Pumpkin Patch

I feel a little sad and excited all at the same time when I say that this might be the last year that I will have to go on a Pumpkin Patch field trip. 

During Homecoming Week, the Kindergarten went to the Dream Field Farms Pumpkin Patch.  The weather was perfect and we had a great time.

Brady, Bo, Persson and McClain

His new buddies:

He brought home what he is Thankful for on Friday and it was these 3 boys

How cute are they?  This is Persson and he is like a little blond version of Brady.  I think they are precious together.

A rare photo moment in the tire swing

His most prized pumpkin that he gave to his daddy to put on his desk

In line for this awesome hay tunnel slide-his favorite part

 

WHAT A FUN DAY!!!!!

 

Happy Birthday Cal

Cal turned 8 back in Oct.  We originally gave him the option of having a party or taking a trip to Atlanta or the beach.  He picked taking a friend to Atlanta to go to Six Flags.  So a week or so before his birthday we went over on a Saturday morning (after Brady's soccer game) and headed to Six Flags.  We went as long and hard as the boys could then headed to the hotel.  Cal, his friend and Brady had a connecting room to Matt and I.  They went right to bed.  We ate breakfast and let them swim before getting ready to go to lunch and pick up Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.  I did not take a single picture :(

Here is the part where I have to explain that I ended up having him a party also.  I love my husband soooooo much :) See his birthday ended up being on the Friday of Homecoming. They get out of school at noon after the parade.  The boys are always wanting people to come over and play (especially when they get out of school early), so I started thinking it would be good to just have the boys in his class over to play after school for a couple of hours.  I picked up cupcakes and the boys played Dodge ball, Kickball and a little Football.  Really for everyone but my sweet husband it was fun and easy.  Again, honey, I really love you! 

Kickball

Dodge ball

Here they are after a little football(missing a few from pic)

Wal Mart cupcakes- For Real- Cute huh?

He could not decide between pumpkins or footballs

 

Happy Birthday to the sweetest and cutest 8 year old I know(that is why his mama caved and had to have a little party) :)

Mom and Dad love you and Brady adores you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thankful for November

I feel like I can not be any more excited that our busy fall/Oct. has slowed down now that November is here.  Since I last posted, Brady has lost 2 teeth, we went to Six Flags, Cal turned 8, Matt had his 20 year class reunion, boys had Homecoming at school and Halloween.  Brady played soccer and Cal played fall ball again.  I am going to try and play fall catch-up with blogging, but decided to try starting with Halloween and go backwards. 

Cal was an alien this year.  This is his pumpkin-it has a toxic cloud mouth?

 

Brady as Mario.  This is his "flame" pumpkin

 

Not to worry, Mario had his brother Luigi (also known as Garrison).

 

Mario, Zombie, Alien and Micheal Phelps

 

The crew loaded down with candy!

 

This was a hit around our house this year.  We were "booed"!  One night our doorbell rang and their was no one there except 2 Halloween treats for the boys and a sign(to let others know we had already been hit) and a letter telling us we then had to "Boo"  2 other houses within 48 hours.  Well I got some treats together and 2 nights later we went out to boo some friends.  The boys could not have thought ringing some one's door and running was any more fun!  We actually got "booed" one more night, but just with candy, no instructions.  So fun!

 

 

 

 

 

What Happens in Vegas....

Matt and I took a trip to Las Vegas a few weeks ago to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.  We went a few weeks before our actual anniversary so we could be back before the boys started school. 

We staid at the Palazzo, which is connected to the Venetian.

We ate dinner one night next to the canal, where they were giving gondola rides.  We we pretended we were in Venice, Italy.

We ate lunch at Trevi, in front of the "Trevi Fountain".  Pretending we were in Rome, Italy this day.  Enjoyed walking around The Forum.

You can also pretend you are in Paris!

In front of a waterfall in the Venetian.

An awesome Wine Cellar at a restaurant at Mandalay Bay.  This was on one of the Bachelor/Bachelorete shows.

We had to go to the Pawn Stars Pawn Shop for the boys.  Got Cal a t-shirt.

We went to Fremont Street to see "old Las Vegas"

LOVE these 2 signs!

 

We took our own picture before we went to the show "O" at the Bellagio.  After the show we had our anniversary dinner at Olives.  It was absolutely delicious!  The restaurant over looks the Bellagio Fountains.

Our last night we ate at a cool beer pub that basically has their beer menu in a Nook type book where Matt scrolled through by type, price, etc. 

 

We ate at In and Out Burger, saw all the big hotels, went to the pool and spa, rode the big roller coaster at New York, New York, and did a lot of walking.  We joked that we wanted to go somewhere as hot as Key West was 10 years ago.  Las Vegas in August was hot, but really not that bad.  It was a really fun trip.

