Happy Halloween!

Halloween was so much fun this year.  I tried to get all of the kids dress in one theme, but I quickly realized that was not going to happen.  Ty wanted to be Iron Man, MJ requested Decepticon, Catelin had to be a Disney princess so she chose Ariel, and Jake was a sweet little pumpkin!

Catelin absolutely LOVED showing her costume off at her preschool Halloween parade:

The kids had a blast carving pumpkins with daddy- I think they turned out great!

We went over to Uncle Nick's house to play and eat before heading out to trick-or-treat!

One of the roads in our neighborhood is closed to traffic on Halloween so all the neighborhood kids go there to trick-or-treat.  Everyone did really well.  MJ was good about checking in with us after each house and showing us where he was going next.  Since he was the oldest in our group everyone just followed him!

 We stayed out for about an hour and a half and then decided to head home.  I don't think we realized how far down the road we went until it was time to turn around!  Thankfully, we had some wagons for the younger kids (we were looking at at least a mile walk back to the house).  One of my friend's sons didn't want to be in the jogging stroller so she let me borrow it...you should have seen the look on MJ's face when I told him to get in!  I reminded him that we had already seen all of his friends so they wouldn't see him in the stroller...he reluctantly climbed in.  After about two minutes he says, "You know mommy, this is actually really nice!"  :)  

Happy Halloween!!

Labor Day in Destin

I forgot to post this one!  Here it is...
 
Obviously I am very behind on updating the blog.  Fall is a crazy busy time for us!  We went to Destin over Labor Day weekend- just the 6 of us- and had a wonderful time.  MJ and Ty didn't have school that Tuesday (and Catelin hadn't started yet) so we were down there for 4 days.   Jake was such a trooper!  He stayed cool in the shade and would sleep in his carseat during most of his naps.  He LOVES the water and spent time in his float in the pool and ocean.

MJ, Ty and Catelin loved playing in the ocean and building sand castles.

 And we enjoyed our breakfast at the Donut Hole!

 Every day we had lunch at a restaurant right by the condo- just a short walk down the beach... the kids loved it.

It was a wonderful trip - we all needed a nap when we got home!

Ty is FIVE!!!

Ty turned FIVE on October 5th.  Since it was on a Monday (one of the days I don't work), I decided to spend most of the day at school with him doing lunch duty, working the book fair, and most importantly celebrating in his classroom!  He was so happy all day wearing his special birthday crown.  It was adorable.

We were originally going to have his party that weekend...he requested a petting zoo and a bounce house and our plan was to have it in our backyard.  Well, I was devastated as I watched the weather channel predict a 100% chance of rain over the weekend.  Thankfully, I was able to move it to Wednesday afternoon...even more people were able to make it when I switched the date!  It was awesome and Ty had an absolute blast! 

 Skylanders cake too!

Ty is such a sweet boy...he is kind, happy, and selfless.  He is also one of the funniest kids I know - he cracks all of us up every day.  He is tough and is learning how to stand up to his big brother.  :)  And that smile of his just melts my heart.  
 
It's hard to believe this was five years ago ...

Happy 5th birthday to our precious son.   We love you Ty Ty!!!! 

Jake's Baptism

Jacob was baptized on Sunday, August 30th at our wonderful church, OLA.  All four of our children have been baptized there and this day was just as special as the others.  Jake's godfather is Uncle Nick and his godmother is my dear friend Lindsey, a.k.a. "Aunt Lindz"!  Lindsey and her sweet family drove in from Sandersville for the occasion. 

Jake with us and his Godparents!

His sibling were so excited for him.

 

There were a ton of kids at his Baptism (I think there were 12 children total ages 6 and under!) - I think they all did very well all things considered.  It's hard to stand still for that long!

Jake did great- he didn't even cry when Deacon Terry poured the water on his head!

Um...what's about to happen here?!

 

Baptized!

 

 

 Jake with Lindz and her precious family

 

 

 Godparents

 

Our families

 

 

 

After the baptism we went to Grandma and Grandpa Eco's house for a pool party to celebrate.