I love FALL!

We had trunk-or-treat at the church the night before Halloween.
Mary and Drew

This is the Martin family. They were SO cute dressed as the Scooby Doo gang.

Sydney and Hudson

Evan was a precious cowgirl

Sydney's class took a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch in Clanton. I was really nervous about her riding on a charter bus for the first time by herself....so I rode with her. They had so much fun and it was a perfect day!

She was a little afraid to ride the pony so her teacher walked around with her.

Sydney and her friend Geoorgia. We rode home with them since they had their car there.

Syd and her cute teacher.

feeding the animals

Syd and mommy

riding the train

jumping in the blowup thingies

picking out a tiny pumpkin

I went up to the school one day and helped the kids make these cute t-shirts with sponges...the whole class was dressed alike.

waiting to get on the hayride

on the bus

The bathroom was SO stinky! GROSS! Everytime someone opened the door I gagged!

Halloween party in the classroom

We had snacks, tatoos, made "scary" hands, and Halloween pictures.

For church playgroup John Evan and I went to Jennifer's house. She had snacks and some cute games.

Sydney's class also went Trick-or-treating at Shelton. Her teacher gave everybody these really cute buckets.
John Evan and I also went to Shannon's house for a little Halloween party. She served us an awesome lunch and had some really cute stuff for the kids to do.

more birthday parties, Firemen 5K, Tammy is 40

My neice, Kaitlyn, turned 2 on October 30th. Elizabeth had her party at her house and mom and dad asked the kids to bring their Halloween costumes to put on because thet were going to be out of town Halloween weekend.
Shelby Wonder Woman and Sydney the Fairy Elizabeth has a huge backyard and the kids LOVED running around

also a great deck and view!

Proud grandparents with all the kids minus Chandler...plus some mommies to help out!

birthday girl

Sydney's teacher does some really cute bulletin boards and crafts with the kids.

50's day at school (celebrating the 50th day os school)

Hillarious picture of John Evan

Carolynn (from Sydney's class) had a Luau party

birthday girl in the white shirt

Firemen 5k ran with Yvette and some gym friends.

It was RAINING the whole time and there was A HUGE hill we had to run down and then back up. I had my worst time ever but still placed 1st in my age group. It was a lot of fun!

TAMMY turns 40!

We went out with some girlfriends to celebrate. It was a total surprise to her set up by her great husband. We had a blast!

kids, 5K, football

Getting ready for Halloween!
Eloise's birthday party...the queen came

Yvette (and her sweet sister), Noel, and I ran The Capstone 5K two weekends ago. It was a lot of fun! Yvette placed in her age group and was so excited! Noel did great on her first 5K. It was perfect weather and a lot of fun. My time was 31:14. The four or us started out together and it was a lot of fun to run with them. Afterwards, we enjoyed a yummy breakfast at IHOP.

Sydney Kate and John Evan's cousin, Emma at her Hello Kitty birthday party. It was really cute. Her momma had all kinds of cute crafts and games!

Kim T. gave me this awesome awning for my playroom.

and this cute little "store"

Maybe one day the playroom will get decorated!

Silly girl dressing up!

Chris and I were able to go to a football game! YAY! It was so fun and we had great seats! Thanks Amy!

hanging out at the quad

I am a little obsessed with Sydney Kate's clothes. We have been in school for about 9 weeks and she has not worn the same outfit twice....isn't that ridiculous? I LOVE dressing her!

John Evan LOVES his toys! I am amazed at how much he actually plays with them. Right now he is in love with "lego space mans", "engine turtles", "figurines", "mans", and Chris's fishing lures. He is so cute! He would hang out at home all day and just play if his momma didn't drag him all around town! He also likes to lay around with blankie and chocolate milk and watch sponge bob or phineas and pherb.

I love my kids!

my beautiful kids

My friend, Robin, gave me some outside hand-me down toys for the kids. How cute are they in these skates?

Sydney Kate's room is finally purple! She has been asking to have her room painted since we moved in 2 1/2 years ago. It is finally done! I did most of it by myself and I am so proud!

John Evan helping me paint.

Birthday party at neighbor's house....this is actually their older sister Laura/. Katelyn and Kendall turned 4.

Sydney Kate helping me paint.

birthday party at Bobby Miller Center pool for a little boy, Landon, in Sydney Kate's class.

birthday boy is second from the left

playing on the slip-n-slide

Drew's birthday party

My nephew, Drew, turned 4 this summer. He had his party at Shelby Park. It was unusually a little cooler that day but nice! The kids played in the fountain and we ate pizza.
Gran Gran with Kaitlyn and Colt (ashley's baby that is due in 3 days will be grandchild #10 and Mary's baby due in March will be grandchild #11)
Sydney and Shelby sunbathing

Only picture I got of the birthday boy!

Cute cupcake cake

The Palmer's

we miss you guys!

Thanks for the fun party Drew!

late summer post

Can't believe summer is over! Here are some more fun things we did. We had my nephew, Drew, spend the night. They had a blast. It was so cute cause usually when we have friends or cousins spend the night they usually sleep in Sydney's room. This time Drew slept in John Evan's room and it was like his first little spend the night company. We had Hudson spend the night one night too (can't believe I have no pictures!)

Sydney had to have a family picture for school and ofcouse we didn't have an updated on. So, we snapped a quick one after church. Thanks Roz!

John Evan loves his little friend Jackson.

I love this picture of them hugging.
Taylor's birthday party at the Dance Center.

We had my neice, Shelby, spend the night. We met Elizabeth at the Galleria and just walked around and rode the carousel.

we saw Elmo there......

Kim and Susan came to Tuscaloosa for some girlie time! It was wonderful! Susan brought us a basket full of pampering items and goodies. How sweet is that? They got there on a Friday night and we just stayed up late talking. Saturday we went shopping and ate at Olive Garden, Susan left late Saturday afternoon and Kim and I worked on some sewing projects. Well, she worked and I supervised. She made a bedskirt for John Evan's bed and a eurosham for both beds. They are beautiful! Chris watched the kids (and Madison too) all day so I could have some girlie time. He took them to Anna's birthday party at the Fun Factory. Ofcourse there are no pictures since I wasn't there...but they had fun. Then to McDonalds and to see G-Force. Thanks girls for coming! I can't wait for our next girlie time!

hanging out with Anna and Luke

Pioneer Day at church was really neat this year. The family in charge did a great job. We had dinner, games, music, and a pie contest.

stick pull

Dan was beating everybody!

sack races

Sydney and Merigan

We are still decorating the house! I bought some paint for the kid's rooms today! YAY!

Update on school

For some reason my blog is not letting me load pictures...oh well. Sydney Kate is doing some better. Some days are easier than others. We made a sticker chart last Sunday. She gets a sticker if she does not cry when I drop her off in her room. She did great last Mon and Tues. Wed rolled around and she didn't do so good. She didn't cry but she whined and held on to my leg and then when I was leaving after lunch she followed me back down the hall atleast 3 times. So, I went ahead and gave her a sticker but we had to change the rules a little.
Her class is doing a color cafe where they study a color each day-they dress in that color and eat a snack that color and learn how to say it in spanish and sign language. It's really cute and Sydney Kate has enjoyed dressing in a certain color. They had homework every night last week. It was a worksheet front and back. So cute!
Well, as I type this the school nurse just called and said she is complaining of a sore throat,,,so I am off to go get her.