Life Lately - November and Christmas is coming!

Monday

Ella lost ANOTHER tooth - #7 gone for her! 

We celebrated Melanie's birthday with Olive Garden for dinner and Sugar Plum for dessert! 

These cousins were having so much fun playing together! 

Wednesday

It turned cold - warming up with hot chocolate while we worked on HW! 

Mrs. Janice was so sweet to make us an apple cake - one of our favorites - Ella LOVED it! 

Thursday

Buy one, get one free at Starbucks so she got her very own non coffee drink!

Caleb missed out - he was training for his race!

Friday

Kids were out of school so we cleaned up and went shopping!

What she wants for Christmas - more LOLs

We played school 

Caleb took a turn as teacher 

Dinner at Parkers and baby snuggles with the Hutchens! 

Caleb's face was priceless when he came into the bathroom and saw Corey in his spandex

Ella has been telling her class all about Papa, the civil war veteran - ha! 

STRIDE 5 K Race - Corey was Caleb's running buddy

Caleb and his friends ready to run - they have been training two days a week after school for a few months thru the YMCA 

The STRIDE team 

He was so excited! 

Ready to RUN! 

And they were off - Caleb wanted to make sure Corey kept up! 

The little sisters all bundled up - it was COLD! 

Running to the finish line - they finished in 32 minutes.  Caleb was running a little ahead of Corey 

Corey at the finish line! 

Caleb and Grayson with their STRIDE medals 

We talked Daddy into decorating for Christmas! 

This is a record - he usually doesn't want to do it until after Thanksgiving! 

Yay- new tree is up! 

Ella was a trooper helping me decorate while the boys watched the State football game - then Caleb partied with Grayson to celebrate his 9th Birthday

We played with the Browns and Stones - these kids are getting so big! 

Stones and Browns for dinner - pizza for everyone! 

S'mores by the fire! 

Girls stayed with us and Staci took the boys! 

The sweet little one didn't last long - she missed her nap!

Living room full of giggling girls

Sunday

Pancakes and bacon before church

Lunch at Zaxybs with this crazy crew

Audrey came by and took some pictures for our Christmas cards
Just a sneak peak - won't show you the ones we actually picked!

Kids tree decorated in the playroom with Disney and handmade ornaments!

It's November 12th - my Christmas tree is up AND I have ordered my Christmas cards - this NEVER happens but it feels good to not be behind!  Now I better start shopping!

Life Lately- Halloween Week

The story of my life lately is being behind SO here is Halloween week a little late...

Monday

The kids were out of school and wanted subs for lunch - thanks to Pastor Appreciation month I have gotten a lot of gift cards from church people! 

Caleb's last ball game - he went to bed with a smile on his face because he got a hit and had a lot of fans there to see it.  We warmed up with chili at our house afterwards!

Tuesday 

Ready for Halloween 

I was in charge of games in Caleb's class so we did the spider race 

and the mummy race! 

The boys won both games but they all had fun! 

Halloween Treats and making crafts

Picture Booth with friends 

Claire's Crew came over after school and we got the kids all dressed and ready 

We met up with the Mannings, Stones, and Quicks for Trick or Treating at Brentwood 

Getting candy at all the shops 

Preschool BFFs 

Preschool BFFs too!  Big 3rd graders now

A picture in the big chair 

Brown, Stone and Taylor crew in our annual picture spot 

We stopped by Mrs. Jenny's house for treats 

Grabbed a quick supper and headed out with neighbors to trick or treat 

The big boys taking a break and riding the wagon 

Caleb, Will and Nathan

By the end of the night these girls were just riding the wagon and not even trick or treating - they got plenty of candy! 

Lillie, Ella, Aubree and Catherine

The Bradshaws had inflatables and carnival games in their yard - it was so nice to just stay in the neighborhood and hang with friends! 

Fun in the neighborhood 

The dads sat and ate the kids' candy while they played :) 

We ended the night with Smores at our house

I had fun with Mary and Ramey - we closed the party down around 9:00 to get the kids in bed since it was a school night! 

The girl never gets tired of a snore (as she calls it)

Thursday 

We headed to the Whirligig Park Opening with the Stones after school 

With their whirligigs 

Best buddies 

The girls enjoyed the free coloring books, cake pops, and popcorn 

With the Whirligigs - Wilson's Claim to Fame! 

Football with Friends

Whirligigs all lit up at night

Friday 

Celebrating Josh's 30th Birthday with friends at Pubs

Saturday 

Julia Claire's 3rd Birthday at Hill Ridge Farms 

The girls loved the slide 

Time for the Hay Ride 

The moms had fun too! 

Photobombing Staci and Nora 

Picking a pumpkin 

All the kids with their pumpkins 

Excited to have another pumpkin 

The birthday girl was excited about the pony rides 

Caleb was as big as his horse 

This boy loved the corn pit 

Aggravating his little sister - can you see the smile on his face? 

BFFs 

Roasting marshmallows 

These kids love smores! 

With the Stones - ready to call it a day!

We were all ready for a nap

Sunday 

Kids sang in church  

Me and Caleb had a lunch date at Burger King

and headed to play paintball for Mattox's 9th Birthday 

The crew - they had a blast! 

Meanwhile Corey and Ella had a date at Whirligig Festival

Eating peanuts with her daddy! 

Playing on the big slide 

The girl talked her daddy into all kinds of things that day including this knitted Owl hat.

She has got him wrapped!