Pumpkin Carving

Our annual family pumpking carving day. We did this the day after going to Knollbrook Farms. We carve pumpkins every year. This is the kids favorite part of Halloween time, except the candy of course. :) Jarrad and I on the other hand, usually end up with carpal tunnel and a big mess. But, it's worth it because we end up with some great memories.

Jarrad prepping Ky's pumpkin to be carved.


The boys gutting the pumpkins.

Yes, I even got in on the action. Don't you love my shirt I have on? I've only had it since I was 15 years old.

Crazy Jayden...love this kid

Talan is loving life. He cleaned his out all by himself.

Kylen having fun.

After lots of hard work...Ky bat kitty pumpkin.


T-man's Grim Reaper

Last by not least, Jayden's evil pumpkin.

Happy Halloween!!!!

Kylen's Preschool Parade

At Kylen's preschool for Halloween, instead of dressing up they have the kids take home a picture to color and decorate themselves. Then, they make hats out of them and do a little parade for the parents to see. It's really adorable. Kylen is very much a Mommy and Daddy's boy and he sometimes cries at school, so I was hoping he wouldn't cry when he saw me. Thankfully, he didn't.

Here's Ky as he is parading around the church



Here he is with his class.




It's so hard to believe my youngest is in preschool already!

Knollbrook Farms

A week and a half ago, Jarrad and I took the boys to a place called Knollbrook Farms. It is a huge farm that has a pumpkin patch where you can pick your own pumpkins and a corn maze along with lots of other activities for the kids. We went here last year and the kids loved it, so it will probably be a tradition for us while the boys are young.

The weather was so nice the day we went and the boys found some huge pumpkins. I think the pumpkin sling shot was the boys favorite...Jarrad actually got free candy because his pumpkin landed in the intertube that floats in the water. It was a great time. I absolutely love fall!

The boys walking through the corn maze

This is the boys doing the "cowboy dance" It's a family inside joke, after watching Jayden's music recital a few weeks ago. Ask Jayden to do it sometime....it's hilarious

More of the "Cowboy Dance"

Look how big my J-man is getting!


Kylen has grown so much!

Talan is getting to be so big!
I loved this pic of Ky


Here's part of the pumpkin patch

This is a 50 foot slide that the kids love.

Here's T-man.


The finally found their pumpkins.

Here's Jayden doing the pumpkin sling shot

My little men.

So here's to next fall and I can't wait to see how much they will have grown!

Doug

Hi my name is Doug.

I'm a pitt/lab mix and i'm the sweetest dog around. I was rescued from the pound and I love it in my new home. I only get into trouble when I try to eat my owners' stuffed animals and dig in the landscaping.

He is such a loving dog and yes we now have 4 dogs! It can be crazy, but I still think it's much easier than having another baby. :) Once he is better trained, I think he will be the best dog we've ever had. He is wonderful with the boys and they love him so much.

A FALL PHOTO SHOOT

My boys and I

Crazy faces with Dad


All of my boys

Kylen 3 years old

I love this picture of him

Talan 5 years old

He asked me to take a picture of his mean face. :)

Jayden 8 years old

My three boys

A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take some pictures of the boys since the leaves in our woods were changing colors. I think they turned our pretty well considering they were tired of taking pictures after about 5 minutes. I haven't edited them, but will try to later when all the boys sports are done. I just wanted to post and show how much my family is growing up. I'm so grateful for my family!

Ps. There is a new addition to our family. His name is Doug and I'll post pictures soon! :)

Our life of sports...

Do you want to know what we've been doing for the last 5 Saturdays? It's really exciting...

Starting at 9am you'll see Mr. T-man doing a little bit of

this...

and a little bit of that

( You can click on the picture to zoom in. Talan is #2 on the blue team)

And of course if you know Talan, you'll see a lot of this!

Can you see him in the tangle of legs? :)

Then after Talan's game is finished we head over to Lakeview Middle School to watch some of this...

Jayden is taking over the #24 legacy from his Dad and uncles.


This is him playing running back..he loves it.

So needless to say our weekends are dominated by soccer and football. I absolutely love watching my boys, but I'm so ready to have a free Saturday! Next fall, I'll have all three boys doing sports...let the fun begin!

Mighty Man!!!

Jayden is on the black team. He's the 1st one holding the Broncho's flag.

This past summer, Jayden has been begging us to let him play football. I was a little nervous about it because he's so little and he just turned 8 the end of May, but I couldn't tell him no. So, we signed him up! As they sign every player up here, they weigh them so they can attempt to make fair teams and to find the red stripers(kids that weigh more than 85 pounds). Jayden stepped on the scale which showed he weighed a whopping 51 pounds!

A few weeks later, at one of Jayden's practices, the organizer of the league tells me that Jayden is the smallest kid in his leauge, so he gets to be the 'Mighty Man' in the jamboree. The Mighty Man gets to run out on the field first leading out all the players carrying his team flag. It was so stinkin cute to see him running out there. He's had 3 games since and he is doing such a good job. He may be little, but he is a scappy kid and isn't afraid to go after those red stripers!

Now, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for no injuries this season! In the back of my mind I was secretly hoping he wouldn't like football, because I'm terrified he's going to get hurt. But, it seems that's not going to happen because he loves it and is already talking about next year. With three boys I have a feeling I'm just going to have to get used to be terrified at every game, either that or start taking some medication. :)

GO BRONCHOS!!!!