Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Half way there!

I am 20 weeks today!  I felt the baby move at 18 weeks exactly and now can feel him from the outside, which is so exciting.  I haven't been able to have the kids feel him yet or James, they are never around or they are always sleeping when he is most active (which is around 9:30-10:00 at night). 

Sunday, October 16, 2011

FALL!!!!

I LOVE fall and the kids love it too.  Caramel apples, leaves changing colors, that fact that we get to go to Disneyland and grandmas house, and jumping in the leaves.  Jayden has been trying to rake up the leaves for a couple of weeks but we haven't had a ton fall yet, so today after church I went out and gathered as many leaves as I could in 5 minutes (which wasn't very much) and let them each have a turn jumping in them.  They thought it was so great but I wish the pile could have been bigger.  Maybe in a couple weeks.  They they all jumped in together and spent like 15 minutes out there having a good time together.

Jayden took the high jump approach

Payton dove straight in

Madyson tried to land on her feet

They were all supposed to jump together!

And just for fun I took pictures of the 2 little ones before church

Payton and his sister

I needed to take pictures of Payton in his new tie I made him! Jayden was wearing a matching one but he wasn't ready when we started taking pictures

These two are CRAZY together!

But sometimes they love each other, sometimes!!

They love to swing in the hammock

Jayden stopped after jumping in and stayed there, so I figured that meant he wanted his picture taken!

We are really enjoying this nice weather and hope it stays fall for a long time!

Black Island Farms Pumpkin Patch

We went this year to the pumpkin patch with the VanNess', Smiths and Bates.  The kids had such a good time, we started off with a hayride out to the farm to look at the carrots that they grow.  We then headed over to the pumpkin patch where we all got to pick our own very special pumpkin.  I got the one Payton thought he wanted until he realized he wanted a little tiny one.  After the pumpkin patch we got to go play.  We did the corn maze, pumpkin bounce house, corn box, hay slides, cow train, and tire swings.  It was a good time!


 Payton waiting for the Hay ride to start (that is his fake smile, but that's all I could get)

Jayden found his pumpkin!

Madyson waiting so paitently for her pumpkin to be cut form the vine

 Payton's second "perfect" pumpkin!

My attempt at a picture with their pumpkins

Carter, Bryant, and Ethan on the hay ride

Cow train and Hay ride pictures

Hay slides and the pumpkin bounce house (the kids could hardly stand in that pumpkin, they kept getting sucked into it)!