Days 5 and 6

Day 5: I loved all our adventures in Texas, but I'm so very thankful to be back in Colorado...I love love LOVE it here!!!

Day 6: I am thankful for my job...I work 1 evening and 1 morning a week as a soccer coach/instructor for a toddler soccer program. It combines 3 of my passions: children, soccer, and teaching.

Caramel Apple Time

Every year around Halloween we make caramel apples. We all love to eat them and it is fun to make them. Ty didn't know to wait for the caramel...so he bit his apple a couple of times while the caramel was melting. We made a mess, but it was worth it...they were delicious!!!

Pumpkin Time

We, of course, carved pumpkins...It was a lot of fun. Tucker did a great job and scooped out those guts without a problem. Trey would only use a spoon. And Ty, he was cute. He loved looking into the pumpkins and he would take out the guts and squeeze them. Then once all the pumpkins were cleaned out and we were deciding what to carve on them, Ty started putting the seeds back into the pumpkins...he cracks me up.

Fall Leaf Fun

There are 2 huge trees in my parents front yard and my dad being the grampa he is raked up all the leaves for the boys to play in...the had an absolute blast!!! (oh and that huge pile is only about half the leaves, the trees were still pretty leafy at this point!)

Getting our moneys worth out of our costumes

Every Halloween I try to convince my big boys to let me create a costume for them, but they think it is cooler to pick one out from the store...so I for the past 3 years I have let them pick (they were Transformers one year, then last year (even though they were store bought it was really cute) they were Batman, Joker, and Robin. And this year they picked to be Ninjas. For some reason I have always saved the boys Halloween costumes, so Ty had a few to pick from. Although...that didn't really go as planned. I wanted to Dress him as Robin again, but I can not find it...so then I decided to go as the fisherman, but I couldn't find the boots..so he ended up as a Wisconsin Football Player for the Halloween Carnival at the big boys school. We also went to Boo at the Zoo, a Halloween party, this Golf place, and finally trick-or-treating. We had so much fun. When we went Trick-or-Treating, Tucker wasn't feeling the best, so didn't go to too many houses, but Trey was the first one up there ringing the door bell and saying trick-or-treat. Ty, once he realized they were giving him candy at the doors walked his short little legs up to each one of those houses holding out his bag. He never said anything, but he sure was cute. Towards the end of our night, his bag was getting pretty heavy, but he would not let that bag go..that was his candy!
We had a very fun and busy Halloween season and I'm looking forward to a little break before all of the rest of the holiday madness begins.

A Month of Thankfulness

I've seen a few other people doing this and I really like this idea...since ends with November and it is one of my favorite holidays, I want the whole month to have the warm thankful feeling. you are supposed to post each day something you are thankful for, but I know I'm not the best at posting stuff lately, so I might have multiple thanks on one day, but I will end up with the right amount.

Day 1: I am thankful for my family...they are beyond loving and supportive and I would be lost without them.

Day 2: I am thankful for my "family" I put that in quotes because these are people who I definitely consider part of my family, but they aren't actually related, but I love them just as much as my related family.

Day 3: I am thankful for my friends and even though I suck at keeping in touch, I think about you guys all the time and you really do mean so much to me.

Day 4: And I am most thankful for God who has giving me all these blessings and much much more.

Our adventure while looking at Fall leaves

Eating a picnic lunch before we go exploring the mountain side for a good picture spot

Trey didn't last to long at the table for 2 reason 1. because of the bees and 2. it was kind of chilly and I forgot their jeans
Me and my baby standing on a rockOver the streamUp the mountainOur picture spot destination

Down the mountain

Back over the stream (Tucker doesn't need help and hops over the river like a pro..which is why I don't have any pictures of him)

Ty actually took this picture of my parents and I really like it!

Fall is Here!!!

I love fall, especially a Colorado Fall. There is just something about it that is amazing, the sights and the smells (and yes fall really does have a smell!) The leaves started changing down here.
Up in the mountains the change was in full swing, so one Sunday we took a drive up there to show the boys what Fall is supposed to look like (because in Texas we didn't really have a Fall, the leaves would just slowly turn brown and then by like January the trees would be bare.)

It was beautiful and we had a great time.

Trey my 2-wheeled Rider!

That's right the training wheels have been taken off of Trey's bike! He is a pro at it already and is so proud of himself too. (This happened back in September.)