Pumpkin Painting

Savannah's masterpiece

We let Savannah paint the pumpkin tonight that we got from Patterson Farms on Sunday. We put her in the bathtub, gave her a paint brush and paint and let her have fun. And boy did she! By the time she was done she not only painted her pumpkin but also her legs, stomach and bath tub. It was very cute to watch!

Patterson Farms

This year's pictures

Last year's picture...look how much they have changed!

"I want this pumpkin, Nana"!

Daddy zooming Savannah like a crazy airplane

Playing in the corn box

Today we went to Patterson Farms. The girls were able to ride a pony, see farm animals, play on the playground, play in a corn box (like a sandbox), take a hayride and pick out pumpkins. They had a WONDERFUL time! We went to Patterson Farms last year also. It was very neat to see from the pictures how much the children had grown and changed since then. Last year Savannah slept through most of the day (she was only 4 months then) and this year she was running around exploring and taking in everything! It was a very fun day!

Birthday, ALS Walk, Visiting.....

Savannah and I spent the last 4 days at my parents house. My aunt Debi flew in from Oregon and our good friend Pam drove down from Ohio to attend the ALS walk this weekend. They, along with my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, siblings and in-laws all walked in the ALS walk this weekend in memory of my grandmother Ann who passed away from the disease a year ago. Although the situation for our get together wasn't the best it was great to get to see everyone and spend some time with them. However, the walk ended with a little scare. One of my aunt's tripped, hit her head against the concrete which knocked her out cold and caused her to have a seizure due to the head trauma. It was very scary. However, after much prayer and a trip to the ER she ended up being ok and leaving with a badly bruised shoulder, and concusion. On another note, Savannah had an absolute blast this weekend. Between hanging out with her grandparents and cousins (whom she adores), staying up late, eating cookies, brownies and even a cold stone creamery cake, she had about as much excitement as she could handle for a while! My mother's birthday was Friday, the 17th so we also were able to celebrate her birthday with her. Happy belated birthday mom. We love you very much.

Wonderful Friends!

Joel with sweet Aubrey. Isn't he a natural : )

We had a cook out tonight with some of our friends from church. We had a wonderful time! All of the children had a good time playing together while the adults socialized. Hope to be able to do it again soon!

Dixie Classic Fair

My niece Sydney doing flips on the trampoline

My niece Sydney crashed in my car on the way home....too funny! how uncomfortable!

The ride my sister-in-law and husband went on....I would have been puking my guts out!!

We went to the fair today with my family. We all had a great time even though it did get a little hot. The girls had a great time riding rides together. Here are some of the pictures from our day. BTW....thanks to Kia (another sister-in-law) for the great pictures...she was with us but couldn't ride any rides since she is "expecting".