2011 School Pictures

These are the boy's school pictures. They actually did pretty good this year. I don't usually buy any though, because they just aren't ever worth all of the money. However, it is still fun to see the pictures that they take all on their own!

Random Shots from the Past Few Weeks

Easton has been talking about the pilgrims and indians at school, to get ready for Thanksgiving. Earlier this week he made an indian head dress. Brady wanted one as well so we made one for him. They had fun running around wearing them.

We babysat my mom's dog a for a few days. Jaylee thought that he would make a good horse for her doll!

It's not much, but I was finally able to put a little braid in Jaylee's hair. Impressive, huh?

I am attempting to run in the mornings, but it is so dark that I have to wear a headlight. It works pretty well, but I still stay pretty close to our house!

Riley has been deer hunting lately and Easton is convinced that he will also be shooting a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. He drew this picture earlier this week. It is of a hunter shooting a turkey, complete with a gun and a bullet hole through the turkey!

Superhero Family

We do not have many nice days left before winter, so if we have good weather we like to try to take the kids to the park.

Do you see the deer in this picture? Riley has been out hunting a few times without much luck. This past Sunday he looked out our back window to see a buck walking back and forth across our yard! He was still unlucky though, because I was gone and his gun was in the car that I took with me! I hope his luck changes because we need some meat in our freezer!

Jaylee got her first bloody nose this week and she was pretty sad about it. She needs to learn that she shouldn't try to throw frisbees with her brothers!

Halloween 2011

We had a fun Halloween. On the Friday before Halloween we went to a trunk-or-treat at church, and on Halloween we went trick-or-treating with cousins.

The boys had fun playing with all of the kids at the trunk-or-treat, but we could hardly believe that they are big enough to just go off and play with their friends. It is bittersweet to see them becoming more independent. I was glad to see that they stuck together and looked out for each other, though.

Jaylee the Skunk

She is treated like a princess all year, so we don't see a need to dress her in frilly and girlie outfits on Halloween. She wears stuff like that everyday, anyway.

Jaylee, Easton, Emmie, Brady, and Johnny

I wanted to get a picture of me with all of my little trick-or-treaters!

The kids were excited when it was finally time to head out!

When we got done they all wanted to dump out their bags and see what they got. I think they all enjoyed it this year, and Jaylee even seemed to start understanding it. We were also glad that we were able to trick-or-treat with Jared's family for the second year in a row!

Happy 3rd Birthday Brady

Brady turned 3 years old on Halloween! He celebrated by having pizza for dinner and the whole family over for a birthday party. Brady loves birthdays, so it was fun to have a party for him!


Superman Cake

All Brady wanted to do for his party was to play "birthday games," so I came up with a few ideas. In this picture all of the kids are lined up and ready to race and be the first one to pop a balloon on the other side of the room. It was pretty funny!

Brady got kind of shy when everyone started singing to him, but he loved it.

Opening Presents

Brady took Halloween cupcakes to school to celebrate his birthday. He thought they were pretty cool!