Iphone pics

So this is really random post; but I thought I'd post some of these pictures I was going through on my phone. I actually upgraded and got a new one; so I hadn't even downloaded most of these onto the computer. Looking back at some of them over past 6 months or so....it's just amazing how much theses 3 have changed!!

This one was taken last October. I was headed to a girls weekend with some friends and dropping the girls off with my mom. Reed was staying home with Casey for boy time. Little did we know how much of a hard time he had seeing the 3 of us girls leaving! Poor little guy; I felt so bad for him! I thought he'd love Daddy time but was so confused with all us girls being away for a couple nights. Though I think a year later, he'd eat it up! He can't seem to get enough of Daddy time these days!

Seriously one of my favorite all time pictures! Our own fancy nancy!

Oh my this is ME last year around this time (or probably December with her HO HO HO shirt). Wow, she looks like such a baby still there!

This was from Reed's Family Fun Night at school back in the spring. He loved the wildcat he had painted on his face.

This summer while at the CO summer project. We found a great library there and attended many story times.....they loved it! There were puppets and it was so intriguing to them all in the very decorated story room!

Birthday girl at the beach for her birthday; we were going to get her a balloon and cupcake!

Little performer!

Emery-Claire is such our imaginative child. Here she is with phone in hand and her pad of paper and pencil. She had told me she needed to go make some notes and make some phone calls!

Our own ballerina!

Painting and pumpkins

So I realize Halloween was over a week ago now....sigh.....as it goes, I just can't keep up fast enough. I'm just now downloading the camera. I had a few couple things we did leading up to Halloween I thought I could just post all in one!

So we painted our pumpkins from the pumpkin patch we got a few weeks ago. This little guy was so proud of his smiley face on his pumpkin!

Our dried, finished products.......

We didn't have a chance to carve jack-o-laterns (I know I'm a terrible mom!); so instead we made these pumpkin masks that kinda/sorta look like jack-o-laterns-ha! My improvising with construction paper didn't make them very sturdy, so they ripped within seconds of making them.

and seriously we really loved them.....can you tell.....

then came time for the "BIG" day.....how excited they were to go trick-or-treating!

2 fairies and Batman

we had a little pre-party up the street with some friends and neighbors before going to collect all that candy. here are Batman and Captain America in rare form ready to go do some saving

and of course our family photo....oh yes, my husband is so in rare form! last year he was just a red-neck; this year a red-neck hunter--pretty scary, huh

and off to trick-or-treat!

so we left the party and went back around the corner towards our street. we had got up one side to the top of the hill, and started to come back down towards our house. we had maybe done 2-3 houses on this other side and instantly the comments were

Reed: "mommy I'm tired; I'm ready to go back home now"

Emery-Claire: "mommy I think I have enough candy for the night now"

and then sweet little Mary Etta kept eagerly running to every door so excited to say "tick-a-teet!"

sitting back now and enjoying the candy, or "teets"

our neighbors across the street set up a big bonfire and pass out candy together; so we went over there to visit with them for a bit. our little neighbor was excited to pass out some candy from our bowl as well

and last but not least i thought it'd be fun to see last year Halloween

and this year......seriously, can I please press a pause button!!! sure tugs at a mama's heart to see how much they really have changed!

My Boy

Well, now that it's been over a month ago that our big boy turned the big 5 years old......I thought it was fitting to share a few pictures from his special day (well, or week as it turned into as I mentioned in this post).

birthday morning celebration with some yummy doughnuts & loving the birthday hats

so i don't like to bake....because seriously i always mess things up! but i did make these cupcakes & attempted my own "artwork" (if i can call it that) at superhero symbols

"superhero friends"....showing their special crafted masks and capes

So finally about a week after Reed's birthday we did put together a little celebration for him with some sweet little friends--who both live right around the corner from us. And a new friend we have gotten to know from Casey's hometown......they just moved here a couple months ago and Reed and Hudson hit it off so well. So it was fun to include him in our birthday fun!

and last but not least.....a very excited boy opening his legos........aunt neenee you made his day for sure; as he's been asking for legos for months now-ha! and yes, jess he LOVED his remote control car as well; i just didn't have a picture of him opening the presents when mom arrived with them. he loved it so much he's broken it already; but still tries to make it work and use it!

so a happy, happy birthday was definitely had by our big 5 year old!

Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

So a few weeks ago we went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch with Reed's class. Mary Etta still talks about it....always asking "mommy, I go punkin pat." She loved it! And sweet Emery-Claire still is asking me to take her, since that day she was at her school.

So here are a few fun pictures from our trip......

Reed picking out his pumpkin

Reed has a couple friends from church in his class....so here he is with them and siblings!

His sweet teachers, Ms. Missy and Ms. Donna

Two year pictures

So it was well over 2 months ago this sweet baby girl turned 2 years old! So I thought I'd just try my own photo session in the backyard! So needless to say between our crazy schedule, weather, just everyday busyness I've had some conflicts to get these done! But after 2 attempts I think I finally got some good ones..............