Fall Festivites

First on our list of Fall Festivities was our church's Fall Fest! We had loads of fun playing games, decorating a cookie, jumping in a bounce house, eating hot dogs and relaxing on the grass with our friends.

Daddy helped Nate be a strong man and ring the bell!

On Halloween, I took the kids to my parents' house. My sister and brother-in-law and my favortie (and only) nephew came over and we went to a fall festivel at a church down the road. They had big bounce houses and slides, which was Nate's favorite part. It was pretty much the only thing that he wanted to do.

Adah was a kitten. Isn't she cute?

Nate was a dog. I made his costume out of a sweat suit and now everytime I put a jacket on him, he says that he is going to the costume party.

While we were at my parents's house there happened to be a yearly festivel in town, so my mom and I took the kids to see the parade and then Nate got to ride a pony! I told him that we would see if he was big enough to ride the pony, so the first minute or so that he was riding he kept saying "I'm big enough. Nate's big enough." I quess I shouldn't have question his 'bigness" ;)

I think Adah found the festivies quite boring. She watched the parade, but slept through the rest.

The best thing about festivels is definantly the food and the freshed squeezed lemonade! We were there around lunch time so we got some of that yummy greasy fatting food! Nate was a huge fan of the extra long corn dog.

Playing Outside

Nate loves to go swimming. Actually, he just loves to play with water, it doesn't matter where, the bathtub, dog bowl, pool, whatever! The other day, we had just gotten out of bed and I was making Nate some oatmeal while Adah was still sleeping. Before I knew it, Nate was out of sight. I began my search... not getting into the cat liter, good... not playing on the computer, good... not playing in the toilet, good but seriously where is he??? Annoyed, I yell that he better come out right now!!! Then I see it, the back door is cracked! I run outside just in time to catch him climbing into his pool, still full from the day before, in his jammies! He very proudly announced to Daddy that night that he went swimming in his jammies. So, I guess Nate knows how to work the lock on the back door... Well, now I know what it means when someone says "he is all boy." I think that is all the explanation needed for this picture...

Adah Joy is my little sweetie! Her eyes light up and her dimple comes out when she sees her doggies. They pretty much feel that way about anything that breathes so they lone that Adah laughs at them.

We actually bought this swing for Nate's birthday, but go figure, he isn't a huge fan of it. I guess he just doesn't like being contained. Adah, however, loves the swing and being outside.

Labor Day at the Zoo

On Labor Day, Thomas was off so we had a GREAT family day! We started by riding the train that is down by the zoo. Nate is VERY into trains right now so he was SUPER excited. There was a sweet couple behind us that offer to take our picture.

Next we went to the zoo. Which was lots of fun, but we were disappointed that the fountains at the children's part of the zoo were not on!! We even took Nate in a swim suit! Oh well... we still had a great time and let Nate run around for the first time, which he LOVED.

After the zoo we went over by this long pond thing (Houston people probably know what I am talking about) and sat on a blanket in the shade of a tree to eat our lunch. What a perfect family moment and I left my camera in the car so I don't have pictures!!! :( There are ducks in the pond that are very tame from people feeding them so Nate fed his crust to the them. One even took a piece out of my hand. Nate wanted to swim with the ducks. He kept saying "I get in there." and I had to keep reminding him, "no you will not." :) Even Adah had a good time rolling around on the blanket in the shade. Family days are the best!

Reading to Adah

The other day Nate was sitting on the couch reading a book and asked if he could read to Adah. So, I put her up on the couch next to him and Nate thought that it was super cool. After she got tired of "reading" and I took it off of the couch, ALL DAY he kept whining "wanna read to Adah!"

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This topic is probably going to be the most talked about, posted about, or blogged about issue today. As we remember those men and women who lost their lives and the men and women who fight for our lives right now, let us lift a prayer for them. Comfort for the families still feeling the ache of losing a loved one and for families who are missing a loved one because he or she is fighting for that freedom we hold dear. I stand tall and proud to be an american because of the sacrifice of others. I encourage you to reach out to someone you know and thank them for the service to our country. Regardless of wars they have served in or not! I also ask for prayer for this country. God is in control and it is hard to see that somedays but we still should pray and express our concerns to the MOST HIGH!

~ Thomas

"I get a cookie"

This morning Nate woke up at 5:30 while Thomas was eating breakfast before leaving for work. I did NOT want to get up at 5:30 so I took the easy way out and took him to bed with me to go back to sleep...

About 7:20am I woke up to him crawling BACK into bed with a half eaten cookie. He looked at me with a smile and said, "I get a cookie!" You see, last night while "helping" me cook, Nate discovered a bowl of cookies on the counter next to the fridge. So when he woke up this morning, instead of waking me up, he thought, "hmmmm, mommy is not up to stop me from getting a cookie!" :) And so, Nate had a cookie for breakfast this morning!

Nate showing off his victory prize

Video Post!

Adah doesn't sit still!