Camp Kevin!

I cannot believe I have a seven year old! Kevin is truly the sweetest little boy. He is the most awesome big brother in the world ( in my opinion). This year I asked Kevin what he would like to do for his birthday. He said, "go camping!". We were not up for braving the November night temps in the mountains so we went for a camp themed party. Kevin liked that idea too since his friends could come to it! This party was so much fun to do. It was a lot of planning and I could not have done it without pinterest :) I had 4 activities lined up for the day, they included campsite bird feeders, ghost stories by the fire, make your own trail mix, and dodge ball for the in between times! So here are some snap shots of the fun we had!

Campfire cake!!!


Some of the food!








The s'mores were so yummy!


The food table


Our first activity was the bird feeders. They turned out great! The dads were awesome at helping!














Next was ghost stories. Bryan had planned some awesome stories and kids soaked them up. It was so fun!


Yes, Bryan and I made these tents!











Then we made our own trail mix! I had 7 choices to add to the mix including craisins, peanuts, sunflower seeds, m&m's, mini marshmallows, mango granola, and pretzels. Nana and Aunt Lindsey were super helpful at this activity!











There is the birthday boy! He said after opening his gifts, "I got everything I ever wanted in my whole life". He is hilarious!


Grandma, Grandpa, Nana and Ziggy at the grandparents table :)


Grandma was the grill master and cooked us up some fine burgers!








A happy birthday boy, that's what we love to see!


All the birthday pals together for a s'more near the fire. From left to right: Isaac, Adam, Ryan,Wesley, Kevin, Ethan, Caleb P, and Caleb Z. (not pictured: Logan, Hailey, and Isaiah)

To The Zoo

Our boys love the zoo. Last Friday we decided on an all day zoo trip. Usually I do a couple hours since we have a membership. But since we have gone so little this year, I decided to make it a day! I wanted to make sure that we brought our science units into our trip and it was fun to see all the animal vocabulary the boys knew. They were able to look at animals and tell me what they used their claws for, why they had big or little eyes and of course what kind of foods they ate! It was fun for everyone including myself.








We did the petting zoo which we rarely do, but since it was an all day adventure we had time for everything!




We pet a Python, had lunch at a park ( we brought subway) and ate snacks!


We rested!


We got to see the new exhibit which was so cool. The boys, of course, thought this was the best part of the day!








Friday field trip days are always lots of fun!

Congratulations!

A few weeks ago Bryan's 65 million dollar project that has consumed his work hours for the last couple years went to bid. (the design process ended) it was bid on by several companies and a company was chosen to build the project. We went to the office for the luncheon they had to congratulate him and his team. He was the project manager on this project and will be the project manager during the construction as well, so he will be once again consumed with it :)














A decent family picture is hard to come by, but here is one!


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Pumpkin Patch

So we of course did our annual pumpkin patch trip last month and of course got some awesomely orange pictures!

Owen is six months old!


These boys are all living in Frankenstein Land!! We went with our buddies the Zappata Boys!


Train rides and little boys will always be a perfect pairing!








Adam smiling like Owen, I love it!


Me and my little loves!


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Carving pumpkins

They are some rad pumpkins! Kevin got to do some of his own cutting this year! They turned out great. Everyone designed their own, except Isaac got some help from Mommy!

Halloween

Get ready for picture overload! So this year we went to the trunk or treat at church and then went trick or treating on Halloween night with Mima and Poppa! So here goes the visuals!!

Isaac had a costume change, he arrived as a pirate and left as a dragon!





My Mom and Dad joined us at trunk-or-treat! I won second place in the Chili Cook Off!!!





Can you guess who we are?


Here are some of our friends

The Manghams!


The Davis'


The Taneilus. I'm not kidding they have a 2 week old in that stroller!


Here is our car!!



So that was the trunk or treat this year, yes I should have gotten better costume pics but that will be a lesson learned for next year!

Halloween Day!

On Halloween day we decided to take advantage of some free or cheap treats around town. We headed to Sonic for 50 cent corndogs then on to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for a free doughnut if you were in costume. Here are those pics!





Swamp Monster and Ninja!!


Even little Owen got in on the fun!


They love watching the doughnuts be made!


Then we headed to Mima and Poppa's for some pizza and trick-or-treating!


















And we ended our adventure back with Mima and Poppa who of course gave them as much candy as they could possibly handle! They had a blast this year and of course are already putting in requests on what they would like to be next year!