Fall Carnival Fun

The babies watch the older kids on the rides...next year they'll be with them!

Katelyn watches DJ...she is "too tall" to ride the train, but she was a good sport and waved to him as he rode.


K had a blast on the rides!



And this how parents deal with carnivals and screaming kids!!


DJ and Katelyn join us on the carousel. Brady loved it as well!



Daniel, Katelyn, Brady, and DJ at the pumpkin patch at the entrance to the carnival.

Every fall, a local church hosts a fall carnival. There are all the carnie rides and a pumpkin patch and the kids have a blast. They have awesome food and good beer and it's a fun time for all. We joined our good friends The Craig family for an evening of carnival fun!

Brady's 2nd Trip to Pumpkin Patch

This was Brady last year, at a make-shift Pumpkin Patch the day before Halloween (one of those sleep-deprived, overwhelmed new mom days--oh shoot!! we have no pumpkin patch pictures...get in the car...we need to find a pumpkin patch). I found a church that had literally a handful of decent pumpkins left and the sweet lady there helped me gather them up and stage a photo opportunity. This year, we would get an early start. This year we would find a decent pumpkin patch and have better pictures. And we did :-)

Caught Brady standing on his own...he let go of the pumpkin and stood for a while...no steps, but we're getting there!!

Brady is obsessed with pushing things and he started pushing our friend's wagon through the pumpkin patch. Our friend doesn't look too thrilled about this!!

He got a ride in the wagon and LOVED it!!


Loving playing with the small pumpkins!!


Brady and his buddy Ryan.

Brady and I enjoy a morning out with our Mom's group from church while Katelyn was at school. A mom in our group recommended this pumpkin patch in Oviedo and it was great...BIG improvement from last year :-)

Checking out the big pumpkins.

Trying to get a group pic of all our kids...easier said than done!! And look who is STILL in the wagon...he wasn't about to give that up!

M.I.A.

Oh, the drama!! A tiny cut on Katelyn's arm and she kept crying and complaining about it for days. This child knows how to milk an injury!!


Brady found Katelyn's hat and took a liking to it. He crawled around with it on for quite a while...so cute!


Having fun together at home :-)


Our sweet house guest, Nala, a bull mastiff. She stayed with us for a long weekend and we absolutely loved her!! Bryan's friend from work, Chris, watches Bacino for us and we gladly returned the favor by having her here. Talk about a lovable lump! She didn't really move much and was just so sweet with the kids. Katelyn took a liking to her and Nala did follow her. A sweet moment was when K was sitting at her table in her room, coloring a picture and Nala was standing next to her, watching. Katelyn said, "I love you Nala. You're my best friend."

Long time, no blog!! Need to catch up on all the happenings going on around here. October has a been a crazy month!! I'm going to do a lot of catching up through captions...it's a good way to get up to speed.