Happy October!

I can't believe it's been two months since I've posted, I'm such a slacker! I'll start with October and work my way backward so look below this post for Will's first day of school and other big events!

We started off the festivities with our annual trip to the pumpkin patch with my family. Morgan was so picky and had a few breakdowns until she found the "perfect" pumpkin.

Pumpkin carving is also a annual event in our house. This year we tried to let the kids be more involved so after they emptied out all the seeds, they helped daddy draw the faces on the pumpkins!

This year we decided to try something new and hit up Parky's Farm. It was a really neat place and I'm so glad we decided to go. They had so many fun things for the kids to do including a giant obstacle course, a bounce house, a fun house, hayride through a light show, animals to see, a toddler haunted house...and more!

It's not fall without some leaves. Just last week, the kids wanted to help us rake and blow the leaves. Will is just like his daddy and has to play with all his tools and gadgets!

Finally, Halloween night. It was a bit cold so I had to put jackets on under their outfits. It didn't seem to stop the kids at all. They had no problems running from house to house. Will was the protective older brother this year and kept telling all the people that his sister couldn't have peanuts. If they gave her something he thought had peanuts in it, he'd yell back to me to help her get rid of it! It was too cute!

1st day of School and Halloween Party

Will started school shortly after Labor day and has LOVED every second of it. Every morning that he wakes up he asks if it's a school day.



He handled the first day way better than I did. I was so nervous for him that morning that I didn't have time to get emotional. So once he walked in and didn't even look back or act afraid at all, it hit me.....my baby just started school and is growing up. That is when the waterworks started for me!

The week of Halloween, Will's preschool had a Halloween party. Parents were invited to come so I took a few hours off of work and went to see all the festivities. They got to wear their costumes for the party which included games, crafts, and of course snacks!

They ended the party with a parade so everyone could show off their costumes and then they sang a few songs. I got all the songs on video but don't have the time or energy to get them working on here...so for now you'll have to just imagine the songs! :)

Trains and Princesses

Back in September we surprised the kids with tickets to the Day out with Thomas. Will has such an obsession with Thomas and trains in general that I thought he'd enjoy it. He actually has what I call his "someday" list. Randomly in conversations I have with him, he'll say things like "Someday, I want to fly a airplane" or "Someday mommy, can I ride on a horse?" So I was excited to finally fulfill one of his "someday" wishes which was to ride on a train! A couple of our good friends joined us for the day which made it even better!

Once you got off the train they had all kinds of activities for the kids to do. Morgan and Will spent most of their time on the little putt putt course and the mini corn maze. All in all the day was a huge success!



Morgan is really getting into all the Disney shows lately, especially any of them that have a princess in it. Her favorite right now is Belle from Beauty and the Beast. She hadn't even seen the movie at the time but kept talking about being Belle for Halloween. I decided to have a girls day and take her to see the Disney Princess on Ice show. Kailyn, Aunt Debbie, Sarah, and Auntie Laurie all joined us as well. All the little girls there were dressed up in princess dresses! I don't think that Morgan moved a muscle for the entire first hour of the show. I can't say I blame her though, the show was fantastic!

I think that is it for now. To see all the pictures from the last few months, go to the family albums on the right. Stay tuned for pictures from our trip to Oklahoma....I hope to get them out this weekend!

Labor Day

We were lucky enough to have a visit from Nanny and Papa over Labor weekend. The kids just couldn't get enough of them. I was bad on this trip and forgot to take a lot of pictures but I did manage a few cute ones! We are going to be making the road trip out to Oklahoma in a few weeks so the kids are super excited to see them again.

Happy Birthday Ryan!

A few weeks ago Ryan had his 5th Birthday! So we celebrated with him at one of the local bouncy house places. It's amazing to see the difference a year can make at this type of place. Morgan was much braver and willing to do just about everything she could...and "all by myself" she kept reminding us!

Baseball Camp

Our church put on a 1 week baseball camp for 3-5 year olds this summer. Mitch was one of the volunteers organizing the camp so we went ahead and signed Will up for it. It was such a cute idea and all the kids really seemed to enjoy it!


Morgan and I sat on the sidelines most of the week which as you can imagine was hard for her. She wanted to be out there with her brother playing!

**Lots more pictures in the family albums!**

Catching up

I've been really bad about keeping this updated lately so here goes a quick review of the last few months.


Mitch started cutting Will's hair himself about a year ago but I never seemed to get a picture until recently.

August was a big month for Mitch since he turned 40! I surprised him with a trip to Lake Tahoe and had a few of his friends go with us. We had such a great time!

I took the kids to the zoo with the Apke family. As usual the kids loved all the animals but the train ride was their favorite part.

Girls Week

Sarah and her mom came in town in the middle of July for our annual get together. As usual, it was fun and filled with chaos with 8 kids total between Deb, Sarah, and I. There would have been 9 but Sarah left her son at home. It was a great visit and we all enjoyed meeting Sarah's new precious daughter Macy. It was a busy 4 days that included shopping, a splash park, the zoo, and lots of laughter!

**Lots more pictures from the weekend in our Family Albums!**