Monday, October 24, 2011

Fall is in the air!

Here's our little super hero Captain America. Shep LOVES his mask and especially loves to wear it when we drop SK off at school. SK loves that all the kids love her brother and kisses him lots before we drop her off! :)
I couldn't help but laugh at the title of my post. Yes it is almost November and still super hot here in Texas! We went to a pumpkin patch last weekend with some of our great friends and it was so HOT!! It's hard to get into the fall spirit when it's almost 90 degrees! Even though it was hot we still had a great time! Here's SK sliding down the "slide".
Tyler, Ellie, SK & Shep waiting to bounce
I love that my son loves to wear baseball caps. Sometimes he refuses to take them off!
Sweet picture of Katelyn feeding Todd some of her snacks
Love this picture of Tyler relaxing in the background!
Shep finally got the courage to join his friends. He can be such a little daredevil and then scared to death the next second!
You can't tell by the picture but Shep started crying with all the kids jumping around him. Big sis came to the rescue and didn't leave his side. Love those sweet moments!
Escorting her little brother down

Playing on the hay bails
Striking a pose!
The kids loved feeding the goats
sweet friends!
Shep & Tyler about to ride the "train"

SK & Ellie
There they go!
These two pictures crack me up. Here is my sweet friend Jen & her daughter Layla. I promise they don't stink, they had the whole back of the train to themselves!


we found pumpkins!

SK loved all the little pumpkins, they were easier to carry! ;)






Tyler & Carter
Good bye pumpkins!

These next set of pictures were taken at our neighbors school Fall Festival. We went last year and the kids had such a great time that we had to go back. Eric was out of town at an oncology conference so the kids and I packed up and went. Luckily my friend Laci's in laws were in town so we outnumbered the kids!
Shep loved getting all the prizes!
Isn't Ellie's shirt super cute?
ring toss


Duck bobbing, Shep loved that he got lollie pops for just about every prize. I think he consumed about 30. I kept finding wrappers & sticks! :)
Todd was so sweet to do the cake walk with Shep.
The cake walk was a big hit last year and it did not disappoint this year either. Both SK & Ellie won cakes!
I think she won her cake right after this picture! A carrot cake, Eric's favorite. I must like it too b/c I sure ate my fair share!
She was so excited!
Shep just loved his new bubbles, he didn't realize he didn't win a cake!
I love this pic of Shep & Katelyn. Right after this Katelyn started crying!
The girls posing with their cakes. Ellie's Nana won a cake too!
Daddy got back late Saturday night so Sunday after church we went to one of our favorite places to eat, Cosi! Can you tell the kids were excited to have Daddy home? Mommy too! ;)

Friday, October 14, 2011

Happy 6th Birthday Sara Kate!

It's hard to believe that our little girl is 6! Where did time go? Sara Kate is such a sweet girl! I love her little personality, she loves to talk and does it from the second her little feet hit the floor. She's definitely a morning person, I think she gets that from her Nana. The second those little eyes open she's ready to get up and get dressed & then have breakfast. Now that she goes to kindergarten, I'm very thankful that she does literally rise and shine! Shepherd, not so much! The above picture is the morning of her birthday party. It was raining outside and we had to get out and get her balloons and pick up her birthday cake my friend made. The rain didn't damper her big birthday party day!
She loved wearing her raincoat, she definitely hasn't been able to wear it much since we rarely get rain! She wanted to take advantage of this rainy day. She's posing with all her treat bags.
She loves her cowgirl boots!
We had her party at pump it up! again this year. I think this makes birthday party #4 there. She loves it and doesn't hesitate when I ask her where she wants her party!
Oh, how I love this girl! What a blessing she is!
Shepherd didn't mind at all posing with Kylie & Paige!
Here she goes!

Reese, Rylan, Zoe, SK & Sydney
Shep, Gavin & Mason
My friend Jennifer made SK's cake. It was super yummy! Every last piece of it was eaten!
The Party Gang
Silly faces
Enjoying pizza with friends is always fun
Shep thought it should be his birthday!
Happy Birthday!!



Hanging out, not wanting to leave!
About to open up gifts
Shep had as much fun as big sis

Mommy actually got in a picture too!
Of course we can't forget Daddy!
We had SK's party Sunday, three days before her actual birthday. Here she is the morning of her birthday. So glad the balloons still had helium in it!
The birthday girl only wanted cereal for her birthday breakfast!
This is what usually happens on our way to get sis from school. We didn't even make it out of our driveway before he was out!

































































































Strong man!
Here he's telling me not to help him, the opposite of what sis used to say!
check out that look!