Good Day

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Saturday was a fabulous day. Stephen took Jack shooting (zombie mice) in the morning, Jack loved it! And I painted our fence - almost done!

Then Babi, kids, dogs and I went hiking in the beautiful fall colors

We had a picnic in one of our favorite alcoves - and then went picture happy:) Such beautiful fall colors!

When we got home we carved pumpkins - love those pumpkin guts!!

Jack wanted a bat like batman, Tink got a Witch and witches hat, Babi did a Cat and I did Frankenstein - so fun! (Jack's is carved, he just likes to 'cover him up again')

Kids

As we all know, sometimes our kids drive us crazy, and then other days, we can't even believe how sweet they are:)

This week Annabelle wasn't feeling very well, and as a result kept pushing Jack away every time he'd try to come close to me. As a result, he told her:

"Annabelle, mommy belongs to you and to me and to Babi and to Daddy." So big of a four year old to say:) Then when they were in the car and I went to get her out he just gave her so much love in hugs and kisses so she'd feel better:)

Then yesterday we were at Wal-Mart and Annabelle found a bin of $1 African Animal toys. She divided in (all I could see was her little blue bottom) and dug through all the toys until she found a tiger (loves tigers) she was so proud to show Jack and I, then she went back and found me a black horse (I like to tell her about horses) and went back one more time and found a dinosaur for Jack (his favorite:)) It was so sweet and well thought out, and only being 13 months! I love my kids!

Circus

For Stephen's Birthday we got him Circus tickets:) It was our first time to it and super fun! Loved the tigers, they seemed to really enjoy themselves.

Cutest School Pics:)

Stephen's Birthday - September 7th

Happy Birthday Stephen! Look at all those candles!

Frosting on all our noses:)

Jack reading daddy his birthday card

Everybody loves cake:)

The guys getting ready for their first daddy-son campout. Annabelle was convinced she was going, also.

My cute boy, he asked me to take this picture of him so I could kiss him goodnight:)

Labor Day Weekend Fun

Whew! It has been a busy weekend! Started off with Jack receiving his Arf Trooper costume in the mail that he worked so hard for! Doing chores: feeding dogs, eating ALL veggies, cleaning room every night for a week, (the veggies were the hardest part) he loves it and rarely takes it off:)

Then Annabelle opened her birthday package from pra-babi, she got an adorable little purple dress and both kids got gummi's! Yeahy! Their favorite!

Then we all worked hard on fixing a sprinkler line. It was very much a joint effort, with kids scooping dirt and sorting the rocks for us, too. (Jack's not naked, but I didn't want him to ruin his Arf Trooper costume)

Annabelle's Birthday Party on Sunday

With her favorite cousin Ellie:)

Blowing out the birthday candles

Cake Face!

Kids playing

Presents - Thank you all! It was wonderful!

Then Monday we went to the Sheepdog Festival in Midway

One of Jack's favorite parts, running down the hill:)

Love this picture, Jack has one just like it at this age, looking at cows. Same crazy fruufy hair and everything:)

We met one of Jack's preschool buddies there, Brennan, that was really fun

Pony Rides!

Annabelle's first time on a pony, she did good!

My kids absolutely adore goats!