Happy Halloween

Last Sunday after church the boys carved their pumpkins. This was the first year I let AJ do a lot of the cutting. I was nervous with him having a knife but he did pretty good. I did the major cuts, he did the rest.

AJ w/his pumpkin (& knife)

I LOVE the look on Reece's face while he is getting the yuck and seeds out of his pumpkin. It is too funny!

We recently got new countertops and new sink, of course Jake had to make a couple Wal-Mart trips to get the plumbing complete. He didn't have the drain things in yet so Reece played a joke on Tyler. Tyler spent the night with us last Friday night and when he got to the house we told him to wash his hands, this is what he saw! He just giggled and said he recognized Reece's hand!

Reece as a pirate before Mamau and Papau's annual Halloween Party!

AJ was dressed as Wolverine (X-Men character). Wolverine has black hair so for trick-or-treating we bought black hair spray paint (i forgot to get it before the party at mamau and papau's)

My little pirate and Wolverine fighting before the party.

This was the Halloween Party and mom at dad's. The kids had SO much fun. Jake and I and Kim and Trent went to Vincennes to eat dinner, when we got back in town to "pick up the kids" we first went to the garage where mom and dad had spooky music and decorations and we dressed up and scared the kids. The big kids liked it, Reece and Tyler were okay with it, Blake didn't care for the masks!

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

Reece's Flag Football '09

Reece had his first flag football "scrimmage" on Saturday morning. He ALMOST got a touchdown but someone grabbed his flag. It is SO cute to watch these kids play. It is K-2nd graders. We just so happen to be playing against Reece's cousin Tyler's team. So they played against each other. Tyler is in blue, #4 below.

Here are Reece and Tyler running. Looks like Reece is giggling about something. Too funny.

Well, he has 3 more games, the next 3 Saturday mornings.

Are You Ready For Some Football?!?!?!

Doesn't he just look so cute in the little white pants! Last year they wore black pants to games, which was nice.... This year I have to pre-treat and treat again for the stains.
Oh well, that means he played hard!!

The pic below is AJ in a stance (i guess) I really should have Jake write about the football stuff. Not too sure on the correct football terminology!

AJ had his first football game this afternoon. I just love watching this age group play. It is 3rd and 4th graders. He absolutely loves playing! (daddy loves that too!)

AJ is the only one on the team with a black helmet. I like that because it is very easy to find him out on the field! The YMCA provided the equipment but of course Jake got ours through the school, he says it is much better quality. So he has a black helmet.

(again I just love the little white pants!)

oh yeah, we WON our game today! 14-0 Go Steelers! AJ's biggest fan, Reece, had the best seats up on top of the booth at Hatchet Hollow. Reece starts flag football soon. He played last year and really enjoyed it. That age group is very cute to watch. It is K-2nd. He can't wait until he gets to wear all the pads and hit, that part makes me nervous for him. Hopefully he gains some weight and gets some meat on his bones before 3rd grade!!!!

Well for the rest of this month and all of October we are full force in to football! AJ has games every Saturday until the end of October. He usually has practices 2-3 nights a week.

Reece will soon have practices and games every Saturday until the end of October.

And of course Jake is JV Coach for WHS so he is always at football! Also, AJ is one of the ball boys for the high school games on Friday nights. He enjoys that very much! He rides the bus with the team to and from the away games. (i think he likes the snacks they have for the bus rides home!) Plus he likes to be right there with all the action during the games.

Garage Sale this Friday!!!

Well, over the long weekend me, Jake, and the boys went furniture shopping. We looked at furniture around this time last year and decided to wait another year. I absolutely LOVE what we picked out and it will be delivered tomorrow!!

That being said, we had to clear out the living room. We were filling the garage with furniture, etc and I decided I needed to have a garage sale to try and sell the furniture, along with other stuff!!

This Friday, 11th, 8-??
11 Morningside Dr.

Couch, Loveseat, Recliner, kid recliner, toys, kid/adult clothes, and household items.

We shopped at the furniture store for over 2 hours. The boys were so good, including Jake! After that we took the boys to the movies and watched Ice Age 3 in 3-D, it was very cute. I think that made up for the LONG shopping trip!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Time For School!

Today was the day........first day back to school. AJ got up on his own at 6am this morning. I think he is really looking forward to the 4th grade! HOWEVER, Reece struggled to get up (like always). He did finally get out of bed at 7am, ate a bowl of cereal and then laid on the couch until it was time to brush teeth and get dressed.

AJ kept telling Reece to hurry up and get dressed, hurry up and put your shoes on, hurry up and get your backpack. So, I was glad for that, he is excited.

We walked in to North, AJ went straight to his classroom, Mrs. Smith, didn't really tell me bye, just went right in. Reece was walking behind me down the hallway, we walked in to Mrs. Lannan's room, he seemed fine, THEN the tears started!!! NO, NOT AGAIN THIS YEAR!! He did this a lot last year but I chalked it up to being in school full day for Kindergarten, a lot of adjustments. Even though last year he had Jessie Davis (our cousin) he still had tears from time to time.

Well, before I left his classroom his tears slowed down a bit. It is SO hard to leave your child when he is crying. But, he is in 1st grade now so really the crying should stop!! I was trying to be stern with him, telling him that he is big now, in the 1st grade and that he really shouldn't be crying. Deep down I just wanted to cry and take him home with me!!! I know I can't do that.

Boy, talk about having 2 different boys! At least they both aren't mommy's boys!!! Now I just can't wait to pick them up at 3 and see how their day was!

I can't believe the boys are in 1st grade and 4th grade! I REALLY want things to slow down so I still have my little boys!!! They are growing up to be such handsome and kind boys! When we went in to school today AJ opened the door for a little girl, I really thought that was sweet. He is a little gentleman (plus she was cute!)

Hope everyone has a great day at school!! Hopefully Reece has no tears tomorrow!

An Overnight Guest

We recently had a sweet little overnight guest. My nephew Blake spent the night with us!

AJ and Reece got a little taste of what having a little brother would be like. (not gonna happen!)They watched Noggin with him which of course they haven't watched Noggin in quite awhile. They also had to put away Lego creations that they had spent lots of time building because Blake likes to un-do the creations! too funny!

I overhead AJ tell Reece to get Blake side tracked on something else so they could do Legos without him. He is such a good little boy though! We had a lot of fun and of course I pulled out the camera to get some pictures!! having a little bedtime snack and reece being goofy!

Hope everyone had a nice summer......... back to school on Monday! The boys are kind of excited to start a new school year. We had a great, busy, and fun summer. Now football starts for all 3 boys real soon! more busy times ahead!

Horsin' Around

Last weekend me and the boys headed north to Danville to visit with my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins.

We first stopped by my aunt and uncles house to visit. My uncle had his horse out so the boys round around on Rio for awhile.

We don't own any cowboy boots, they are wearing crocs and sandals....

Brooklynn, Bradley, AJ, and Reece.

On Sunday afternoon we met up with our cousins and went to the local park which has a spray park/pool/waterslides. The kids had a blast!!

Of course, while staying at my grandparents (which the boys call GG) we had to play Dominoes. They just love playing games with GG and Papau Joe.