Denver Downs Field Trip

We had such a fun time last week at our MMO field trip to Denver Downs farm.  It has been a couple of years since we have gone to Denver Downs, and this year was so much fun now that the boys are a bit older and could participate in all of the activities there.  The boys especially enjoyed carving and decorating the pumpkins we got from the farm.

On the hayride

Will had a hard time selecting just one pumpkin

Playing in the hay barn

Jackson loved the rope swing

Will taking his turn

Jumping on the air cushion

Getting some air

Sliding down the tube slide

I love this picture of Will, the sky is so pretty behind him

Jackson dancing on top of the hay bales

Adjusting the goat feeders

Getting lost in the corn maze

Carowinds Adventure

This past weekend we went to Charlotte and visited Carowinds.  It was the first time that the boys and Brian had been.  It was the first time in probably over 20 years that I had been. Hannah Smith, if you read this, you were right about it having a lots of fun rides for the little ones.  My boys had an absolute blast.  We got there right when the park opened and stayed until right after four.  The boys were completely exhausted by the end of the day.

Since it was close to Halloween, the park had set up a scavenger hunt where the kids got prizes at each of the stores, here is Jackson sporting his first prize, a pirate hat

Will and Daddy

Our first ride

This was a favorite ride, the boys did it several times

The boys very first time on a roller coaster, They were a little scared!

Riding the hot air balloons, Daddy was a little nauseous after this ride

Jackson loved it

Will became terrified on the ride, he cried a few minutes after we got off

Riding the train

Silly faces

Another prize was vampire teeth

Riding the favorite ride again

Our last ride before leaving, we had tons of fun!

School Starts

A few weeks ago the boys started back to preschool at our church.  This is the first year that Will is going more than 1 day a week.  So far, both of the boys love their teachers, and are having a great year.  Jackson loves that his teacher, Mrs. Morgan, has a school store that he can earn and buy prizes from each week.  Will loves music and earning prizes.

The day before school starts

Ready to go

Sometimes they are sweet to one another

Will still isn't so sure about when I drop him off some mornings, his look says it all

Mrs. Morgan and Jackson

End of Summer

It is crazy that the summer has come and gone so quickly.  Tomorrow will be the first official day of Autumn 2014 Whoo hoo (Although I love summer, I personally can't wait for some cooler temperatures to come this way)!  The last few weeks, we've tried to soak up the last rays of the hot summer sun by going swimming and playing out the in yard with the hose pipe and/or sprinkler.  A few weeks ago Brian got out an old peice of plastic to make a slip and slide.  It took the boys awhile to get the hang of sliding themselves down without having one of us push them, but once they did it they loved it!

We celebrated Brian's 39th birthday a few weeks ago.  We usually don't do very big gifts for one another, because it so hard to actually pick something that he/I really want.  I let the boys pick out some of his favorite candies to give him.  He picked out a new mountain biking water bag for himself.

I couldn't get a good pose for this shot, oh well, Jackson picked out Brian a yummy chocolate mini cake from Publix.  I cooked Mexican food, and we had a little family fiesta.

Opening the candy

Posing with the gift

Funny Conversations

My kids say so many funny and cute things (at least I think so!)  I wish I would remember to write the funnies down before I forget them.  This was our conversation the other night as I was driving us home from my parents' house:

Out of the blue-
Jackson:  When I grow up I'm going to be a racer
Me:  What type of racer?
Jackson: The kind that races cars, or I might be a pizza man
Me:  The one who drives a pizza delivery car or makes the pizza?
Jackson:  Probably the man who makes them
Will:  I want to be the man who makes muffins, (in a very deep voice) I love to eat muffins!

This morning's conversation between the boys-
Will:  (Crying)  Jackson says I smell like a stinky toot
Jackson:  No I didn't I just said you have really stinky breath
Will:  (Stops crying)  Ok
-Apparently smelling like a toot isn't okay, but having stinky breath is permittable

Summer Time

Here's what we've been up to during the month of June-

Wrestle Time- We enjoyed lots of wrestling this summer

We went on a hike to see a waterfall, the boys appeased me by hugging with these silly grins

Jackson shows Will some sort of leaf

We used our self timer to capture a family photo

Last weekend we visited my friend in Bluffton (which is a few minutes away from Hilton Head.)  This is view from her back porch, so gorgeous!

Daddy gets a hug from Will

All of the boys 

Our silly faces

Sarah and I, the guys watched the kids so we could have a girls night out

We've been doing swim lessons at the YMCA, the boys love the slide