Fall Pictures

So here are some fall highlights I have not had time to blog about. I apologize now to the 2 or 3 of you that check our blog for not posting all of these pictures sooner. But as the saying goes, better later than never. :)

1st day of school picture

(that was actually taken on the 2nd day of school)
Handsome Jaden loves preschool
Jaden's first flying kite experience, I found a bunch of kites on clearance at HEB, so I got them for party favors for Jaden's birthday party, but we had to test them out first. He had so much fun. There was not a whole lot of wind, but he was determined to make wind, so he ran and ran until his kite would fly. Which is why his face is sooo red. And as for the outfit, I guess we were probably playing dress up before we went outside.

Will, Jaden & Abby playing dress up at school, and if you can't tell by the last few pictures, this entire summer Jaden played around with some girl stuff, like tu-tus. But it was just a phase, he is over it and on to dinosaurs. ALL THINGS DINOSAURS!

Josh & I went to a lovely wedding

We had Dad's Night at school, Jaden made the number 8 picture

And they had a wiggle worm train, we have had such a great fall and as Thanksgiving approaches it reminds me how thankful I am for all of our blessings

Neighborhood Block Party

Our neighborhood had a block party the weekend before Halloween. The catered Carinos Italian food, had a bouncy house for the kids and gave away gift cards. We won a $25 JC Penny card! Yea! They held it at the park, and the weather was great! We got to meet a few more neighbors and the kids had so much fun.

Of course Brody wants to do whatever Jaden is doing, including rock climbing
When you tell Brody to say cheese, this is usually the face you get

Jaden played on the bouncy house for at least an hour and each time he flew down the slide a little faster. We are so happy in our new neighborhood and glad they do fun things like this.

Silly boys :)

Halloween continued

Look closely at Brody's face to see how excitied he was to see a mini pony at the Pumpkin Festival at church
Our little Donald Duck, he had an adorable donald hat to go with his outfit, but refused to wear it

Our little group of trick or treaters

This was Brody's first year trick or treating, and he acted like he had been doing it for years. Of course it is much easier to mimic and older sibling

The costume parade at school

Brody, cousin Ryder, and Jaden at the Pumpkin Festival

Ryder & his momma

The boys and I

We did tons of fun stuff for Halloween this year. We went to a pumpkin carving party, a Pumpkin Festival with a petting zoo, hayrides, pumpkin painting and games. Sam, Jessica & Ryder came to visit us, and of course we went Trick or Treating. Brody would run up to the door, at least 10 paces behind the other kids and would say "Treat" " Thank you" No tricks for him. And then he would run back to the wagon to check out his treat. If it looked good, he would try to eat it, and if not he would run back to the next house. It was really cute. And Jaden just ran from house to house with all of the older kids we were with. Our neighborhood is perfect for trick or treating. I know next year will be even more fun!

Halloween Preview..more to come

We've been Booed!

We were booed the other night. Someone from our neighborhood rang our door bell and then left this basket of goodies for us. There was a note explaining the booing process, and that it was now our turn to Boo someone else. So we did and it was fun! I love being a part of a fun, active neighborhood. It makes life just a little sweeter.

La Dolce Vita

Last night was a big date night for Josh and I. We went to the La Dolce Vita Food & Wine Festival. But that is not exactly the big part. We used a babysitter. Until last night, we have only had my mom, Josh's mom, or Josh's brother watch our babies. So last night was a big step for us. Our new babysitter is a high school student that is the daughter of one of Josh's friends. She lives around the corner from us and she was awesome. And now that we have a babysitter, we will get to have many more date nights. YEAH! The festival was lots of fun and we had yummy food and lots of good wine. Our friends Beau & Ashley gave us free tickets to the event which costs $120 a ticket (ouch). So not only did we have a great date, it was free! Beau got the tickets free because he works at the Ferrari dealership and they were one of the sponsors for the event.

One of the Ferrari's at the event, this one is worth 1 million dollars
Josh tasting one of the delicous food items

The festival was at Laguna Gloria which was just beautiful. The were 100's of food & wine vendors there giving samples, including the best restaraunts in Austin. It was so nice to have a lovely evening out together. We will definitely do it again soon. Especially now that we have a babysitter. Yeah!

Jaden's 4th Birthday

Jaden was so cute when everyone sang Happy Birthday to him. He had the biggest smile and was blushing

Showing Abby how to Slip N Slide

Bouncy House Fun

Walker showing off his tricks

Last weekend we celebrated Jaden's 4th birthday. I know every mom always says it, but I can not believe my baby is 4. He is such a sweetheart and just when I think it is impossible to love him anymore I do, every day. His party was a huge success. All of his favorite friends came, including his best friend Abby. We had the slip n slide, swimming pool, and a bounce house. We had pizza and cake and lots of fun. Thanks to all of you who came, especially the grandparents who drove in from out of town. Jaden felt loved and adored on his birthday!