Happy Halloween!

 It was such a cold and yucky day for Halloween, but that didn't stop the kids=) Our Rock Star, Spiderman and Tiger had a pretty fun evening. We met with friends and went trick-or-treating and braved the cold for a little while, then we headed to a Fall Festival at our church that was fantastic. The kids had such a great night! We carved pumpkins the night before...and both of them decided on their own what they wanted to carve. But, mom helped with the the actual carving...

 Beware...you are now captured in spiderman's webs...=)

Rock star! (she went digging in the dress-up box a couple of weeks ago and came up with this idea herself)

 My cute little "Ty-ger" hehe=)

The trick-or-treating crew! (Alexa is holding Ty on the very far left and JD (aka Spiderman) is front and center...

My cute little Tiger's tail=) He tried so hard to keep up with the kids but those little legs just weren't fast enough!

Laundry Mat

 Our washing machine died. So, Ty-man and I got to spend some quality time at the laundry mat. We had fun and made the best of it. But, I will never again do a load of laundry without being thankful for my own machine!

Fun Times with Mema!

 Guess who found Papa Doug's glasses?! =) haha!

 Nice, David=)

 Can you tell that the level of hyperactivity with my kids goes up 10 notches when Uncle David is around?!=)

 Having fun at the village...as always! This is a definite favorite for the kids every time they visit Archbold

 It's like Where's Waldo...can you find Ty? Looks like he was having fun, too!

 Hmmm, I'm thinking I need to teach him how to iron in real life now!

 Always so goofy!

 I love these next pictures. How do I decide which one to post? I think it's actually more fun to see the progression of who moves for each picture,,,

Bow and Arrow

JD saved his money for a long time...doing a LOT of jobs around the house to save up enough money to buy a real bow and arrow like Ryan Baker. Ryan is on the baseball team and comes over to practice shooting in our back yard and JD has loved watching him do this. Ryan told him that if he got a bow and arrow he would teach him how to use it. And, that is exactly what he did....It was so sweet to watch this big old college boy teach these little kids how to shoot.

Thanks, Ryan Baker!

My boys...

 These two guys get to spend quite a bit of time together every day. Fortunately, they enjoy it most of the time!=)

JD has been such a great big brother....it's fun to watch him...and it's fun to watch Ty chase after him=)

2012 Soccer Season

 How cute is this crew of little soccer players? Ryan and I had so much fun helping out with these kids this year! Good kids makes for a fun season, that's for sure!

 back: alexa, estah, bridgette.....front: sam, jd, isaiah and trevin

and we had the best fans...they even made a tunnel for the kids to run through=)

 Proud kiddos!

JD's First Day of Kiddie Kampus

JD was up and dressed at 6:45 a.m. the morning of his first day of preschool. His class doesn't start until 12:30. He was just a little bit excited to get back to preschool!  I took these pictures and just stared at him...he has grown up and changed so much in the last year!

Here's a quick peak of last year's first day of school pictures!