 

Our real anniversary was Friday the 17th.  We had a nice quiet night at home.  Cal played with the neighbors until 7:30 and Brady did not get home from playing with a friend until 7:30, so we just cooked our favorite pizza and enjoyed a night on the patio.

Caramelized Onions and Goat Cheese

And here we are on our wedding day!

 

 

 

An Exciting Week

The boys started school last Wed.  They both woke up pleasant and ready to go!

Cal is excited enough for both of them.

Cal is using his backpack from last year.  Brady is sporting his new one.

Brady with Mrs. Handey.  He loves her already.  Started crying at bed one night last week about having to have other teachers-only wants her forever!

Cal with Mrs. Griffin.  She is new to Trinity and new to 2nd grade, but she is really cute and seems really fun :)

Cal is back with his best bud Will.  Yes, Cal is that much taller than all but 2 other boys in 2nd grade. 

And...............my baby who just started full day K5................decided to lose his first tooth this week also!  He would not let Matt pull it, although it was dangling out of his mouth it was so loose.  So this morning as he is eating his muffin, he looks at me and says, "I don't think I have a loose tooth anymore."  I take a look and sure enough, no tooth.  I run upstairs and look in his bed, but there is no tooth.  It appears he swallowed his first loose tooth.  Tooth fairy will still come tonight. 

He did ask if he needed an x-ray

JULY- a really fun month

We started July off with our family beach trip (still haven't posted pictures) then we continued to have a very busy month.  We celebrated my birthday the week we came back.  My uncle was in town with his travel ball team, we took the boys to Bonefish then Matt and celebrated with some friends over dinner at Wynlakes.  The boys LOVED Bonefish.  Their favorite was the calamari and saucey shrimp. 

I had forgotten that there was one last thing Cal had asked to do this summer; Six Flags.  Matt and I had decided to wait until fall when it cooled off, but some friends from school and church decided to take a day trip and Cal was dying to go. Matt could not get off work at such late notice, so I headed out with the group around 7:00 a.m. and we did not get home until 9:30 that night.  It really was a lot of fun!  Here is a 1/2 group shot (we had split up from a few people and Brady was not in the mood for the picture).

This is after they had rode the Scream Machine 2x's

This is as we were leaving.  We were in a weather delay (no rain, just thunder) for about and hour before we decided to leave.  They both left with a few stuffed animals from playing a few games. 

We are friends with 2 other families who have boys our boys age.  They have been wanting to do a big sleep over, so I gave in and agreed.  I had the mom's feed the boys and just bring them over around 6:30.  We had brownie sundaes and played kick-ball once the sun went down.  I had made muffins the day before while making the brownies.  It was a perfect sleep over breakfast. 

We spent several days at the lake then it was time for my sister to come in for a visit.  They were here from Sat. - Wed.  We had a great time while they were here.

We bought tee-shirts and made cupcakes for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

We are loving the Olympics and Matt even downloaded an app to his iPad for extra live coverage and it will list what is on each day. 

Matt and Cal watching the iPad and the T.V.

They boys have less than 2 weeks before school starts, but we have had a fun summer!

Our Summer Favorites-Post #2

We just got back from a fun week at the beach.  I will post a few pictures in my next post, but this post is another one about some of our favorite things about summer.  I have noticed on a lot of blog post about making a summer "to do" list with your children when they get out of school. 

Cal's was easy: pool, lake, beach, summer camps, make Oreo Balls, make salsa with peppers he picks from the grocery, lots of play dates.  I can say that we have now completed his list (and we still have a month of summer to go).

I forgot to take a picture of the Oreo Balls or the Key Lime Balls we also made.  Did learn working with chocolate is not my favorite and that white chocolate is hard to keep at the right temp.  I pinned the Oreo Balls and Key Lime Balls on Pinterest.

Here is a picture of the salsa made with a jalapeno pepper and a red pepper.  Pretty tasty I have to say.  Both boys liked it.

A favorite of the boys is getting new tennis shoes.  This is not Cal's first choice, so we are going to keep looking for what he wants, but these are his size and will work for school.  Brady my opinionated one is happy with his choice! 

Brady's size 2 feet!

Cal's size 5 feet-learned something......Once a boy gets into a 5.5 they can actually wear a women's size 6.5.  Who Knew???  My husband and the sale's lady did :)

Because it is my birthday week, I went to get a pedicure when we got back from the beach.  The lady wanted to do something a little extra and I let her.

I love beach sunsets.  This is from the 4th of July-waiting on fireworks.