Fall Became Winter

Fall and winter are fun times for kids. The weather, the holidays, the cozy PJs. Good times! Here's some of our cold weather fun.

Cute kids in cute PJs. Also Brooke's moment to shine. She naps during a lot of the fun and so she doesn't appear much in the pics. But we love you lots Brookie!

Cold weather brings basketball!

We are lucky to have parents and grandparents that share their tickets. The boys love the hype, the cougar and the popcorn. With the crazy atmosphere, I don't think Brooke blinked once.

Raking's a pain, but piles of leaves are nothing but fun.
Jordo's style is frog style.

Ty gives it his all, just like he does with everything.

Not much to say, just makes me smile.

If Brookie was in it, this would be a Christmas card.

Then on to snow. Too soon in my opinion, but not soon enough for the boys.

Here's a little story about my boys and how different they are.

Here is Ty. Starting the perfect snow ball, being ever so careful.

Even after the snowmen have been built, Ty is holding onto and protecting his snowball.

Yes, he did ask for his picture with it.

Now Jordo.

Here's his snowman.

Then for kicks, he started having a snowball fight with it.

Any guesses on who won?

And as if the balls weren't enough, he finished Frosty off with a good beating. He was quite proud that he came out on top.

I love my kids and love that they are so unique. It makes life exciting.

Ty is Five!

On Friday, Ty turned five!

He was so excited for his birthday, we were on the countdown for quite some time.

Now he tells me, "I can do that, cause I'm five!"

or

"I don't need that, cause I'm five!"

Do you need a better reason than that?

We of course had to have a #5 candle, that we had weeks in advance.

He requested a basketball cake.

That was something I could handle.

We were so lucky to have his cousins come up for his birthday.
Braden, Josh and Cody celebrated at Pirate Pizza with us.
The pirate made them a bit nervous, but we managed a picture.

Of course, a few presents, still sporting the pirate hat!

Ty, we love you SO much. You are an amazing kid with so many talents. We can't wait to see what you will do in life and the things you will accomplish. It blows me away that you are five! We are so proud of you and are so lucky to have you in our family!

Happy Halloween!!

Our little family had SO much fun this Halloween.

Full of traditions, fun, and of course, too much junk!

Here are our pumpkins. Brooke's is the little spider (thanks to Nicki for the great idea),

Ty's is the carved spider, Jordo's is the middle one, and the black cat was mine. I saw it in a magazine and thought it would be cute.

The boys came up with their ideas all on their own, including the nose in Jordo's.

We aren't typically a matchy-matchy family, but after a friend made these capes for the boys, it just seemed like a good idea to do one for Kev.

Like father, like son. They boys loved being just like Dad, and Kev was a great sport.

With all the darkness of vampires, we brightened things up with this cute fairy.
At ten months she is walking all over the place now. But with two brothers to keep up with, we knew it wouldn't take long.

Here are my three adorable kids!

I had to put this one on.

Brooke started to know the flash was coming and she would squint whenever the camera would come out. Little smartie-pants.

Happy Halloween! Bring on Thanksgiving and the holiday season!

Pumpkin time again!

Grandma and Grandpa took us, well definitely more for the kids, to the famous pumpkin patch again. Brookie loved climbing on the piles, the boys had a great time picking the 'perfect' pumpkin and riding in the wheelbarrow wasn't too bad either.

(sorry for the blur, someone doesn't hold still!)

We love fall, pumpkins and everything that comes with it! (except that snow is coming)

Finishing the Summer off Right

We went mini golfing!

We took advantage of the good weather and a Monday night and headed for fun.

We hadn't told the kids that Grandma and Grandpa were coming, so when we got to there and they saw them, they were thrilled.

Ty tried to figure out how we all ended up there at the same time!

Jordo thought it was a bit easier if he put his ball closer to the hole, and then he could just tap it in. It turned out to be a pretty good strategy.

Ty takes his golf very seriously.
He did just what his Dad did. He's a good little golfer and is ready for Kev to take him 'big golfing'.

Jordo was cracking us up with his attack on the game.
Always so expressive.

This would be Ty after his hole in one.

I guess his strategy paid off too!

Brookie loved being outside and if mini golf courses were cleaner, she could have gotten down and played a bit.

Nothing better than a summer evening phasing into fall.