It's Pumpkin Pickin' Time!!

Every fall..we make the trip out to the pumpkin patch for our pumpkins..you kids ready?
And Ashlyn takes the lead..
Of course..we have to stop for pics..
Drive that tractor, kids!
What Momma's lookin' into getting...for the troublemakers in our house..
Wish he wasn't standing too far out from the sign..oh well.
Oh yeah..we forgot..how dare we try to stop Ash long enough for a pic..let her run!
There she goes! (do you think we even attempted the maze with this wildwoman? Ha!)
On a hayride to the pumpkins..

They're off to pick their pumpkins...(set to the music of the Yellow Brick Road)
Ethan has his..Ashlyn's not so sure..
Good job, Budgie. You've got a great pumpkin!
Ash's trying to find the perfect one..
Good job, baby girl!

Misc. pics

Here are the old timey pics we had taken while up in the mountains...
Ethan loved the gun..and it was so hard to keep that hat on Ashlyn's head!

We never really thought we'd let Ethan have a toy gun..but after seeing him with one during the Old Tyme photo thing...we couldn't resist. We may end up confiscating it though...
Leftover chocolate icing + kids = pure happiness

Weekend Trip to the Mountains

One weekend, we went to the mountains as kind of a last hoorah..it was also my birthday..so thanks, Rick for the trip! We had a great time! I've accidentally posted these pics all out of order. Woohoo!

Not too flattering a pic for Momma, but Ethan's cute..he LOVED the cold creek water.
Out to eat for Momma's Birthday.. (29th..yikes!)
Thank goodness that flash on the new camera is so stinkin' bright!
On a trail...
Stinkerpie gettin' all up in that creek.
My favorite little girl...
On the way to the resort..
Ethan LOVED swimming with Daddy
No, Momma's not peein' in the pool...that bright flash strikes again..
Our little fish...
The view from our room..

I gots me some juice!!
Beautiful dog
Ethan's school project..a little person with things he really loves...
Bite that sucker, Budgie! Sorry Twinkle, you'll get one when you're a little older.

Ethan's 1st Day of Preschool

Today was Ethan's 1st day of preschool..he loves his new backpack and yoda lunchbox...
He wasn't in the room even 2 minutes before finding the class fish. Ethan did awesome his first day. Momma on the other hand, had to leave the room before bursting into tears...cried on the way home..and missed him terribly. Silly Momma. (Ashlyn loved her newfound alone time with Momma though)
Some random pics of the kids covered in spaghetti sauce

Ashers playing in her tent after her morning nap...

Yearly Pics

Here are our yearly pics of us and the kids...the family shots were REALLY hard to get....Ash wanted to run around the farm..and Ethan wanted to play with his friends. Ray did a great jobs on the pics!!

We discovered that Ashers knows how to climb ladders...yikes! Rick was changing a light bulb when much to our amazement, Ashlyn climbed almost all the way to the top...
Her shirt says it all...
Awwwww...
Smile!
The best little dog ever..