Fun Halloween

We all had a great time on Halloween. Nathan and I carved pumpkins with
Javan and Joshua Friday morning. Then Nathan was off for the day so we
got to hang out for a few hours before doing the "pumpkin parade" with
the boys to see everyone's jack-o-lanterns. I did not know until I got
to school Friday morning that Jared and his friend Ethan had planned for
Ethan to dress up with Jared. They had planned for Ethan to be Luigi
but his mom said they didn't have a green shirt and hat. I thought it
was so cute they planned that without telling us.
The boys had lots of fun trick-or-treating! Aren't the dogs cute? We
went to the Fayetteville square and they have a pet costume contest and
I thought these dogs were too funny!
We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!

Halloween #1

This morning Nathan got to go carve a pumpkin with Jared at school. I had to leave early so I didn't get a picture of the finished product. The other two will carve theirs on Friday then they will do a Pumpkin parade through the gym to see everyone's jack-o-lanterns lit up.
The church where the boys go to Awanas had a Fall Festival tonight. The
boys had a great time and got lots of candy!
Before the carnival, we had a jack-o-lantern pizza.

Branson cont'd

Branson

We made a quick trip to Branson last weekend. The boys had so much fun
riding everything--not so much fun posing for pictures with all of the
pumpkins, scarecrows, etc. We discovered that Jared and Josh are big
enough to ride Powder Keg--the 2nd biggest roller coaster there. They
loved it! The picture with the dog is the "mascot" from the Fire in the
Hole ride--Joshua's favorite ride! I love how the picture on the pirate
ship, the people next to the boys look like they're freaking out and the
boys are smiling for the camera at the highest point in the ride! Javan
is in the very back of the boat on that one! The only reason the others
aren't is they are too little to ride in the back rows. They aren't
scared of anything. They only reason they aren't riding Wildfire, the
roller coaster that goes upside down is because they're too short.
Trust me, they measured several times! They are convinced if they eat
really good they'll be able to ride it next summer!
Baseball is over and soccer will be over after the games this morning.
Nathan has a couple of weeks of football officiating left so things have
slowed down considerably for us! We are definitely enjoying the cool
weather. We roasted hot dogs and had Smores last night on the fire pit.

Crazy boys!!!

Here are a couple of crazy pictures from our trip last weekend to
Branson. Great Aunt Kathy, take a wild guess which one is just for you!!

Pictures

More Pictures

Big weekend

My niece Lana's wedding was this weekend. Everything went very well.
Here are a few pictures, the professional ones will be ready in a few weeks.

Finished Pool

With the exception of a few touch up things and landscaping, the pool is
now completed. It looks like we'll have a couple more days in the 80's
before it gets completely too cold to swim anymore! Thankfully the boys
got a few weeks of swimming in this year and we'll all be ready to go
for next summer!!!

Soccer

Here are a couple of pictures from soccer today. They all did really well and scored a few goals.
Jared scored his first goal of the season and followed it up with 4 total in one six minute period. I don't know what got into him but he got really aggressive for a while. I didn't get any of Javan in action today but I'll get him next time.

Way to go boys!!!

At the start of school, Javan was chosen out of his class to be the
Student Ambassador for the first 9 weeks. His main duty is helping to
raise the flags with the other 2 ambassadors in the morning and taking
them down in the afternoon. They also help with other things as needed
around the school.
Joshua & Jared were both chosen last week out of their classes as
Students of the Month. They were so excited when they came home with
their shirts on. Jared said "notice anything different about us!"
Way to go boys, mom & dad are very proud of you and how well you are doing in
school!

Gentry Zoo and one more jump

Friday the boys were out of school for Parent/Teacher conferences.
Mom  went with the boys and I to the Gentry drive through zoo.
I didn't get  many pictures but the boys had a really good time and the weather was  great.
We all thought the kangaroos with the joeys in their pouches  were really neat.
The cages the boys are looking at have 3 baby  monkeys...the boys had lots of fun
watching them swing around.