Festivities

A couple weekends ago we celebrated my sister-in-law's birthday on her property about 10 minutes away from where we live now. They have this land on the side of a mountain that is beautiful. The leaves in this picture do not do it justice. We ate dinner, hung out, and roasted marshmallows once it got dark. Josh's other brother, Benn and his wife Mandy and their 6 kids drove in from TN the night before (to stay for 10 days with Nana and Papa) - so they were there for the festivities as well. All of the cousins had a blast together.

The kids enjoying their hot dogs.

Josh is up on the right in that tree. He was the biggest kid there! He hurt his ankle a little doing that which wasn't the greatest because he was playing in his high school alumni football game the next night. I didn't get any more pictures of that night because my camera battery died.

This is a picture of the "oldies" playing football. Benn, Jason, and Josh all played together on the same team. They each scored touchdowns as well. They had a great time playing together and being sore together the next several days :)!!

We are thankful no one got injured!!!

This is Kate, Nana, Mandy and some of the cousins sitting on the bleachers watching the game.

The kids watched and then played in the dirt/sand. Will actually sat for a really long time trying to find daddy out there - it was so cute!
It was fun for me to get to watch Josh play, since I wasn't around during his football days!

Smart Cookie

The girl already is trying to put shoes on by herself. She got pretty close to getting Will's shoe on. What a smarty pants.

(sorry for the nasty snot dripping down her face... i
knew if i wiped it off for the picture, then i wouldn't capture her doing this again for a while...)

FALL PICTURES

Its been so beautiful here lately. With the cool crisp, yet sunny weather and the leaves changing colors....I decided to take the kids down the road to this field and take some pictures on this hail bail. The leaves are changing early this year and they are very vibrant. God is an amazing artist.
If you click on these pictures to see them larger - you can see them in better detail.

Will - my cute boy growing up so fast!

Abby doesn't smile much for the camera.
She also is sick here, so in between shots I was wiping the snot off her face, nice huh!?

Will adores Abby... too cute!

Sweet kisses!!! He was a little sick too, so they are just sharing the germs and the love!

Ice Pops and Jammies

Will wanted to wear these PJ hand-me-downs from his cousins the other night. It was cold out and he liked the feel of these. This is how he woke up in the morning. The buttons were not so good at keeping the shirt closed. He didn't like this because he is very particular about things (firstborn)! So that is the last time he will wear that shirt.... but he looked like a little man!

Both of my kids LOVE ice pops. Will 's favorite place to eat his ice pop is on the front porch in a rocking chair.... even when its cold outside. It was SO cold this day that I made him eat his pop inside. So Abby saw it and wanted one.... I gave in. Well, it isn't the first time. She is my second, what can I say? She usually just takes a couple licks of my ice pop. I really like ice pops when I'm feeling so nauseas. However, this time she decided she could do it on her own.

Even though her hand was cold, she wouldn't let it go.

She looks all grown up with sneakers on and her hair up!!!
But this is a 6 month outfit...
she is still a little peanut.

Abbys new moves

So, Abby has been on the move since the day she was born I think. But now she is climbing more than ever and even walking. She is just about 11 months old already!

She climbs into this tub of shoes about 20 times a day. She loves it in there!

Will always tries to get in even though I won't let him.... not enough room for the two of them in there. We tried it once and someone ended up crying.

Here she is walking. She walks more than she crawls now and she is
getting pretty fast. She is also taking better naps from being
worn out!

This and That

These are just a few shots of random things going on here lately. I haven't posted in almost two weeks and its mainly because things around here have been "boring" and I constantly feel like I am going to throw up or want to go to bed. So, most of you know already.... but I feel this way because there is a little someone making me feel miserable right now. Baby #3 is on the way. We are thrilled and a little surprised all at the same time. This new one will join us, Lord willing, in May sometime. I haven't been to the doctor yet for an exact due date. So since I feel wiped out most of the time.... we haven't done much lately but lay around the house.

Just a cute shot of Abby with her fountain hair-do.

Will loves making tents and houses with anything and everything we can. Here Josh was attempting to sit in the house with them and read books.
One night last week we did venture out. We went to my sister-in-law's grandfathers house about an hour away. The boys fished and the girls hung around. Abby enjoyed their swing.

Annie fishing with the big pole!

Abby's first time fishing. So I guess the girls fished a little too.

Will is trying to use Aiden's rocket fishing pole.... still a little young for this - but that didn't stop him from trying over and over!

And I guess it wouldn't be nice if I didn't post a picture of my man with his catch!
I think he looks like he's in his glory, huh?

Fun Weekend

This past weekend my cousin, Mike and his girlfriend, Melissa came to visit from Long Island. We had a great time catching up with Mike and meeting Melissa. They were so kind to bring us a trampoline that Oma and Opa didn't need anymore for the VBS for church. We set that up and hung out at home and then Saturday night went bowling. It was Will's first time bowling and he loved it... although he threw the ball down way before he was supposed to, but it ended up making it all the way down the lane. Sunday we went to church and then hung out before they headed home. Will and Abby loved Melissa's attention. Thanks for coming to visit!

Josh is the one that grabbed socks for Will !! :) He brought these church socks that are knee-highs. Will was a site to see! He still managed to make friends with the two older boys that were playing beside us. The boys had so much fun watching Will!

Josh helping Will throw the bowling ball. This is before we let Will do it on his own.

Mike, Melissa and Abby. My camera didn't take the picture fast enough when they were looking and smiling...

Probably not going to take Abby (or any child that young) to a bowling alley ever again. She wanted to crawl down the lane and threw fits when we would try to contain her!

Will and Mommy

They LOVE the trampoline.
Abby loves to try and stand on the side and crawls as fast as she can from side to side.




Will wants to go out on this first thing in the morning!
He could play on it 24/7!