Halloween 2013.

This year we had a fairy, a football player, and Cinderella!

 

And for the first time we actually went trick or treating.  (yes, we are lame, and have deprived our kids of trick or treating!)  We couldn't put it off any longer!  We went in our neighborhood with a group of friends, and had a great time!!!  I have a feeling we will be doing this next year and many years to come!!

Get your run on!

This year B and J participated in Zoomerangs.  A weekly run club through fleet feet.  They went once a week to Carnegie and did some running and running games.  The end of year event included running in the Graveyard Dash.  It was a 1K race.  So, not wanting to let me 6 year and 4 year old run off on their own, meant that Mom and R were in for a run as well!  So I laced up and off we went.  Since it was a Halloween race, they dressed up as well! 

 

 

 I am proud to say that we ran the entire 1K without stopping once!  The kids had a great time too, so maybe we need to try this again in the future!!! 

Dad hurried from work and ran to the finish like to meet us just in time!  (I think he ran further than we did since he parked so far away!)

So proud of the kids for finishing the race and running the whole thing!!!

 

More random looks into our life

Sport of the day for Jamison and Lars--Golf!

A little more outside play time! 

Our house this fall.  The marigolds were all planted before we moved in, but they took off once we were here to take care of them a little!  Loving the fall weather and the fall colors, and LOVING our new house!!!!

Pumpkin Patch and Daycare update

Well, let me start out this post with an update on our daycare situation.  Since Brooklyn was three months old, we have used Woodland Acres Baptist Church as our daycare.  It was through the church and was open 7-6.  We dropped our kids off before work, and picked them up after.  And for the last 6 years, they have done a pretty great job of watching after our kiddos, keeping them safe, and loving them!  However, in July we found out that they were closing their doors.  So a change was coming!  We ended up hiring one of the daycare workers to be an in home nanny for us.  Ms. Kandle has been a great addition to our family, and all of our kids love her just as much as she loves them.  She comes here everyday and stays with Raegan all day, picks up Jamison at 10:45, picks up Brooklyn at 2:50, feeds them lunch, does crafts and projects with them, and things have been working out great. 

 

Anyway---Kandle had planned a day at the pumpkin patch for Jamison's class that she had while they were still at Woodland Acres.  Kind of a reunion....

 

So off to the pumpkin patch we went!  It was a fun day!  It was hard to keep any of the kids together, so I focused on keeping my three kids together, and we still all had fun!

 

 

Dad was out of town at a football game, so he didn't get to go.... maybe next year!

 

More randomness

Brooklyn lost one of her top teeth!  She is really growing up and has also went to a few sleepovers and a couple of her friends' house recently! 

Girls playing in the backyard!

 Jamison got some boxers from Grandma Iowa.  What a man!

The girls wanted to sleep together in Brooklyns bed one night.

 They look pretty cozy!

Funny faces

We were getting ice cream....maybe they all had a brain freeze!!  Funny expressions by all!!

Singing in church

Both Brooklyn and Jamison sang in church on Sunday.  Brooklyn is a seasoned veteran, so no big deal!  Jamison however is a rookie, and this would be his first time singing in big church....do you think he looks nervous???

 I think his teacher told him to stand still and not move.   He took it literally!  I would wave at him every once in a while, and he might crack a smile, but he was mostly business!!!

So grown up!

A little of this and that

We went for Ice Cream one night.  I think it was because the kids were doing so well in school and got good report cards!  Who cares why really, ice cream is fun no matter what it is for!

Jamison in his Tulsa helmet that Daddy got for him.  (kind of made, thanks to the TU Equipment staff!)

Our princess Raegan!

Eating out on our deck!  I see many nights of doing this in our future!!!  Love this space!

We have also been very fortunate that both Brooklyn and Jamison have classmates that live right up the street (they are brother and sister).  Brooklyn also has another friend that lives one street over, and her brother will be in the same grade as Raegan.  Anyway---we have had many evenings playing outside, riding bikes, etc.

Todays sports of choice for the boys was football! 

And the girls chose to put on make up!

Love our new neighborhood!