Good Morning

 

I enter this day with a peaceful heart.

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Being Thankful

Tanner made Carter a thank you card. It is the most precious thing I have seen in a long time. So sweet, so thoughtful, so incredibly raw and straight from the heart.

He was so excited to give this card to Carter too.  The love he feels towards his brother is so strong and it makes Tyler and I so happy to see these two brothers be such great friends. 

 He drew a picture of Carter and the card reads "You always understand when I need a helping hand. So this card is from me to you because I want to say Thank you."

 Carter with his sweet little card.

 It got me thinking that I don't thank people enough or let them know how special they are or even just tell them that I think they are doing a good job. So Sunday night I sat down and I wrote a few notes to people I love, just because! It's always fun to get good news in the mail!

Pumpkin Carving

Gotta love this time if the year. We've been getting these kids together to carve pumpkins for their whole lives! It's tradition. So much fun was had, love these people so much!

Pumpkin Patch and Park!

 

We started the day off at Linder Farms for carters preschool field trip.  It was super chilly this morning but as the sun got up higher, it did warm up a bit! First on the agenda was the corn maze.  it was great fun, and yes, we got lost! What good is a corn maze if you don't get lost?

 

 

 

Next up, picking pumpkins!  Carter picked a really cool half green half orange one!

 

 Mommy and carter picking pumpkins!

 

 

Carter pausing for a picture!

 

 

After we picked our pumpkins, we went and saw the animals.  There was all kinds; pigs, rabbits, chickens, goats, sheep, and a token dog! Here is Carter by the cows!

 

 Next up was snack time!  Carter is with his buddies Inara and Orion.

 

 Mrs. Lindemoods class by the tractor!

 

 Carter climbed to the top of the tractor tire!

 

 Pumpkin patch Fun!

 

 Carter and Mylee sitting on the tractor!

 

 After the pumpkin patch, we picked up Tanner and went to the new park in Meridian.  It was a blast!

 Swings!

 

 The brothers spinning.  I thought Carter was going to "toss his cookies" he was spinning so fast, but all was well!

 

 More spinning!

 

 Tanner spinning and getting dizzy! In fact, being dizzy became the main focus of the afternoon as they spent a lot of time rolling down the hill too!

 Hadley hiking back up the hill to roll down again!

 

 It is a pretty big and steep hill which makes for a very good roll down!

Tanner stopping half way down out of sheer dizziness!

 

 

 

Today was a fun filled adventure!  It was great to spend some one on one time with Carter too!

A little catch up!

 

It's been a little while!  We've been busy!  I have been very thankful for my wonderful friends and family over the past 2 weeks.  The kids all got the flu the same week my washer and dryer broke.  Not exactly the easist thing in the world!  Katie made me dinner one night (It's so great to be 4 minutes away from each other!) And Grandma brought us lunch one day too!  It''s such a treat to have food brought to me!

 

 

 

Once we recovered from the flu and I got a new washer and dryer we were up and ready to play!

 

 The next few weeks were consumed with tractors, back ho's, family and friends!

 

 The tractors have become a staple item in our yard and have provided hours of entertainment!

 

 The hole they dug for the drains ended up being 12 feet deep!

 

 Tanner with the back ho.

 

 Dad and Sue came to visit and we had a wonderful weekend with them which even included a dinner at Barbacoa!

 

 Daddy has been busy doing cement and Tanner even helped too!

 

 More digging!

 

 The kids with our tractor!

 

 Chelsea and Makayla came to play and we had a fun filled day!