Harvest Banquet

Our church has a Harvest Banquet every year and we went to it last night. The food was great and the fellowship was even better! It was a good time to reflect on how thankful we are. I know Matt and I are definitely thankful for our two little bundles of joy. They are getting so big.









Brady and Jarin loved the singing. They got to stay through the service part of the evening and they behaved very well! Brady tried to sing the songs (even though he didn't know them at all) and he clapped along too.

He Sings With All His Might

Thing One and Thing Two

Recently I was thinking about my busy boys and I likened them to "little things". Then I remembered the Doctor Suess book, "The Cat in the Hat" and Thing One and Thing Two that are let out of the box and get into lots of trouble. Ah ha, I thought! That is what they should be for Halloween! And that is how it happened:)

I found the wigs and patches on ebay and then bought the onesies and sweats and socks from walmart, ironed on the patches and their costumes were complete. They didn't really mind the wigs too much and kept them on most of the night.

Matt planned to wear the Cat in the Hat outfit but the one we borrowed from a friend didn't fit him so I ended up doing it. The kids looked great and we got lots of compliments. I'll never forget these costumes!

We took the boys to our church's Harvest Fun Fest. It is a big gym with games and tons of candy. They also have a bounce house and a fire truck that comes. Everyone dresses up and there is food and live music (my parents played in a Hillbilly band for this). The boys had fun and Brady of course was most interested in all the candy and the bounce house. JJ just sat in the stroller looking at everyone. We had a great time, now let me think, what should we all be next year........

Gotta love em

I'm sure I'm a little biased to say this but I happen to think I have the cutest family in the world. The boys are just getting to that age where they are enjoying taking their bath together. They are starting to play and splash and Brady isn't trying to hurt him the whole time now:) JJ is also starting to have a special relationship with his daddy. It has taken some time since he has been extremely attached to me (more than Brady was) but they spend a lot of time together.

Jarin- 9 Months Old

Let's see, what are some new things Jarin is doing this month? Well he's cutting his 4th, 5th and 6th teeth and boy do we know it! He crawls almost as fast as we can walk and he does his best to wrestle with his big brother.

Pumpkin Patch #1

Last Saturday we decided to go just north of town to Cobb's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze. We weren't up to the 2 mile walk through the corn maze (plus it cost extra) so we just rode the train, saw the farm animals and jumped in the bounce house.

Jarin loved to see the farm animals. The Alpaca (like a Llama) in the background is named JJ so we couldn't resist getting a picture of the 2 JJ's!

Family picture

Oh yes, Daddy rode the train with Brady and believe it or not, he could fit in this barrell:)

Pumpkin Patch #2

These pictures were taken at the Hillcrest Pumpkin Patch in Reedley. I went with a group of mom's from church during the day along with my sister and her 2 kids and my mom. The kids hear a story about how the pumpkin patch came to be and then we go on a nature walk. This picture is of Brady staring out of the castle on the walk.

Cool Castle!
After the walk we stopped at a picnic area for lunch. Brady had to eat all his Lunchable that Grammie brought him before he could have the chocolate pudding that came with it. Boy was he excited for the pudding!

BIG BITE!!!!

Oh yeah

I think I'll have some more, thank you!