Halloween 2010

This year, Chase is Harry Potter, Ryder is a gorilla, (he refused to wear the mask making it hard for everyone to know what he was, so stubborn!) and Ashtyn is a dinosaur.

With our friends, Dorothy and combat soldier.




We stopped at a house that had left out candy. The note said, "take only 2 please." Chase made sure that everyone only got 2.

Ashtyn did a good job keeping up with her brothers. They all decorated white pillow cases for to carry their treats in and by the end of the evening, Ashtyn's was so heavy that she had to sling it over her shoulder. It was funny to see her swing it over her shoulder after leaving someone's door.

The Tae Kwon Do Kid

Ryder just started Tae Kwon Do and he loves it, his teacher says he is a natural.

Ashtyn trying to do Tae Kwon Do too.

Fun at the Pumpkin Farm

We had so much fun at the pumpkin farm today! The farm that we went to had lots of activities for the kids and we made sure to do them all...



One of our first stops was at the hay barn. The kids were able to climb up on hay bales and then jump into the hay. (Ashtyn did not jump, too scary for her.)

Some sort of animal swing made out of tires.



Next was the corn pit. I never knew rolling around in corn could be so fun.

And back to the hay barn, ready... go!

It took me a couple takes but I finally got some one in the air.

They have this pool for the ducks to race on. Periodically throughout the day they will have a duck race. When I took this picture the ducks were not racing but later we caught the end of a race and about 5 ducks raced and the "Oregon Duck" won. Boo! I didn't catch all of the duck's names but one of the other one's was "Aflec".

Now we're at the hay maze. It was pretty a pretty big one with 2 stories! I had a hard time keeping up with Ashtyn, who was trying to keep up with her brothers.

Every farm must have a tractor, this one is Farmer Ben's first tractor.



Finally the pumpkin patch to end the day! It took a while to find the right pumpkins. Chase had to have this huge one. Luckily for me Ashtyn and Ryder were OK with the smaller ones.

Our sweet little girl

Ashtyn is really such a wonderful and sweet little girl! She loves her brothers and they adore her. She is so fun right now especially since she has started to talk more! Brian and I are so proud of her!

So excited to ride the bus!!

The beginning of the second week of school and I let them take the bus. (Only in the mornings.) I tried to just get a casual picture of Ryder getting on the bus, I didn't want to embarrass him, but the bus driver saw me with my camera and told him to stop and look at me. Brian is convinced that he'll be teased for the embarrassment of his mother taking his picture. Look at that smile, he was just excited to get on the bus the last thing his is thinking is that I took a picture. All the kindergarteners and first graders get on the bus first and have to sit in the front of the bus so Chase didn't get on with him but they did sit together. Ryder waved from his window seat as the bus drove off. When I picked them up at the end of the day I heard all about the bus rules and apparently Ryder sat with a boy from his class that also lives in our neighborhood. For Chase it was no big deal of course, he is already an expert at riding the bus. Now I just need to get the nerve to let them ride the bus home.

The big day has FINALLY arrived!

With great anticipation the first day of school has arrived! Ryder has been asking for 2 weeks when school was going to start. Ashtyn wished she could have started school too. It certainly was a very quiet day at home without the boys. It is nice that they are now at the same school.

Meet Ashtyn's new friend, Lola

Ashtyn had so much fun playing with her new friend Lola and just as much fun playing with all of Lola's toys. I hope they become life long friends like Amy and I are!!