Painting Pumpkins

Since our kids are not yet able to carve their own pumpkins, we have opted to paint our pumpkins each year instead.  This way everyone gets to participate and decide what their pumpkin will look like.  In a few more years we will probably give carving a try, but for now this is working out well for us.  Everyone had a really fun time and we ended up with some very creative gourds and pumpkins.

Ady painted each of her 3 solid gray, then the next day we got the paints back out for the finishing touches and I got out more colors.  As soon as she heard the word pink she started sqealing about pink pumpkins and ended up repainting all of hers solid pink.

Tayden did a nice job painting his big pumpkin to look like a regular jack-o-lantern.  He also painted his gourd with polka dots and his small pumpkin to look like a ghost.

Kyler was very creative and turned a gourd into a penguin.  It turned out so cute.  He painted dots on his little pumpkin and his big pumpkin is a scary monster.

Dave painted a pumpkin with varying white and off white stripes and I painted stripes and dots on my pumpkin.  I also painted a small gourd to look like a ghost.

Kyler's Penguin

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Yay! Today is Ballet!

Last Tuesday Ady had her first ballet lesson.  That morning she woke up and was so excited talking about it.  She said "Today is My Ballet! Yay!  Hey, that rhymed! Yay! Today is Ballet!"  Then all day she said that over and over.  She loved her lesson and today has been saying her little rhyme again.  "Yay! Today is Ballet!"  Her friend Morgan is in her class, so that makes it extra fun.  All week she has been practicing her ballet moves and teaching a few to the boys.  She will be in lessons for the entire school year, then they perform in June.  She looks so cute, I can hardly wait for the next parent observation day so I can watch her dancing with her class again!

Pumpkin Patch

On Monday we made our Annual visit to the Priebe Pumpkin Patch.  We always have so much fun checking out all the cool gourds and pumpkins, going through the corn maze, taking fun fall pictures and picking out our pumpkins. We use it as an opportunity to take a family picture each year because its such a fun setting.  Our friends, the Allens, went with us again this year.

Here are some of my favorite pictures.

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Fall Festival

A few weeks ago we went to a Fall Festival for the kids at church.  They had a great time eating pancakes, playing games and just being with their friends.  Here are some pictures of the event.

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That night Dave Dj'ed a church dance.  I went with him to help him out.  We had a fun time.  It was a costume dance, so we went ahead and dressed up.  We were having trouble coming up with ideas with stuff we had around the house, but we finally ended up with this:

Dave was an Army Man

I was a gypsy.

Dave is getting pretty good at DJ'ing.  Maybe we should do more of this.  In the past few years they have asked him to DJ these dances about 2 or 3 times a year.  This one went the smoothest.

Tutu cute!

When I was taking pictures of Ady in her tutu that I made she happened to do the same thing she had done in a tutu as a toddler.  I thought it was so cute I wanted to share the comparison. :)

September 2008

September 2005

A lot has changed in 3 years, but Ady is still our fun, sweet girl and we love her more and more each day.

A Four Fairy Affair

On Tuesday Ady had her three favorite fairies over to celebrate her brithday.  I made tutus and hair garlands for them and then we found wings and wands at the store.  The girls had so much fun dancing, playing and eating fairy food.  They looked so cute all dressed up!!  Dave took lots of pictures and some video (which I will have to post later)

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I found little disney Fairy dolls for cake toppers, so I made a layer cake covered with flowers for the fairies to fly around on.

The Fairies

Happy Birthday Ady!

On Sunday Ady turned 4!!  She is such a big girl now.  She has grown up so much in the last few months.  I am so lucky to have such a sweet little friend to spend my days with.  She loves to play dress up, do puzzles, make up dances, sing songs to her dolls, and play pretend.  She draws pictures of her friends and family and tries to write their names on them.  She loves to write in her journal.  She is brings so much love to our family.  Happy Birthday Ady!!

On Sunday we celebrated with a My Little Pony cake at home with just us.  She opened her presents from us and the ones her Morgan Grandparents had sent.  During the week before her birthday she also got some birthday cards from Nana and Papaw Garrison, Grandma Tudie Aunt Debbie and the Primary at church.

Grandma and Grandpa Morgan sent her some pink Legos and a Princess Puzzle book.  When she opened the Legos her voiced reached a decibel level beyond human hearing.  She was so excited and loved building things with them all week.  She made Daddy make every house and girl in the instruction book and has had a blast playing with them.  The boys got her a Polly Pocket swimming set that she loves as well.  The doll's hair changes color in water.  Kyler wishes they made action figures that do cool things like the Pollys do. :)

Here are some pictures.

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Camping

The boys have been wanting to go camping all summer, but we never had an opportunity, so last weekend Dave decided it might be our last chance this year.  We decided on a whim to go down to my sister's house and camp there.  They live out in the woods and have a nice setting along with the added perk of indoor plumbing nearby and an indoor bed for us girls. :)  We didn't know that they had gotten a 4-wheeler!  We had a really great time taking turns riding it.  Thanks guys for letting us come stay at Camp W.!!

Kyler with Uncle Mark

Tayden's turn

Ady looked so cute in the helmet!

Ady with Aunt Cara

I didn't get any good pictures of the campfire or the fun we had.  The time of night is hard to get good pictures.  Too light for the flash, but too dark without it.  We had so much fun, though!  The next day they had some things to do and so did we, so we packed up nice and early.  We were able to make it to my niece's basketball game.  Good job Sydney!!  Then we went out to lunch with my Grandma and my Aunt for my Grandma's birthday.  Happy Birthday Grandma Tudie!  We love you :)

Waiting for Daddy

A few weeks ago Dave had to work late.  So we decided to go up to the campus and take some pictures while we waited for him.  The kids had a fun time running around in the Arboritum and posing for pictures.  Here are some of my favorites.