Thanksgiving 2014

Not many pics of our Thanksgiving festivities this year...but this is sure a sweet little face!!

 For one of our FHE treats we made some fun turkeys to take to Grandma Bernard's.

 Concentrating on his design.

 Proud of his finished product!

 Tristan's with the red eyes cracks me up.  It was supposed to represent the fact that we don't get much sleep with a little one around!  Haha!

Another day, another fun treat to eat!

I honestly don't remember many details about what we did for Thanksgiving this year, but I'm grateful for these fun pictures to remind me of some of the fun we had preparing for it!

Halloween 2014

We enjoyed some fun Halloween treats:  spider crackers and Halloween Oreos!

 Our Ward had our annual Trunk-or-Treat that afternoon.  We all dressed as firefighters last year.  Tristan and I wore his volunteer firefighting gear and the boys had fun raincoats and rainboots.

 And Ashton was the firedog!!

 My cute little dalmatian!

 After gathering their treats Ethan enjoyed sitting with his buddy, Kolton, and enjoying some candy.

 Ashton was pretty excited about his loot, too!

 Then we stopped by to visit Grandpa and Grandma Walker.

 Grandma Bernard and Aunt Desiree were our last stop of the night!

I'm not sure what it is, but Halloween is one of our boys' favorite holidays.  Maybe it's the candy!  Haha!

More October 2014 Fun

What do you have to do after going to the Pumpkin Patch?  Decorate pumpkins!  Last year ours boys decided they wanted to carve their pumpkins instead of painting them.  I'm not sure if they were impressed by the guts or not!

 I'm pretty sure Tristan wasn't!  Haha!

 We also had a beautiful double rainbow one day that we could see right out our back window!
                                      
 The boys wanted to moved their pumpkins inside one night so they could watch them glow in their bedroom.

 Ethan's Kindergarten class had a friend named Huggy Bear.  Each kid got a chance to take Huggy Bear home and record their adventures with him in a special book and then share it with the class.

Ethan enjoyed reading with Huggy...

 and introducing Huggy to his other stuffed animal friends.

 The boys built a fort and played with Huggy inside.

 That night when I went to check on the boys before I went to bed I found the boys had swapped beds!  Haha!

 We also took Huggy for a walk...

 ...and a bike ride!

Just more school fun!  I'm so glad Ethan has so many fun things to look forward to at school!

Ethan's School Spirit Week

In October, Centennial had Spirit Week and we had fun celebrating it!

Monday was Silly Sock Day

 Tuesday was Crazy Hair and Pajama Day

 Carter wanted to have crazy hair, too!

 Wednesday was Sports Day

 Thursday was the Pumpkin Fund Run and the kids wore orange.  I guess I missed a picture that day!

Friday was book character day.  Ethan was Bob the Builder.  This was before he put on his vest and hat.  But I thought it was so cute how he wanted his little brothers in the picture with him!

Ethan sure loved his first year of school at Centennial.  And fun events like Spirit Week are a huge part of why he loved it so much!  I'm thankful for all of the teachers who work so hard to make school a good experience for the kids!

Pumpking Patch 2014--Yes, Over a Year Ago!!

So the goal is to catch up on the last year!  A lot is always going on, but I'm not sure we have been taking as many pictures as we usually do, so it might not be as hard as I'm thinking!

So, October 2014 is where we are!  Our kiddos always look forward to our annual trip to the pumpkin patch.  We usually try to go on a weekday to avoid the crowds and with Ethan only having half-day Kindergarten we were able to pick a nice, sunny weekday to head out.  But first, a a quick pic of this little guy.  He took a face plant into the pavement the day before.  His poor mouth was so beat up.

 So we headed out to Schilter Family Farm after Ethan got out of school for the day.  We hit up the hay maze first.

 Even Ashton got in on the fun--with a little help from Mom!

 We made a quick stop to play at the giant sandbox where Carter found some fun treasures.

 By far, the highlight of the day for our boys is the hay jump.

 Ashton had a lot of fun playing in the hay.

 We stopped by the petting zoo for a visit with the animals.  Ashton was LOVING it.

 These giant tube slides were new to our boys last year.  They had a lot of fun once they weren't scared of them.

 Ashton loved riding on the mini tractors.

 Cheesin' with the pumpkins!

 Heading out on the tractor ride to pick some pumpkins of our own!  Ashton loved the whole experience.

 Me and my boys

 Selfie with Dad

 Seeing how they measure up this year!

 Bouncing on the giant trampoline

 Posing on the tractor on our way to the car

I feel like we could spend a whole day at the farm and not get bored.  It's right up our boys' alley and the perfect way to start off the Halloween season!