Happy Halloween

For halloween this year the boys chose their costumes from our dress up box! Cade went as Darth Vader. Chance went as a ninja. Cooper went as a pirate/ninja/cowboy! He wore  pirate pants, a ninja shirt, and carried a pistol. That's what he wanted to be so that's we let him go as. They had a great time at trunk or treat playing games, visiting with friends, and of course collecting candy! 

Cade with his friend Alex/lego man

The Deffenbaughs won the costume contest with their Flintstone family costumes! They looked great! A lot of time went into making those costumes i"m sure. 

Cooper with his buddy Mrs. Belinda

Cade with a few of his friends.

Chance and Cecily. 

Me and my boys

The boys with Rah Rah

Cade's History Project

Cade is having an incredible year in third grade. He has a wonderful teacher and some great classmates.   The class was asked to complete a project on landmarks and symbols. They could choose anything they wanted. They had to give at least 5 facts about whatever they chose. Cade chose the Liberty Bell for his project.  He researched the Liberty Bell, chose his 5 facts, and typed them on my computer. I helped him put it together. He was very proud of the finished product.

Pumpkin carving time

 We had our adopted students over from Freed Hardeman for supper and pumpkin carving. We had a great time and ended up with some very nicely carved pumpkins. The boys love having their adopted siblings over. The students are so good to play with the boys and make them feel special. That means a lot to me and makes these students special to our family. 

Cooper helping Kenneth by shining the light for him while he carves 

 We have a great group of kids. 

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