Carving pumpkins and Playgroup

Last night we carved pumpkins and made sugar cookies. Mac requested a scary face jack-o-lantern. Gray sat like this the whole time drooling on Drew's arm. The boys loved how the pumpkin turned out and we've eaten way too many cookies. SUCCESS!!

Last week for playgroup we did a Halloween carnival. Thanks to a lot of friends for helping out, it turned out great.

Toss the Spider...
Pin the nose on the pumpkin...
Fish with a witch...
There was also a coloring corner and cake walk. Everyone brought a Halloween snack and I think all 40+ kids had fun! I know this one did...

Soccer

Mac's first season of soccer is over. I wasn't sure how he would do. I put him with an older group of kids hoping he would learn a little more and mostly because he had friends on that team. Mac did great. You could tell he was at least a year younger than most of them but every game and practice he improved and best of all he liked it!

Even though he did more of this ...
than this...

We loved cheering him on and look forward to many more seasons of soccer!

We love grandmas!

Another great visit from Grandma Rita! I'm lucky I love my in laws so much! I look forward to their visit almost as much as my boys do! We had a good weekend doing our normal routine. Grandma went to Gray's music class and got to go to our favorite Lexington library. She was able to see Mac play soccer and see where he goes to preschool. But the most exciting thing was that she got to see Mac in his primary program! When Mac wasn't head butting Mason, he sang the songs and confidently got up to the microphone and gave his part "My heart feels warm and peaceful when I feel the holy Ghost" He's a natural! When he was done, he ran right to grandma and gave her a hug. It meant a lot to have her there!

When G woke up from his nap he said, "Go see grandma at the airport!" He has been sad to say the least, luckily we will be seeing her in a short 6 weeks!

Grandma Rita, thanks for making the trip out here. We'll take ya anytime!

Fall

I have a 4 year old!

Crazy that my Mac-a-doo is 4! My how time flies. He has been a delight to raise.

He keeps me on my toes by asking weird questions like, " Do sharks get pregnant or do they lay eggs?" The answer...both. He loves to play games, especially matching games. He has a great imagination and names all his animals: Ike, Grant or Mason. He's talkative and loves to be surrounded by people. He's a leader, in other words, likes to be in control-bossy. Insist on the same morning ritual with Drew. Everything from what they talk about, how they shower, get dressed and then end with a hug and kiss goodbye. If anything gets out of place, he tells Drew he did it wrong and then coaches him through the morning! Drew is a great sport and goes along with it every single day!

Mac we love you so much! Happy 4th Birthday!This year we decided to throw Mac a real birthday party. He wanted an animal party. Here's how it went...

the invites-

inside the balloon was the official invitation.

the cake and decorations...

Games...

Pin the nose on the elephant

Elephant hunt-find the peanuts....
The kids loved opening the peanuts and instead of eating them, fed them to my dad.
Pass the candy...

When the music stoped the child holding the candy got to eat one.

Balloon pinata

Between every game the kids put their masks on and chased each other around the yard.
Sweet Lindsay professed her love to Mac, "I love you Mac!" Mac looked at her and said, "No, I love my grandma!"
cake...
Later that night we had a little family party, where Mac got a fish, books, more toys and dart guns.
Happy Birthday sweet Mac, we love you!

Mom takes a back seat...

I'm lucky to have such great parents and my kids are lucky to have such great grandparents. When grandma and grandpa come to town, I no longer matter. I'm not making it up, Mac even told me he liked my mom more. It's ok, I'm used to it. I can't compete with Grandma Mom, she's pretty impressive.

We had a great five days with them. As always it went way too fast.



Our week was spent going to Mac's soccer game, a bourbon distillery, Mac's birthday party and of course my parents cleaned my house and kept everything tidy, looking perfect when they left.

Mom and Dad thanks for coming and even though you live fifteen hundred miles away you manage to make us such a big part of your lives!

Random Post

This month has flown by. Tomorrow I start my last trimester! I feel like I have pregnant forever. I'm guessing it's becuase Drew spilled the beans when I was 7 weeks along or it might be that I feel like my body is falling apart. Everything hurts more and I'm still waiting for my energy to come back. Dont' get me wrong I think pregnancy is amazing but this one is testing my patients.

Last December in our tithing settlement the bishop asked us to make a personal goal, a goal for our family and a goal for just Drew and I. Our couple goal was for both of us to make it to the temple once a month. Sounds easy enough. Well, it's been harder than we thought but it's been such a blessing in our marriage. Our ward usually provides babysitting but with our schedules we havn't been able to take advantage of it as often as we hoped. So for the most part we have been going up and taking turns. I do an endowment session, while Drew watches the kids and then I watch the kids while Drew does intitories. With the hour and half commute one way, it makes for a long day but the kids enjoy spending time with us. Last time while Drew was in an endowement session I took the boys to Henry's Ark.

It's a free petting zoo that has random animals like Zeebras, elk, water buffilo, millions of birds and a ton of goats.

The heat got to us all.

Mac falls asleep in our bed every night. why is it that little kids are so irrisitable when they are sleeping.This kid cracks me up! All week he's been wearing these goggles.
g took a long nap so he got to stay up with mom and dad. He made himself comfortable.

we went to Evans orchard for playgroup...