Belated Halloween

This year for Halloween, we had a cowboy (James), a painter (Lydia), and a Pokemon (Charlie).

The boys had a parade at school.

 

Then Aunt Jeanene came to help us celebrate!

 

And this past week, James was chosen as the Warder Wildcat of the week!

He got to make a poster all about himself.

Lydia turns 2!

We also celebrated Lydia's birthday!  Our little 2-year-old is the picture of "adorable".

She got a new suitcase from Grandma and Grandpa.

And had lots of help opening her presents.

 

Jamie found this quilted growth chart for her - perfect!

Ice cream cake - her favorite!

 

We hung the chart up in her room.  She loves it!

 

Pumpkin Patch

We took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch last weekend with my parents and Cory, Jamie, and Kaylynn.

This time there was a roller coaster!

Quick Update

Way back at the end of August, James turned 7!! 

In the spring, the kids convinced us to plant a watermelon plant in our garden.  Lo and behold, we grew a watermelon!

 Unfortunately, it looked better than it tasted...

The boy's school had Field Day earlier this week so they both enjoyed a full afternoon of running.

First Day of School

School started last week!  We now have a 2nd grader (James), a Kindergartener (Charlie), and the cutest little sister ever (Lydia).

Happy Birthday Charlie!

 On August 13, Charlie turned 5!  We had a family celebration of cupcakes, a few presents, and an all-around good day.

Summertime

Our summer is almost over!  So it's time for an update.  

We did a round of swim lessons.

We went to Montana and rode horses.

 

We planted a garden and harvested zucchini, yellow squash, green beans, tomatoes, and cucumbers.  We're still holding out hope for our watermelon plant.  :)

And we spent lots of time at the lake with Tricia, Blake, and Nathan - watersking, swimming, jumping, and plain ol' having lake fun!