Soccer Weekend.....

Joshua's team played in a tournament and came in 2nd. They were undefeated this season until the last game today. They played so hard though!! 

Pioneer Woman!!

Pioneer Woman came to do a book signing here and Mom got tickets! We had no idea what to expect and were a little overwhelmed when we got there. Barnes and Nobles was packed!!!! They gave out 1200 tickets!!!! But once she got signing the line went pretty quickly. It was such a fun night and the kids were so good!! 

As we waiting, the kids picked out books..so the next morning was sooool quiet. Shhhh...don't disturb the readers!!

Turkey Day!!

Mary, Brad and the kids flew in for Thanksgiving. It was a fun filled week at the ranch!! 

We went to Magnolia to check it out. I could not believe the crowds!!! We were not super impressed with the stuff for sale but it was still fun to look around!

The kids spent lots of time on the 4 wheeler!

Thanksgiving was so delicious!! Everyone pitched in to help!

Jake came down with strep throat while were there. He recovered quickly but while he was feeling bad he spent lots of time working on the puzzle! 

Lots of good time with family!

And we had a big adventure to the creek. We were convinced there was turtle in the bathtub!

We had such a fun time together. Kids played a couple rounds of the 'Sugar Challenge'.

And ended the time together with a big sleepover! We pushed the beds together so the 4 big kids could be together. 

The 5 days together went quickly but I'm so thankful we had beautiful weather (until the last day) and such good times!!

Hockey time....

Northwood had a night at the Rampage so we took Joshua and Sophia. Jake decided to go to a party instead! A fun night doing something a little out of the ordinary!!

Happy Halloween!!

Our slenderman morphsuit man, witch and Iron Man had a great night! We started off the night at Grammy's with the cousins. We had dinner and trick or treated around her block. 

The cousin crew. Vivienne is the cutest wolf ever!!

After Grammy's we want to the Dunlap's for their annual party. As usual it was a big crowd and lots of fun! It was all festive until the rain came...and came and came! Quite the downpour for awhile. 

Lots of candy and lots of fun...Halloween 2015 was a success! 

Winner Winner!!!

Sophia loves to participate in the annual Literary Pumpkin contest at school. This year she picked Mooseltoe...and was a winner! She won 'most creative use of materials'. The lights on his antlers can turn on! 😉👍

Quiet....

This happens so rarely these days. Two children sharing space on the couch without fighting or drama. I'll enjoy it while I can!!

In our world...

 Life has been pretty busy lately. Promising myself I will blog more!!

It was trunk or treat tonight at church. Our witch, morphsuit guy??, and ironman all had a great time.

The last pic is from the family reunion last weekend. One pic. 2 days, 40 something people and I get one pic!!! We had a great time. Lots of kids running around, great food and fun on the ranch! Next time I will get more pictures!!!

School Fun....

School has been keeping us busy lately. There have been a lot of extra activities.

 

Jake has his first orchestra concert. Hard to see him...but they did really well!

 

 

At the PTA meeting, Sophia got to be a cheerleader on stage!

And last night was the 6th grade skate party. 180 kids bused from Garner to the skate rink. And I signed up to be a chaperone...and ride the bus!!! The kids were all so sweet and had a great time.

 

Jake and his friend Carter.

The whole group!!

Headed back home.

 

Happy to say I survived over 3 hours with 6th graders!!! So much fun to see them having fun. No broken bones and lots of fun....ending with a taco run on the way home. I'd call that a successful night!!

What We've Been Up To....

Life has been busy lately. We've been losing teeth....keeping the tooth fairy very busy!!! All 3 kids have lost teeth in the past week.

 

Playing with new friends....Jake has met a boy at school and he came over this weekend.

 

Moving up in soccer....the all boys Thundering Herd moved up to the bigger field...and rocker their first game!!! This cutie scored about 6 goals!!!

 

 

Selling cookies and lemonade! Darby and Sophia (with a little help from Caitlin) had a lemonade stand yesterday. They walked away with about $20 each. Not bad!!!

Beach Pics....

I love beach pictures. They are my absolute favorite. This year Brenda convinced me to do them in the morning and she was right. They are SO much better. No wind. Beautiful light. I just love them!!

 

 

Sweet friends together.....