It's A Mario Bros. Time

St. Stephens had a Trunk or Treat the weekend before Halloween. Thankfully, my Mom was able to finish Harper's Toad costume just in time for the festivities. She completed the Mario Brothers family costume. The boys loved their costumes and Harper surprisingly didn't take the hat off. Thank the Lord! A Halloween Miracle :) LOL. They had a blast trunk or treating. Harper caught on pretty quick to take as much candy as she could. LOL!

Enjoying some of their loot

Pumpkin Patch 2014

We spent a Saturday at Vala's Pumpkin Patch. Let me tell you, I had no idea what we were getting into! That place is seriously like the Disneyland of Pumpkin Patches. We could have easily spent two days there especially going on the weekend. It was nuts but so fun. It was a perfect fall day and we all had fun. Next year I will definitely plan for a weekday and spend the whole day there. It really is a neat place.

Feeding the animals was a big hit. Harper LOVED trying to feed the goats.

The "Pillows" were the favorite activity for the boys. Even Harper got to bounce but I had to be with her. It was really fun. None of us had ever been on these before. They were so fun!

God's Shining Star

In October, Jordy had his turn at being "God's Shining Star" for the week. This is when each student gets to create a poster all about them to show and tell to their class. He was SO EXCITED to have his turn and he and I had a lot of fun putting his poster together. He did such a great job presenting it to his class. He is growing so much being in preschool. I am just so proud of him!

FALL

Could not pass up the photo opportunity that came with taking the kids to a local nature preserve/park to rake up leaves for a giant pumpkin bag they wanted to fill. Unfortunately we don't have enough trees in our yard to fill the bag so we headed here to collect them. It was too perfect of a setting to not snap away . . .

Neighborhood Kids

One of the amazing parts about our house here in Omaha is our neighbrhood. There are kids everywhere and Logan and Jordy are absolutely loving it! They spend hours outside everyday after the older kids get out of school. They often end up in our yard (which I love because although the boys are getting bigger, I am not completely comfortable letting them venture off too far yet)playing hide and seek or tag. And it is so nice because even the older kids play with the younger ones quite a bit. It just makes me so happy that my kids can experience life like this.

K-State Weekend

Jeremy and I got the opportunity to head back to our old stomping grounds! It had been nearly 10 years since I had been back in Manhattan. Jeremy had a few obligations he needed to atten but other than that we were free to relive the days. It was so much fun to spend a couple fun nights in Aggieville, see the KSU Volleyball Team, walk through campus, eat at some of our favorite spots, and go to a KSU Football game. What an amazing weekend and to top it off we got to spend it with some of our closest friends from California (most of whom also went to K-State).

Our first night in Aggieville! We were having a good time that's for sure :)

One of my houses I lived in with some of my teammates, on good ol' Vattier

Absolutely love these ladies

In front of the newly redone Bill Snyder stadium

Getting ready for the game

Oh the memories!!!

Fall Soccer

The boys are right in the middle of their soccer season. They are playing on the same team this season. Logan is playing in his third season and definitely started the season at a much higher level than he ever has before. He gets the game a little more and understands that he needs to hustle after the ball. This is Jordy's first time playing and he is still learning. Although he has no problem joining in the game when he wants to.

And this picture sums up Jordy much of the time. Lol! Sometimes as a parent it can be frustrating starting them in sports but at the same time I love the innocence that is so pure. They are still so young and all we want is for them to have fun and enjoy learning the game. So I will take the few moments that they do learn a little something.