Pumpkin Patch

Saturday we headed out to the pumpkin patch in Mayflower with Katherine and her girls, Ellie and Molly. The kids had fun, although it was sooo hot and the line for the hayride to the pumpkin patch was about 20 minutes long!!! Everyone got a chance to run around and play and pick out the perfect pumpkin. It's an October tradition, you gotta go!!


My boys with their pumpkins, notice Harrison's is tiny and green. I couldn't convince him to get a different one.

Posing with Molly

Fun Friday at Murray Park

Friday when the boys were out of school, we headed down to Murray park with footballs, electric scooters and battery operated 4-wheelers. It was such a nice day and the boys had fun playing on the playground, throwing rocks in the river, playing football, and riding scooters and 4-wheelers. We even got to see the Arkansas Queen paddle boat up close (and it honked at the boys). I love lazy fun days when the boys are out of school!!

AR State Fair

Since the kids were out of school last Friday, we decided to go to the fair and stay out late Thursday night. Grant's friend Kayla went with us and Nana and Papa met us there. All of the kids got wristbands and rode rides over and over and over!! I love that my boys love to ride rides, they are not afraid of anything. We all had a great time eating and riding rides. I love this time of year and all the fun thungs that there are to do!!

Family picture Harrison on his favorite ride, the swings

Nana with Harrison (gotta love cotton candy)

In line with Nana and Papa

Nicholas on the BIG swings, he is finally tall enough this year!!

Grant and Kayla wind-surfing

Harrison gives the fair 2 thumbs up

Daddy with Grant and Nicholas

Look at those smiles

Slide...

Happy Birthday Pepka!!!

Last Sunday we headed down to the river to celebrate Pepka's birthday. Blake, Jennifer, Catherine, Brian, Jackson, Owen, my uncle Roger and his girlfriend Jennifer were all there (along with dad and Scottie, or course). The kids had a great time playing and the adults had fun visiting. Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Razorback birthday cake
Pepka and Grant playing football

Nicholas helping blow out the candles

My boys with Jackson

Jennifer with Owen

Blake playing football

Harrison's 1st Day of School

It's taken me almost a month to post these!! Harrison's first day of school was the Wednesday after Labor day. He goes to Asbury on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Here are a few pictures of my silly goose, and to think I was worried he might CRY on the first day!! He barely had time to say bye, he loves his school!!

2 Thumbs Up!!

Playing with his buddy, Evan...

Goof-Ball...

The Lake with the Cirwinski's

Labor day weekend, we headed up to the lake and we invited our great friends the Cirwinski's to join us. We have 6 kids combined (age range 3-9) and they all get along so well together!! The weather was great and we all had great fun out on the lake. Abby (the oldest) learned how to ski (only after about 3 tries to get up) and Grant skied and the other kids had fun tubing and jumping off the top of the boat. We sure will miss this wonnderful family when they move back to Ohio (in the near future). They will for sure be lifelong friends!!


The Cirwinski family

Grant and Danny

Abby, Kayla and Harrison tubing

Abby sking and posing for the camera!!

The whole crew on the 4-wheeler

Abbby, Kayla and Danny

School Days!!!

The kids now have a full week of school under their belts and things are going well. Nicholas just started kindergarten and he has had a rocky start, but the last few days have been better. He has shed lots of big crocodile tears, but I know its normal and its such a huge transition to be at a big elementary school compared to his relatively small pre-school. Grant is now in 2nd grade and has gotten off to a good start. I am amazed at how much faster kids now days learn things. He has a test every week over a chapter book he reads along with a spelling test and a vocabulary test!! Last Friday, he also had a math test, so that's 4 test in 1 day on the 1st week!! Harrison will start his pre-school next Wednesday and he has been enjoying some 1 on 1 time with his mama. He is such a sweet little boy and I have cherished spending some special time with just him. Mainly our time together has been spent at the grocery store, Target and out running various other errands, but he doesn't mind. Every night when we put him to bed, he asks "where are we going in the morning?"

The first day- Harrison wanted to be in the picture too and act like a big boy. The other night, I was getting the kids lunch boxes out and packing them and he brought me his and told me what he wanted and he set his backpack by his big brothers backpacks.