Snow Angels


The minute that my kids saw the first snow on the ground they
 waisted no time getting out all of the snow gear and running out into the snow. 
Halie's favorite thing to do is to make snow angels and she is very good at it! 
Gavin on the other hand likes to tromp through the snow and eat it!



Kids do the funniest things!

One afternoon I found this on my counter...
The next thing I knew Halie and Gavin were not in the house.
 I found them outside on the dead grass, in the freezing cold, 
in their pajamas with their coats on and having their lunch out side.

They decided that summer couldn't be over yet and 
they had to have one more picnic.

Who needs Disney Land?


Who needs Disneyland when your kids think that they have been to 
Disneyland when they went to Disney on Ice? 
I took Halie and Gavin to go and see Disney on Ice with my brother Matt, 
his wife Brooke, and their little boy Jayden. We had a good time and the best 
part was that my kids thought they were in Disneyland!  
So I think that we are good for a while until 
Grady gets a little older to go the "real" Disneyland!





Halloween festivities and school parties!

Halloween was a lot of fun this year! Halie wanted to be Sleeping Beauty and Gavin wanted to be a skeleton, so we made Grady into a pirate to match Gavin's Pirates of the Caribbean skeleton costume. On Halloween we went over to see my Grandma Chipman and to show off the kids in their costumes. 
Here is Halie at her school party. 
She is such a little princess and is all girl!
(If you couldn't tell by the pose.)

Here is Gavin at his school party. I am such a dork and if you are wondering why he looks like "aunt jamima" as Jed called him. I put his bandana on completely wrong! I know, I am just glad that he didn't know and that he had a fun time at the party.


Here is my little pirate. Grady was so good to leave his costume on and he never even tried to pull off the headband. Although the gold hoop earing didn't last!

Here is one of my best friends Elise and her little boy Reed,
 Grady and I at the neighborhood trick or treat. 
Elise you looked so stinking cute!

Here is our attempt at a family picture at the neighborhood trick or treat!

We had a lot of fun despite the craziness of getting to both kids 
school activities and scheduling Grady in there too! 
Happy Halloween!

Bath time Baby!

Do you get any cuter than this?
I just love this little boy and all of his rolls!

We love our bath time!

Carving Pumpkins


We had a lot of fun this year carving our pumpkins. 
The kids picked out a design and then we all pitched in and made them look amazing. 
The kids were pleased and they looked so neat
 when they were all lit up. 


The finished product!


The kids had so much fun they wanted to have their pictures taken.



Grady enjoying his first pumpkin carving!