Ready for School!

The girls got to wear their costumes to school yesterday. It was lots of fun for them. Here is a cute picture a friend took of our kiddos. Sweet friends!

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Sisters

Such sweet sisters! After Hannah fell and scrapped her knee Lauren was there to comfort her. I'm pretty sure that Hannah thought it was the END OF THE WORLD. That's what sisters are for!

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Big Orange Pumpkin Farm

 Today we headed out to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm with some friends.  The weather was beautiful and the kids really enjoyed feeding the animals, riding on the hay ride (twice), and picking out the perfect pumpkin.  I didn't take a ton of pictures, but here are a few I did take.

 Sweet Lauren...what are we going to do with your hair?

 A little close but the picture captures her sweet smile!

In case you were wondering...it's really hard to get a good picture of this many kids!

The Arboretum

 The Dallas Arboretum always has really pretty pumpkin displays in the fall.  This years display was beautiful! We had a great time and got a few cute pics.

The Zoo!

 After having such a HOT summer here we were beyond excited when the temps dropped to the 80's.  We took advantage of the cooler weather and made a trip to the zoo with some friends. The kids really enjoyed seeing the animals and we had a great time!

 Almost got everyone to look!

 Carson and Hannah feeding the giraffes.

Looking forward to cooler weather and more fun outside this fall!

First Day of School

 Hannah and Lauren both started school at the beginning of September. This is Hannah's third year to go to Sonshine Academy and Lauren's first year.  We have loved the experiences that Hannah has had and we are excited about the new year! Lauren was a little apprehensive about trying something new, but she is doing great. 

 Here is Hannah telling us that she is in the "fours" class this year.  She was so excited and loves to go to school.

A little cookie cake to celebrate the first day of school. Here's to a great year!!

Bug bite

Hannah had a bug bite this week that started off fine and quickly became infected. After starting antibiotics it continued to spread so we opted to visit the ER. She was such a trooper and had her first IV with round one of a new antibiotic. Today it looks sooo much better and we are grateful she is on the mend!

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The girls helped me in the kitchen tonight by making brownies. They had so much fun and tasted yummy too!





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Location:Brownies

Pups

Ok, don't laugh at me, but I'm loving this blogging from my phone thing. Hmmm, maybe I'll post something about my kids
soon. The dogs are cute though...

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Testing it Out

I wanted to see if this really worked so I'm trying it out!


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A bird feeder???

 Sometimes I have wild ideas about things my kids can make.  It's a good thing that my sweet friend, Sondra, is willing to try them out with me.  Today I wanted to make a bird feeder to hang in the backyard.  So we met at the park to minimize the cleanup.  Great move there! Anyway, we cut a paper plate and covered it with peanut butter.  The kids then put the birdseed on top.  Lauren placed it carefully, Zachary and Hannah completely covered it, and Abigail thought she should taste it.  Funny how they did it so differently.  We had fun and the kids enjoyed being together as always.

 After we finished up I wanted to take a picture of everyone. Here are the results...

Nice, huh? It was a nice try!