Thanksgiving

I had to work this Thanksgiving so we had a belated celebration at Granddaddy's house.  Granddad and Grandma Karleen prepared a nice spread and we enjoyed our time in the country!

Granddaddy and Grandma Karleen were sure to have plenty of pies!

 

After dinner we enjoyed the beautiful weather while picking pecans and riding in the back of daddy's pickup. 

 

Like I said, it was a beautiful day so we had to snap some family photos!
I sure am thankful for my wonderful husband and sweet babies, and all of our extended family; we are truly blessed.

Tea with Aunt Judy

Aunt Judy and Aunt Mary Frances were in town to celebrate Thanksgiving with Sarah.  We were happy to have Aunt Judy over on Friday afternoon for a tea party and a nice visit.  

Halloween

This year our little ghouls were dressed as the following:
Molly was Elsa from Frozen.
Johnny was Darth Vader.
Samuel was a puppy dog.

Noah's Ark Party

In lieu of a Halloween party, Johnny's preschool hosts a Noah's Ark Party every year.  All the kids dress like animals and they play games, etc.  Johnny is donning a leopard costume that I (and my brothers and probably all my cousins) wore as a Halloween costume when we were little.

Fall Fun

First kid to get stitches is. . .

JOHNNY!  That's right, Johnny fell at the park on Friday and from what I can gather, he was climbing and fell hitting something on the way down.  I was at work and the nanny had the kids.  Paul took Johnny to my hospital and I had a look at the cut and we went to the ER.  The doctor ended up putting 5 stitches in his chin.  Johnny was a champ through the whole thing.  He was cooperative and shed maybe 1 tear, he was awesome. 
Just to have on record, after the versed the gave through his nose, he was a little loopy and told us, "this is fun"!

The before and after:

Sweet Molly

Since the day Molly was born, I have worried about her having to deal with the drama that surrounds girls.  Let's just say that it took only 1 birthday party 1 month into school to see who the mean girls in Molly's class are.  It is frustrating to see that at this age girls are already jealous and catty.  Paul and I are doing are best to give Molly the tools she needs to navigate her way through interactions with such children. 
To get to the point, I was so proud last week when on the drive to school Molly was telling me how things have been going in school and which kids have been staying on green.  She went on to say how she and 3 friends were playing and at some point the other 3 started bickering and had to turn their card (warning from teacher).  I asked Molly how she stayed out of the trouble and she responded that she told them she was Christian. 
I was so proud that she knows her faith and what it means to act in a Christan manner.  We pray that she will always make decisions based on her Christian upbringing.