Miscellaneous October

Just some random pictures of the kids we (and by we, I mean George) took of the kids while the weather was so nice and we were out in the yard.

Sweet sisters....

George's artsy shots...

Pumpkin Painting!!!

This past week our playgroup got together for a pumpkin painting party. Unfortunately Hallie was sick the night before so we couldn't go. The kids were REALLY bummed since they knew about it all week and were looking forward to it. So I decided to do our own painting party that afternoon to make up for what they missed. It was so fun to watch them decorate their little pumpkins and they had a great time doing it. This is by far WAY easier and cleaner than carving them... so I think that we'll be doing this for years to come.

Dewberry Farms

At the beginning of October (I'm WAY Behind, I know!) I went with some friends and our kids to a place called Dewberry Farms. The kids had a great time playing on a fort, riding a cow train, wagon ride & seeing some animals. All in all it was a pretty neat place and we had a great time.

The kids riding the cow train...

Duck Races

A few of the friends we came with... can you believe there were actually more! :)

The real pumpkin patch... let's just say that this family prefers church parking lot pumpkin patches! :)

Our kids had a blast on this fort!

And these roller slides were a real hit with them all too!

State Fair

We took the kids to the State Fair in Dallas a few weekends ago. Minus the fact that the place is RIDICULOUSLY expensive it was pretty fun. We went last year and thought we'd make it an annual trip... so we headed up to Dallas to spend the weekend with George's family. We all loaded up and headed to the fair and had a great time. The kids loved the petting zoo.

It was really neat to see God's creativity... Zebras... such cool animals.

These guys were right across from the Zebras... you can only wonder if they sit there thinking "Why Me?! Really, I seriously look like this?"

I think UT should contact me for the rights to this picture... The caption "The Eyes of Texas are Upon You" pretty much sums it up, right?

All the kids had fun at the Little Hands on the Farm exhibit. Cousin Jack is down there as the ram (that's a ram, right?)

Do you ever see a picture of yourself and think... shoot I should have worn my hair up that day. Well that's how I felt after this one. :)

See? I put it up right after that picture above was taken. Haha... This was right before we were taken to the bank in the Midway

We only let the kids ride 2 rides each. They chose the airplane and this car ride. The damage... $24. This is by far the craziest rip off EVER. The rides cost at least $4 each... and the kicker. If your kid wasn't tall enough an adult was allowed to ride with the kid... after paying $4 too. Man... what a joke.

But they loved it ... and had no idea how much they cost and truly didn't throw a fit after we said 'no more'.

We also ate... a Corn Dog, Frito Pie, Shrimp Basket, and tried the Fried PB&J... not a fan.

I had a really cool night time picture of Big Tex... but in my haste to delete other fuzzy pictures I deleted it.... followed by an audible "NOOOOOOOOOOO". We may be taking a couple years off from the fair to allow our bank account to replenish. They have got to make a killing!

First Aggie Game

About a month ago we took the kids to their first A&M football game. We took advantage of living so close to the stadium and loaded the kids up in the wagon for the walk. I tried and tried to get a cute picture of all the kids before we left and this is the only one where they are all looking at the camera... seriously I think Hallie will be our family comedian.

The kids did GREAT at the game and the weather was perfectly overcast. I even thought to myself that I should have worn jeans... in SEPTEMBER, really?! Amazing!

Hudson loved watching football...

But the excitement of it all wore him out!

Again with a family shot... one of the kids has to be the odd ball I guess. :) Hudson STILL sleeping and Hallie too curious about what was happening on the field. Now if we can just get cheap-o tickets to a UT game our kids will be thoroughly indoctrinated to our family rivalry.

Aggie Tailgating

Now that Aggie football is back in full swing we have had our first Freedom tailgate! We typically have a few of these a year for the college students and it's pretty fun. We are out there for 3 hours before the game time so it can get long and HOT but the kids really do a great job. They really like watching the band march through and to see the Corps and the players before the game too. I'm a good sport and wear my maroon shirt (with my orange bracelets).

We took the kids to a game the next week... I'll blog about that next!