The Great Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we took the kids to a local pumpkin patch and apple orchard. Kailyn decided to go with us so she could pick some apples for her mom. Well when we got there we found out that it was closing in a half and hour so we were a little sad that we only had time to do the pumpkins. Will and Kailyn had a great time on the hayride out to the huge pumpkin patch and picking their own special pumpkins!

Family Vacation

We just got back from a week in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida with some friends of ours, Mike and Kelly, and their children, Ryan and Ava. We had a great time despite the fact that I took two trips to the Urgent care...Morgan had an ear infection and both Will and Morgan ended up with Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease.

These pics are of the kids just goofing around at the condo. It wasn't a huge place so the four kids were kind of climbing all over each other all week but they loved every second of it.

The majority of the time was spent enjoying the sun, sand, and water. Will had a blast playing with all the toys in the sand with Ryan and Ava. They even got their dads to dig a huge hole and tunnel in the sand one of the days (of course I forgot the camera that day).

The weather was really nice for the majority of the trip but we had 2 rainy days that made the kids go a little crazy. To prevent the adults from going insane as well as the kids, we tried to find things for them to do. The men took the older kids to the Air Force museum one day and then we all went to a really neat Children's Science museum the other day. They loved them both because they could touch all the cool stuff!

On the last day we were there the guys decided they wanted to golf. Kelly and I didn't think we could handle all 4 kids at the beach by ourselves so we decided to take them to this really neat outdoor playground. All the toys are made of this soft rubber so they can climb all over them without getting hurt.

*** To see all the pictures from the trip, click on The Carson Family Albums on the right. ***

Crazy kids

Now that we only live about 5 minutes from my sister we like to get together on the weekends and let the kids play. Will and his cousin Alex are only 3 weeks apart so it's been so interesting to watch them grow up together. On this particular night they decided they didn't need their booster seats and wanted to sit in the big chairs and eat chips.



Just this past week, my friend Laurie came over for dinner with her children since her husband was out of town. I hadn't gotten any snuggle time in with her adorable baby boy lately so I was partially being selfish too :) Sarah is about 2 years older than Will so he loves to follow her around and do what she does. For some reason this night they really wanted to sit on our bar stools at the island. They were perfectly content just sitting there talking to each other.

Little Miss Morgan is now getting into everything. She is such a monkey and is really starting to pull herself up and climb on and over things!

On your mark, get set, go....

Morgan reached a huge milestone about two weeks ago...she decided she was ready to CRAWL!! She had been doing the army crawl for quite some tome but one Saturday morning she just got up on all fours and took off. Now she and Will love to "chase" each other around, it is so cute to watch! I love that they are starting to interact more and more.

Why not to pack with a toddler around...

Well we finally sold our house, or at least we think have (long story that I'll share another time). We found a new house we love and it's now officially ours. So it's been a crazy few weeks but over Labor day weekend we moved into our new home. The pictures below are from the weeks prior when I was packing up the house. Will thought packing and the boxes were fun...Mommy did not!! I am so glad I'm done packing and upacking. Mitch and I both agreed we are not moving again for a very, very long time.

Schmidt Family Reunion

A few weeks ago was the annual Schmit Family Reunion at my parent's place. Both of my uncles and their families made it in as well as one of my cousin's and her family. With both of my brothers and my sister there as well it was quite the crowd!! We had a great time hanging out and catching up. Since there were lots of young girls there, Morgan was spoiled rotten all weekend. They took turns holding her and feeding her. I was able to capture a lot of cute pictures but Will wasn't willing to slow down long enough to let me get any pictures of him!

Nanny and Papa Carson

Mitch's parents came in for a visit two weeks ago and watched the kids for us for a few days since our sitter was on vacation. I know the kids loved every second of it and they were showered with attention by their grandparents and spoiled as they should be! I am pretty sure the kids wore them out though with all of their energy. Now if only we can get them to move closer so we can see them more often, life would be perfect!

Will loves to take walks so Papa took him for one almost every day. For some reason though, Will thought they both needed to wear a hat when they went on a walk. So he'd go in the garage where they were hanging and yell to Papa until he'd get one down for both of them.

Morgan was pretty content just sitting on Nana's lap or hanging out by her Papa. She gave them lots of smiles and giggles and enjoyed showing off and babbling.

Crazy Summer

This summer has been a whirlwind and I haven't had a lot of time to post. To try and catch you up, I'm posting a random assortment of pictures of the kids from the past few weeks or so. Enjoy!