Pumpkin patch

Sam had a preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch yesterday. It was a beautiful day, perfect for picking pumpkins, hay rides, feeding goats, duck races, and a picnic lunch.

This is Sam's preschool class out in the pumpkin patch. I think all of these kids are so stinkin' cute.

Sam loves his preschool teacher, Miss Missy. She is so great with him.

I love when Sam is focused on something. He was searching for just the right pumpkin.

Caleb was not sure about the pumpkins or the grass.

Finding the perfect pumpkin is hard, time for a break.

Sam found his pumpkin was ready to get back on the wagon.

We were all trying to get a picture of all the kids peeking the through the bars of the wagon. This was as good as it got.

Sam turning the wheel that sent food up to the goats.

The kids loved the small hay maze. They ran around, jumped on, jumped over the hay, chasing each other and jumping on each other.

Sometimes they didn't clear the hay and this happened. Surprisingly enough this little guy jumped right back up and kept playing.

Dog pile.

Duck races with water pumps. I think Sam could have pumped water all day and would have been happy.

My little goat.

Calling all superheros!

We celebrated Sam's 4th birthday with a superhero party.

We made superhero masks.

Pinned the spider on the spiderman.

This little girl is just too cute not to have a picture in here.

I made all the kids capes to give them extra strength to break the spiderman pinata.

We had cake. (if you can't tell it is spiderman on the side of a building. I started icing it the night before and it looked like a big pink blob when I decided to stop for the night. Thanks to Melissa and Autumn for helping me.

Caleb loves cake and anything sweet.

He also loves to drive. He had a tantrum when Grandpa took him out.

The girls really were superheros pushing the boys around.

Doesn't he look like a superhero?

And we opened presents. Sam had lots of helpers.

We've been practicing making the number four with fingers now he can finally show that he is 4.

I just love this picture. At the end of day Sam was one happy kid.

Thank you Jared, Autumn, Melissa, Debbie and Matt. You guys helped me make at least one kid super happy.

"Gentlemen, start your engines!"

We celebrated Jared's 31st birthday last week with a trip to the Richmond Raceway and a race car driving experience. It was really fun to watch him drive, especially sitting in front of pit road.

Orientation and getting suits on.

Sam checking out the race car on victory lane.

Jared getting some last minute instructions.

Get ready. Get set. Go.

Post-race awards ceremony.

And one cute one-year-old.

Caleb's 1st birthday!

As I've said many times, I love this little guy. He has such a sweet disposition and the cutest smile to make one's heart melt. We celebrated his birthday this weekend. He woke up in the morning wanting to wear Grandpa's hat. I guess he was saying I'm a big boy now.



Getting reading to sing happy birthday.

Caleb loved all the attention.

We helped him blow out his candle.

Before.

After.

I had to give him a bath before opening presents. There was cake everywhere.

Sam loves Caleb's presents as much as Caleb does.

We had a great day. Caleb loved it and I'm glad we could have some family and friends there to celebrate with us.

Did I mention...he has one of cutest smiles

This was the first time Caleb had blueberry pancakes. I think they were a hit!

Clean again!

Month of birthdays

I can't believe my baby is turning one this week. I was looking at our profile picture and thinking about how much he has grown in the past year. Sam will be turning four in another three weeks and Jared is turning 31 in the middle there somewhere. This past year has been a busy one full of twists and turns. My life is full of love, joy and a little craziness.....okay, maybe a lot of craziness. I love my boys!!!!

Caleb is almost always smiling. He hardly ever cries and whenever he does it can be quickly resolved. He loves to eat almost anything and will try everything. He makes everyone around him smile with his sweet loving smile and personality. He wants to walk so bad. He loves when we hold his hands to help him walk. He has 7 teeth and is the crawling machine.

Sam loves to pretend he is a baby like Caleb. He loves attention from Mommy and Daddy. He loves preschool and is doing so well there. He has such a great personality wrapped up in a little fireball of a body. He has the best imagination and loves books that show imagination in kids. His favorite primary song is, "Follow the Prophet". He is a great big brother.

Jared is such a hard worker. We are so proud of him. He's working for several offices doing what he loves. In his time off he is always working on some project to improve our house and yard or doing something with Sam. He does take breaks to play. We went to Lake Powell this summer and recently to New York for our 6 year anniversary. He took Sam to their first Nascar race a couple weeks ago. He is a great dad, Sam and Caleb are always so excited to see him walk through the door. He is so funny, some times over the top. He gave a talk in church a couple weeks ago and told a great joke but a lot people didn't get it. He's a great leader, people are drawn to him and we love him.

Happy birthday to all my boys!!!

Sam's first day of PRESCHOOL!!!!

Sam had his first day of preschool today. He has been so excited to go. All summer he kept asking if it was time to go to preschool yet. Here are some pictures to mark my little boy's first day of school.

He didn't really want to smile for me. Definitely shows his personality.

I did get a couple of smile shots.

I love this kid and I can't believe how fast he's growing.