Jenny this what you do in the fall...not set up Christmas

We have been a busy family this week. I have finished up the first nine weeks and am getting ready for Parent teachers conferences. Emily and Max are spending so much time outdoors at least when it is nice. It is officially fall her though, leaves are everywhere. Yesterday we headed over to Jason's parents house to rake leaves it was fun just to chat and work. Papa drove Max around for his first lawn mower and jeep ride. Emily played in her car and attempted to rake and go bored. After we got home ate lunch and took a nap we went to the the Elders Quorum activity we played some games outside and had Turkey dinner overall it was a nice afternoon. Little cold sometimes but fun. I love spending large amounts of time outdoors becasue it makes my kids sleep so well. Today was the primary program so Jason and I were busy wrangling some 3 and four year olds it was fun. We had one girl drop her headband from the stage...kids are funny.

First Lawn Mower Ride

Watching papa and Dad try to figure out to move the large pile of leaves

Hangingout after  long day

Halloween

Like I said last Saturday we went to our Trunk or Treat it was really cold but it was fun. All my kids got dressed up and collected some candy. Once again on Halloween we got all dressed up minus Emily's antennae cause Papa took them and we went Trick or Treating it was so much nicer than the last time we tried to go. By the time we were done Emily had Trick or Treat down and was saying Thank you. Max on the other hand would have been perfectly content just climbing stairs. While we were trick or treating we had Grammy at home handing out candy so we could spend some time together. Overall it was a good time. Once again Max was a skeleton and Emily was Ladybug Girl.

I am a scarey Skeleton

Haha...Mom you are too funny!

Lets go dad I want more candy

Trick or Treat.....Hey Wait for Me

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday morning we got up and headed to the pumpkin patch at Ashland Berry farm and boy did we have some fun in the autumn weather. We headed off on the hayride and Max loved it! He was able to sit with Papa which he loved. Then we walked around picked our pumpkins and headed back. We were able to get 9 pumpkins this year which was amazing Go Jason! Sorry no pictures this year! Then Emily was old enough to go through the maze so she went through with Grammy and did really well I surprised while Max hung out with Papa. Overall Good Morning.

Here We Go

This Pumpkin!

Touching his first pumpkin that he wanted

Check out our Hay and Pumpkins!

Sibling fun..we are Ghosts!

Fun With Grammy

Come on Grammy!

Are you Coming?

Family of four Picture

Max's Birthday

We celebrated Max's birthday in two parts. On his birthday we went to Family day at chick fil a. He had fun ate some fries and just hung. Then we went home and had some cupcakes. Then on saturday we went to the pumpkin patch and let him pick out his first pumpkin himself. Overall my little boy is amazing today Emily was pretending to take a picture and he goes cheese, he tells me to go, he calls my name and Jason's name and is moving all over the place. I cannot believe he is only one, it seems so long ago when he was born and not sleeping. So much has changed in this last year includign my boy.

2nd Place

This yesterday was our ward Halloween party. I had been feeling sickish all week and was just starting to feel better. When the Bishop's wife asked me if I wanted to be in the pie eating contest, never the less she was a little shocked when I said yes. When we sat down I was sitting next Sister Hills who was telling me about her sister who wins mashed potato eating contest, and three other women who seemed to know what they were doing. I was wondering how does this work? Soon they said go and these were the results...

Man this Banana cream Pie is gross....

Second Place...the lady on my left won

Good Week

Grammy and Papa are now home and Emily loves every second of it. Her and Grammy have rode bikes, cooked together and just had some fun. Max loves Papa and Grammy because they always make them laugh. Overall it is nice for them to be home.

Also this weekend we celebrated Emily's cousin Mason's birthday at Chuck E Cheese. Emily had so much fun. She won the jack pot and got herself a hundred tickets, she also ate cupcakes, rode on this spinning swing thing. Needless to say she did not want to go home. Overall we have had a good week.

What up Mom

They just keep coming and coming and coming and coming

Hey Loser check out these tickets

she can find a swing anywhere

mmmmm me like cupcakes

Fun Week!

This week has been super busy for all of us. Jason this week had to go to a VDOT benefits fair. I have been busy at school. Emily is as cute as ever doing more and more things everyday. She is becoming moer and more helpful as well as independent. She tells us when she wants a nap, unfortunatley it is not always when I feel it should be so I put her in bed and she either screams and yells or plays. She also is getting so grown up in just he way she looks. However what Mom would find funny is her obsession with not her blanket, but with max's as her own. (who did that??). Sometimes I know for sure she is related to me purely because of her love of chocolate...she tells me she is done I offer her brownies or ice cream magically she is hungry again. One of the funny things she did this week was when her Jason and Max dropped something off at school for me, she went to my desk and sat down and pretended like she was working. I love her so much.

I Mommy....I Teacher

mmm brownies

Maxi is doing good he is a walking champ and his favorite thing in our house is the stairs, which woudl be fine if he knew how to go down. His new favorite toy is the rat or raccoon things of the old toys that have a vibrating ball or diapers you take either one of those from him it is WWIII. I love my little boy he is growing up so quickly.

get up!

Playing in the rain and Mud...I took his pants and squeezed out water after this

mmmmmmmm...I like hashbrowns and eggs

In other news Max gets to meet Grammy and Papa for this first time this week and I think he is very excited!