Fall fun in the leaves

We had such a warm fall it barely even seems like October, but when the leaves fall you of course have to play in them!

 It's raining leaves!

Fall Festival and outdoor fun!

We headed to the fall festival without daddy this year because he was on call which was a bummer.  The kiddos favorite place was the music area set up by the public schools.  They loved trying out all the instruments.

 There was a Harley Davidson group of bikers there raising money and Isaac was thrilled to test one out!

 Waiting for the parade.  It was warm but so fun to see friends in the parade this year.

These were taken by one of the boys...Alan has been working so hard on our garden this year, it looks great!!  The children of course love to play in it as well...I think we are grooming some future gardeners!

You can see Alan's new sandbox he put in.  Apparently our 4' x 4' one was too small, I think this is an 8' x 8' one now!  Kids love it, but it has been so rainy this year that it has been more of a moat than a beach!

The hammock was also a favorite addition to the yard.  Peter will often take a book out to read.  Oh he reminds me of his mom sometimes!

We watched a veggies tales about Joshua and the wall of Jericho, and this is what I found Isaac doing...building his wall to knock down!

 These kids sure do love their daddy!

 And well what post is complete without a girl in a tutu?  With a ninja tattoo and drawing on her face with marker?

Lost tooth and a Texas visit

The day before Peter's birthday he came home from school with a loose tooth!  I was a little surprised, but I guess we are at that stage now!  Imagine my surprise when he come home from school two days later without his tooth!  What?  How did that happen?  I guess I better get the tooth fairy on the phone!

Ever since we left Texas we have thankfully managed to meet up with some of the best people in the world at least once a year to play, laugh till our cheeks hurt and stay up way too late visiting.  Oh, and the kids have a blast too!  This year we headed down to Texas since they had a new baby and we thought it would make life easier!  We had so much fun visiting with old friends!  We headed to the aquarium one afternoon which is always fun.

The manatee and the sharks were a big favorite!  

Naomi was in heaven with three other girls to play with and all of their girl "stuff" as well!  She would not let us take off this blue tutu for anything!  Guess I know what Santa is bringing this year!

They do a balloon festival every year and we just happened to be there the same weekend.  We had breakfast at our old Bishop's house and Peter got transformed into a tiger!  Which by the way was some serious paint because he was tinged orange for at least a day afterwards!

Post breakfast vegging!

I didn't get pictures, but they have an awesome pool in their neighborhood which we enjoyed a couple times!!  Here are a few of Naomi in girl heaven!

One evening we went to Medieval Times which I am pretty sure was the highlight of the trip!!  Who wouldn't love eating with your hands, wearing a crown and watching knights fight??  The reactions on the boys' faces were priceless!

So grateful for wonderful friends that no matter how far away are always so close to our heart!

A Lego Party

Peter has been asking for little Legos for at least half the year and I keep telling him maybe when he turns 6, so it was inevitable that we have a Lego party.  I was excited to plan the party because there are so many fun Lego ideas out there, but then he had to throw in the "oh yea mom, I want a cheesecake for my party."  Really?  I thought maybe last year was a fluke but this kiddo amazes me with his adult taste buds.  So this is what I came up with.  A Cheesecake topped with chocolate Lego bricks. He loved it, most of the other kids at his party wouldn't even touch the cheesecake, they just ate the chocolate bricks and the cream off the cake!  

 Isaac helped me with putting together the decorations for the party, we had fun experimenting.

 Happy Birthday!!

 Isaac inviting our guests in since our door knob was covered.

 Peter was thrilled to get his legos!  He spent weeks creating with them every spare minute he had!

It was so fun to have a party at this age all the kids were so excited and are actually at an age where they can play games.  My favorite was watching them play freeze tag with Alan, which was everyone's favorite game as well!

Happy Birthday to my first baby, I am amazed by your creativity and imagination, your joyful heart and your giving heart.  I can't wait to see what you do and become as you grow!  Just do a little more slowly please!