

Look who's walking! He walks pretty much all of the time now!

(Cooper thought it would be funny to imitate Jackson)

Here he's "helping" him walk. The problem is Jackson goes fast and gets off balance with Cooper holding his arm, and then he falls.

I've started to pack up the house and boys are having fun playing in the boxes!

My cutie pies!

Daddy was being very funny!

Jackson on Zoo Day

I get some quality time with my Jackson while Cooper is at zoo school. Yesterday Laura actually took both Cooper and Jackson for me so I could go get some house stuff done, so that was so nice! But the week before Jackson and I had three hours to kill before we picked up Cooper. We started out at the Botanical Gardens.

Oops, he almost made it into the water!

I made him pose for lots of pictures!

So big!

Once the zoo opened, we headed over there to see some animals. Here we are checking out the aquarium.

Riding a dragon!

Visiting the kangaroos.

It's nice to have one-on-one time with Jackson!