Halloween

We had such a great time on Halloween this year - so much better than last year when I was as big as a house waiting to go in the hospital! We had Auntie Dena and our dear friends over with their two adorable children (love you guys!). Jacob was the handsome Jedi, Ethan was Batman, Luke was a police officer, and Gracie was Tinkerbell. ADORABLE!

Happy Harvest! I love October!

The second week of October we made the trek out to Schepf farms with Grandma and Granddad.

I almost cried when they closed down Young's Farm. I dreamed of making that a family tradition - but I guess the land developers had another idea. Schepf farm was OK - we had a great time, but it's no Young's Farm. Gracie absolutely loves being outside in her stroller - she's such a trooper. We rode the train, played on the playground, Jacob and Granddad rode the roller coaster, had lunch with the swarm of bees... :)


We had a great day and I just cherish these memories with my parents. We won't always have them and I'm just so thankful they can enjoy the kids and the kids can spend time with them as much as we can in our busy schedules.

A couple weeks later we went to the "Fun Farm" with the Children's Ministry from church. The Fun Farm was really the "Fear Farm" and was comical walking around at 10am seeing limbs and bloody heads.. but hey - tis the season! We had a great time though! The kids rode the little farm train, and we walked through the corn maze... Thanks Johnny-Mo for tackling the stroller for me throughout the entire thing trying to manuever over fallen corn halks... Jacob and Kyle went in before us and made it all the way though and still had time run back through to find us and show us the way out! It was a wonderful time of fellowship though with the Morris, Theis, and Evans Family.

Here's a pic of the group of kiddos: Chloe, Kyle, Jacob, Gracie, Abihail, and Taylor.

New Shoes!

How cute are these new shoes?! Baby New Balance for $6 on E-bay - can't beat it! She does great in them too, helps her stand steady and not to mention she's adorable! She's walking now if I hold just one of her hands and walk her around the house! She'll be after big brother in no time! :)

I cherish our playtimes in the morning! She is so in to all of her toys and is starting to use her imagination! She tried giving her baby doll her binkie yesterday and loves pretending to talk on her play phone. :)

The Bango Band

Gracie loves to join brother on the piano when he plays - he's so great about it and doesn't mind the distraction at all. :) Dom is excited he'll have his family band in a few years from now! :)

Jacob started piano lessons last week and his teacher was blown away by his talent. She said she hasn't seen anyone his age with that kind of natural talent without any lessons. To brag a little further, he was just placed in the CogAT gifted program at school. He needs to be challenged - it'll be so good for him.

If you like to talk to tomatoes...

Loves dancin' with Veggie Tales! :)

Go Baby Go!

This video is a couple weeks old, but I had to post it anyway since I'm so behind. She had just started learning how to use her new push toy! She's a regular pro at it now, but watching her learn to use for the first time was priceless. Jacob is such an amazing big brother - he's so protective and ready to play with her.