Pinwheels

This week we have been talking about weather. Today we talked about wind and made some pinwheels. Then the kids went outside to play with them.

Declan's 3rd Birthday

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Pumpkin Festival

The first Saturday in October we drove down to Hartsburg for their annual pumpkin festival. It was so much fun. We really didn't know what to expect this year, but next year we will know to get there early.
We got to eat some great food. Tornado potatoes and roasted corn on the cob.
Then we got to pick out some pumpkins in the pumpkin patch.

Troy, Missouri

Sometimes when Mike has accounts that he has to be gone overnight for, we all get to pack up and stay in the hotel with him. One Thursday morning after we stayed the night with him in Troy we found a state park to play at.


Brandon found and collected these nuts. The light brown ones still have their shells on. The dark brown ones are the seeds inside. I'm not sure what kind they are but we got a bunch of them.





Hyrum found this little caterpillar. He carried it around for the rest of the day.








Declan just looked so cute!!






Overall we had a great time! We loved spending sometime with Mike and getting to enjoy the great outdoors!!

Our House

In case you are wondering what our house looks like here it is.

The front, we live on the right side.


And this is part of the backyard.

Derrick's First Birthday

For Derrick's 1st Birthday we bought cupcakes gave him his own special one with a candle on top.


He got a little upset about not being able to touch the fire. But after we put the cupcake on his tray he was better. It didn't take him long to discover it was good.

Weekend at the Lake House

This weekend Brad invited us to his parents Lake House in Gravois Mills. It was beautiful.

Friday night we played on the swim dock. We feed the catfish and watched the sunset.

Then we started a fire and ate snacks.

Then Saturday morning we woke up and Brad bought them each a life jacket. They were in heaven.

We spent the whole day swimming in the lake and riding on Curtis's boat, and wave runner. (Curtis is the Mobile guy that lives in Kansas City.)

Declan got to ride on the wave runner

with Daddy! He loved going fast!

Inside the Lake House Derrick learned to walk using a little red chair and the tile floor.

The Lake House was such a fun trip- Everyone had a good time. And best of all,

they slept the entire way home and a couple of them couldn't wake up when we got home!!!!!!