Pumkin Patch

Today Grammy took the kids and me to The Field of Dreams where they have some fun events for the harvest season. First we played some games . . . (ring tossing game)

(ball tossing game)

(bean bag game)

Chase liked putting the bean bags back through.

(Family photo)

Then the kids went through a hay maze and got to pick out suckers and their very own pumpkin.Then we went on a hay ride! Chase is working on number two sucker.

Grammy and Kailey enjoying the ride!

When we got done with the hay ride, Paul and Grampy surprised us by showing up. (They had just driven back from their Men's Retreat, with Harvest Church.) Therefore, the kids were so excited to enjoy some games with them.

Daddy and Chase being boys with the Halloween toys.

Thanks for such a great day Grammy & Grampy!

We got chickens!!

We have been wanting to have chickens for awhile now, however, we needed to have a home for them first. After Kailey started school, Paul has been slowly putting together a chicken coup in preparation for next spring. (In between everything else he was trying to accomplish before the cold weather.) As the process was happening, a friend of mine offered to give us some of her chickens once we were ready for them. Talk about motivation! Even though the coup is not completed, it is good enough for housing some chickens. Therefore, a few weeks back we called up my friend and she gladly gave us twelve chickens! Thanks Kathleen!

Well, the chickens were slow learners of how to get into the coup, cause our coup is completely different than Kathleen's. Therefore, you guessed it, we were chasing after chickens to catch them and put them into the coup for the night! Although, I laugh about it now, it is hard work.

Then we lost one on the second night of having them. We looked for her all over the place. She was gone for about six nights. We do not know where she went, but she came back!! The whole family was happy!

Now the chickens have learned how to get in the coup (for the most part) so our nights of putting them to bed are getting easier. They have been a success and have been giving us from five to ten eggs a day! Yeah!

The kids are so excited for their new chore of feeding the chickens and getting the eggs. They are looking forward to the spring time, when we plan on getting some baby chicks!

Kailey turns six!!

Yes our baby girl has turned another year older!! We were grateful to celebrate her birthday with a few friends. The momma was really sick this day and Daddy did a great job without her!! Thanks babe!

Our new table

With our family growing and only four chairs that was suppose to be around the table (we managed to put more), we have been in the market for a bigger table for a while. So a few weeks back we purchased this table that seats eight!! (Thanks to our friends the Fulton Family! They were the ones who told us about the table.) It is great to be able to not only seat our whole family around the table comfortably, but we also have room for company!!

This is with the table being fully extended out with the leaves in. The best part about it is that the leaves fold up and hide right under the table!! No trying to find a hiding spot for those big and bulky leaves! We are loving it!!

Capturing the moment

Chase amazes me from day to day. On this day he was watching me make breakfast and with this pose, I could not stop myself from trying to capture his innocence in this moment. I love being a mom!