Fall Pinterest Party

We have a group of girls who get together every so often to eat do crafts! Our October gathering consisted of eating lots of fall foods and decorating pumpkins. I wish I had a picture of the whole group but I don't. There were some very neat pumpkins. 

Ashley and I working on our pumpkins. 

My pumpkin was very simple. Just used ribbon and hot glue! 

Brothers

Having 3 boys close in age is challenging some days. There are days when I feel like all I do is tell them to quit arguing and being mean to each other. Hey my kids aren't perfect and kind to each other all the time. I'll be the first to admit that. There are days when I'm not sure they even like each other. On occasion there are those moments when I walk into the kitchen or another room and find them all sitting together helping one another, reading together or just playing nicely together. It's these moments that make me proud and I tell myself, "I will survive raising three boys!!" Seriously, they are good boys but raising kids in general is a challenge and some days are just tougher than others. I wouldn't trade them them for anything though.

Walked in the kitchen to find Cade teaching Chance and Cooper how to write in cursive! 

Walking in High Cotton....

One of the many things I love about living outside of town is being surrounded by cotton fields! I love to watch it grow. I love taking pictures of the boys in it. And we love watching it get picked!! The fields look pretty sad after the cotton has been picked. One of our friends Tim  who also attends church at Henderson with us is one of the guys who picks the cotton. He is great to let the boys ride in the cotton picker with him for a trip down the row to pick cotton. I know it slows him down a bit to stop and load the boys, three times, but he does it anyway! He doesn't seem to mind one bit. The boys think it's great. 

Mr. Tim stops to let the boys pick some cotton

Chance gets a turn first

Cade takes a turn

Cooper goes last

watching the cotton shoot into the trailer is really cool

First visit to see the twins

We finally took a trip in November to see the twins.  They were several weeks old by the time we got to see them for the first time! They were just precious!! 

Here are the boys holding their newest cousins! Chance has Lydia. Cade has Maggie

Sweet Maggie napping on Rah Rah

Lydia 

Proud grandma and dad!! 

Uncle Chad with Maggie 

Aug 28th-- Happy 5th Birthday Cooper

Can't believe my baby turned 5 this year!! Our college kids came to celebrate Cooper's big day!! What a great group of kids they are!! 

Rah Rah took us to Chuck-E-Cheese to celebrate Cooper's big day! As always we had a great time!! 

Such a happy boy!! 

Trail of Tears

Soccer Time

The boys had a great soccer season! Cooper enjoyed his first year playing and did very well. Because the boys are all in different age groups and play at different times we spent a big part of our Saturdays at the soccer fields watching them play. I love watching the boys play hard!! They love to play ball! 

Our college kids were very supportive of the boys and were at most of their games!! 

 

Cooper finally old enough to play!!

Cooper and his buddy Jonah!