The Great Pumpkin

So you know once you have a big pumpkin one year, the small ones just won't do! Here is last year's pumpkin and this year's! And a candle is so last year...this year we have the strobe light in it!! Super cool! ;)

Halloween 2006




2008

Gabe's first letter..

Shane's brother Steve plays the guitar and Gabe knows this and thinks he is so cool! We were at a restaurant on Sunday on the patio and he found this guitar pick on the ground. First thing he says is, "My Uncle Steve plays the guitar and he has hundreds of guitar toothpicks!" LOL LOL..he then said he wanted to mail it to him "so he could have a hundred and one toothpick." Here is his first letter he wrote all by himself!! SO proud of him!

 

Halloween Festival

We went to a festival at Chase's preschool last night! The boys had a blast!!

Mini Muddy Buddy

So Shane and Brandon (college buddy) decided to do the Muddy Buddy...it is a race where you run/bike and do obstacle courses then at the very end, you army crawl through a huge mud pit...just look at pics...They got 4th place! Not bad for their first one!!

Well we signed the boys up for the Mini Muddy Buddy...they were in HEAVEN. They ran a little obstacle course, crawled through the mud pit, ran across the finish line (where they put a medal around their neck), then got to wash off in the lake!! BOY HEAVEN!! I posted tons of pics/videos, but this was so cool!!

Really random, but Paul Mitchell was the main sponsor, so they were doing $10 haircuts. The boys always need a haircut, they are chia pets, so we take them over there and Chase tells the guy he wants a mohawk! The guy says you dont have enough hair, so he gave him a fauxhawk!! That kid is a trip!

Here are the pics, but scroll down for the videos!!!

Chase's "Field Trip"

So Chase was a little upset that he didn't get to go on a field trip "like Gabe." So, we had a little field trip to the pumpkin patch of our own. We met some of his friends there, then went to McDonald's! Does it get any better?

Gabe's 1st Field Trip

So Gabe had his first field trip the the Pumpkin Patch. He was sooo excited to get to ride a REAL school bus! It was the hit of the trip!

Crazy Hair Day

I am playing catchup...This was Crazy Hair Day at Gabe's school...

 

Doesn't God know what Fall is?

So we are at dinner tonight and Gabe does his usual prayer, thanks for the food and family...so Chase says he wants to pray and starts one of the little songs he learned at school and Shane tells him, don't just repeat that same old song, just talk to God and thank him. So he prays...

"God, when I was at the store getting the hay (for our front yard scarecrow), I got out of the car and it was hot. It is Fall and it is supposed to be cool. Thanks for our food. Amen."

And all of Texas says... AMEN!!

My Chase

 

This is Chase's newly learned trick he was doing at lunch today!

Grandparent's Day/Birthday/Twins

Ok so I am gonna play a little catchup...my new addiction, facebook is keeping me from blogging lately!

GRANDPARENT'S DAY AT SCHOOL



Mamah and Peapa




Nana



GABE'S never-ending 6TH BIRTHDAY!


Gabe's birthday started out with a special birthday breakfast!






Then we had a family party with Lauren and Gav to celebrate!!





Then the BIG "all boys" Transformer party! It was a drop off party, and it turned out to be a BLAST! The boys swam, ate, threw water balloons at Megatron, ate cake and ice cream and opened presents!!






MY GIRLS


My twin 6 mth old nieces were here for 3 weeks and here are a "few" pics of the MOST precious babies on earth...what can I say, we have good genes! :)





MY PRECIOUS BOYS

Here are a few random pics from the last few weeks...

Cute Crocs?!

Ok, so a friend of a friend bought these crocs, not the rubber, only looks cute on a kid crocs, like real ADULT cute crocs! YOU gotta check them out! She also is giving a free pair away on her blog...

http://www.classychaos.com/

The First Day of Kindergarten

It was a a good, but sad day. Gabe woke up and was fully dressed at 7:02am. He then came downstairs and told me he had a "list." I asked what his list was and he said, "First, I get dressed, done, then I eat a big breakfast, put my tennis shoes on, get my lunch and backpack and then go to school." And that he did...He also asked me that if his shoes came untied would his teacher help him...Everything was fine, until I got BACK home and watched this video, then it hit home...

Kindergarten Kickoff Party

So I decided that it would be fun for some kids in the neighborhood who don't know each other to meet, hang out so that they will know some familiar faces at school! We had such a great time, met new friends, hung out with old ones and just elevated the level of excitement about the big first day of Kindergarten!!

Dog days of Summer

 

You know it is hot, when it is even too hot to swim!! The boys would jump in the pool to get wet, then sit in the shade until they dried, then do it again!!

Little Monster