Ahoy Mate!

We pretty much celebrated Halloween on Friday since Jordan's work had a trick or treat for all the kids and it was our ward "Trunk or Treat" that night. Drake had alot of fun at both. We were so happy and surprised he kept on his hat and bandanna all night long! He was the cutest pirate ever! His costume fit him perfectly and his little whiskers were adorable. It was such a fun day with him. Our ward put on a awesome party, they really do go all out. Drake had so much fun just running around, going from one carnival game to the next, they had a huge bounce house and delicious food. So much fun!!!

What Are You Doing?

I have been asking this alot to Drake lately while laughing. His personality is developing more and more everyday. Like today for instance was another "What are you doing!" moment. Drake always takes a nap after church so I bring him in from the car and get him undressed to his diaper and socks, lay his blankets on him and say goodnight. Now, keep in mind he had already fallen asleep for a good 15 mins. in the car which was not a good sign that he would be going back to sleep. So about 15 minutes goes by and I can hear him talking and moving around in his bed, I go in to find him totally nude, he had taken off his diaper, and trying to pull off his socks. Needless to say after putting on the diaper and putting on shorts, giving him another 20 mins. he still did not fall asleep. Oh dear.

A stool and tri-pod... I really laughed on this one.

Handsome

Mmm-Mmmm, What a handsome man ready for church.

Jack-O-Lanterns

Last Saturday we had the Thomas' and Gardner's over to carve pumpkins. It was such a nice night; the kids played well together, we had nice weather, and all the pumpkins turned out fabulous.

Mr. Ben

And Miss Norah

Jordan carving a haunted house and pumpkin face.

Cassie carving an owl at Jackson's request.

Mr. Jackson

Derek with his creativeness carved a bat and a ghost freehand.

I have to say this could be the picture of the night! The adorable Mr. Cannon.

(And thanks to Wendy for being our photographer for the night!)

I carved a witch face and Jordan carved a spider and a witch's hat.

And last but not least Mr. Drake!

They look awesome! Such a fun night.

Fall Festivities

Jordan teases me that I am convinced that during the month of October there are fall festivals to be attended to on the weekends. And in my defense there are! So last Saturday we had so much fun as a family out in Marble Falls, TX. They had every type of pumpkin you can imagine! Drake just went from one stack to the next.

Drake is in this stage that he refuses to look at me if I have the camera. Refuses. So these are the best shots I got!

This picture is so funny to me! He saw some other kids climbing up on these hay barrels so he went right up to it and I caught him just in time! He sat there for a while before he touched the hay to get himself up. So funny.

He eyed this tractor from a mile away! It was so cute, he climbed right up there and loved turning the steering wheel.

This made me laugh as well! Jordan came back from getting tickets with some goat food and these goats were relentless! Drake loved it. His hand was down a couple of their throats for sure. I think a couple of them nibbled him but he didn't mind at all!

They had rows and rows of flowers you could pick. It smelt so good!

(Again, trying to get a good picture and failing)

Oh the corn maze. This corn maze was in the shape of Texas and seemed just as big as Texas is in reality. There were like 8 places you were supposed to find and punch your card at each one of them. If you found all of them you got a free drink. Ya, I was done after 45 mins of trying to look. But Jordan was determined and yes, he got all of them! That coke was sure worth it because it was blazing hot!

Drake was about done by this point but we knew he would love this little barrel train.

This was while we were patiently waiting in line.

He did awesome, Jordan said he didn't even need to walk next to him. It was adorable seeing all of the little kids in the barrels.

Last but not least a family picture to end the day, again with out Drake looking! Fun, Fun, Fun day. I love having good family time together...we'll call it a fall festival. ;)

New England

2 years ago, Columbus Day weekend, I was in Canton, Connecticut visiting my sweet Brother and Sister in-law and family. I was lucky enough to go visit them again this year on the same exact weekend. New England is breathtakingly beautiful, especially this time of year. The trees, foliage, the feeling of fall in the air, and small town was all so enveloping. The Walburger's were great hosts and Drake and I loved visiting.

The colors of the tress were amazing. Just vibrant.

Saturday we got to go watch Will and Elizabeth in their glory playing soccer. Both did awesome!

This was right before church, unfortunately Will had already gone with his Dad early.

So I had to put this picture in. Drake caught a little cold while we were there so he was a clingy monster at times... and this was one of them.

On Columbus day we took a nice drive up to a little pumpkin patch. They had the most beautiful mums. Isn't the view beautiful?

Unfortunately this was the only picture we got of everyone! The guy who was taking it was a wham-bam kind of a guy, so this is what we got! :)

Drake had a lot of fun with Clark, Elizabeth and Will. I am sure they were all left with battle wounds from Drake but they were so sweet to him and showered him with attention.

Sweet Louise. I so enjoyed our time together just chatting. She is a great listener and we had a great time with each other. She was so great to take Drake out on a walk pretty much everyday I was there which helped me out so much! I could get ready and also have a little alone time...remember the clingy monster...

Traveling was rough, real rough with Drake but it was so worth it. I am sad we didn't get a picture with Corbin, hopefully next time. They are such a great family and like I said we had a great time with all of them! Thank you again Walburger's for such a fun trip!