Robbers Cave, Oklahoma

Last weekend we went camping with a group of friends from church in Robbers Cave, OK. We stayed in cabins, but spent the entire weekend outside. The weather was great, not too hot and no rain! Saturday we went hiking and spent some time by the lake letting the kids just play and run around. We rode paddle boats and fed the largest school of catfish I have ever seen!

Here Austin is giving his cheesy "cheese" smile for the camera!
The kids and Dad climbing and making Mom very nervous!

Snack time! We found out that Austin may not be allergic to peanut butter after all, he ate a Recees Peanut Butter cup on accident and did OK!

Water break.

The Carpenters brought their 9 mo old mastiff, Duke. Austin decided to give him a big hug.
Halie was too busy playing with her friends to join us for a family picture.

Pumpkin Patch

We got to spend part of the evening tonight at the Pumpkin Patch in Celina. This is my attempt to get a good pic of my kids together. It's really hard to get one with both of them smiling, obviously. This is my best group shot I got. They look like they are having the time of their lives!

There were goats, cows and sheep to feed. The kids loved it. Here, Halie got surprised by a goat trying to eat her shirt!
Austin found a longhorn to feed.

Here we are on a hay ride! I'm not sure that we got above 3 mph the entire ride!

Me and my kiddos!

Searching for the perfect pumpkin....

Still searching....

After our time at the pumpkin farm, we found a new park in Mckinney and had a picnic lunch. A nice way to start out the month of October, hanging out as a family!

Happy Birthday Austin

We celebrated Austin's 2nd birthday a couple weeks ago! The little guys is 2 and is starting to prove it ever day! We had a small party with a few friends and our families. Kristen was able to make it from Tyler for the party, so that was a great treat! Being the incredible party planner that I am, I forgot to get candles for his cupcakes, oooops.... Nana had one candle at her house, so we used that. I was fine with it until the kids all pointed out that he was missing one. Oh well, what are you going to do? Use one candle I guess.

The party was car themed, so he got a lot of gifts right along those lines, and he loved all of them! We watched Cars last night at the Lunn's house and he LOVED it. He actually sat and watched the show for more than 15 minutes, which is a miracle! The boy loves cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, helicopters, planes, anything that turns on and goes!
Richard with a juice box and his cars.
Kristen and Sassy

Austin playing in the blow up pool. Since it was still in the mid-90's and humid in the middle of September, we had to have some water for the kids to play in.

Chloe the angel!

Jacob won the contest for being the best at the slip-n-slide. The others couldn't really figure it out!

Halie trying to slip-n-slide!

One of the few cute pics of the two of them I have been able to get.

A kiss from Daddy! One of Austin's other favorite things, Dad.

My sweet boy....

He is quite the charmer, but this is nothing new, he has been using his charm since he was a little baby. He is just working on perfecting now! He is in love with his moving vehicles, loves his tools, loves his sister and wants to be around her all the time and isn't really much into food these days! Unless it is crackers of any kind, ice cream, cookies or fruit. We had to cut back on the fruit yesterday because it was all he would eat that was healthy for him and it caused a few problems down below....

Soccer Debut!

Last week was Halie's first soccer game! She did great! It was so hot, but that didn't stop them from winning!

I am coaching the team, so I have made a return to the game after a 10 yr break! I am having so much fun! Halie is loving the game and I think she has a natural talent for it!

We have a pretty "green" team, only 3 of the 8 have ever played before, so it will be a challenging, exciting season!

Little Man is 2!!!

Happy Birthday Austin! You are growing up so fast, I can't believe that your second birthday is already here. What a pure joy you are to everyone you are around. Your smile can make almost anyone smile, even on the worst day. That will take you far in life! I can't wait to walk with you for the next 16 years that I have you here with me!

Austin and I had a very wet day today. It just poured and poured all day long and we had a few errands that we had to run, so we just went for it and got wet along the way. But he just kept smiling despite it all!

We had a little birthday celebration for him tonight at home. We had a toddler friendly meal of pizza spins, carrot sticks and grapes. It was a hit!

Dinner was followed by chocolate cupcakes and a wonderful rendition of "happy birthday". I'm not sure if he understood that it was his special day, but he sure smiled alot when we sang to him!

Trying to blow out his candles, I bet you will never guess who was standing at his side trying to give him a candle blowing lesson...

You guessed it! She was a great teacher!

Did he enjoy the cupcake? Yes, definitely.

So did little Missy!

Austin playing on his new present, his very own scooter. He loved it!

There was a tornado in the area tonight so we had the TV on the news so we could watch the weather. The newscaster was announcing the cities that the tornado was predicted to hit and Forney was one of them. Halie freaked out and started crying because that is where Grandpa and Grandma live. We had to call them and talk with them to calm her down and let her know that they were ok. It was really cute. Then, after it passed through Forney it was headed to Rockwall, where her cousin Samantha and Jaxson live. She started to panic again and said, "oh man, we need to call and warn all our friends!" Thank goodness everyone was just fine!

Labor Day Weekend 2010

We got to spend another great weekend up at the lake house. The Stuart's and Lunn's were able to join us for the fun! The weather was incredible so we were outside alot, well, until we discovered the ticks that have come to visit the lake house also! We just lathered them up with bug spray and kept on going! The kids had a great time out on the boat being pulled on the inter tube. All the kids went and had a blast! Here are some pics from the weekend!

Halie and Austin enjoying an afternoon snack on the boat dock.

Austin driving the boat

Camden enjoying the wind in his curly hair!

Halie soaking up the sun

I love to see this smile on my hubby - truly having a good time!

Keira just sitting back and relaxing!

Jax and Caleb taking the first spin on the tube!

Chloe joined the party

Halie and Bec enjoying the ride

Chloe - future model

Camden started off the kiddos!

Keira and Josh going for a ride

Daddy and Austin - what handsome men I have!

The thumb smile...We are working on that one now. The thumb, not the smile!

The kids were exhausted on Sunday night, we put on a movie and got them to bed early with not much of a fight from anyone!

We had a great weekend as always!