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!