Riella's 1 Year Pictures

We spent the afternoon with Aunt Kate at Nana and Papaw's house recently and had our pictures taken.  We started off getting a few of Miss Riella for her one year pictures.  Here are just a few of my favorites.

Family Pictures

We spent the afternoon with Aunt Kate over at my parents' place and in the woods and field behind their property getting our family pictures done.  We haven't had a full family session since Ryker was 2.  We were long overdue and I cannot fully express how in love with these pictures I am.  There were SOOOOO many amazing shots!  We had a ton of fun and are so thankful for these memories preserved forever.

Halloween

I'm the room mom in Ryker's class this year.  I was in charge of the Halloween party today.  I set everything up with another parent volunteer while the kids did their costume parade. 

The whole crew after the parade.

The kids all enjoyed an icee treat and water provided by the PTO

Blue teeth and tongues for all!

The kids cycled through 4 stations.  They made a craft, played two different games, and had fun in a photo booth. I manned the photo booth.

Ryker's group.

The boys.  This was the funniest part of the party in my opinion.  The kids had a great time and they had me laughing like crazy.  I shared all the pics with the other parents which was fun too.

After the party, we went home to get changed and ready for trick or treating.  The weather was awful again this year.  Super cold and snowy! We stopped by my grandparents, my aunt and uncles, and a few of their neighbors before heading the Harvest Hoedown event at our church.  For the ages of our kids, it's the perfect place to enjoy Halloween.

The kids and Robert all went as scarecrows tonight.  They were pretty cute!

Leaves

Aunt Karen gave Cam a rake and shovel set a while back and he couldn't wait to use his rake to help me get the leaves in a big pile...

perfect for jumping in.

They had a great time! This was always one of my favorite fall activities and enjoy doing it with them every year.

Westminster Village Fall Festival

Every year the nursing home my mother-in-law works for hosts a fall festival.  All the kids go in costume and the residents pass out candy.  We always have a great time and it means a lot to the residents.  Plus, my mother-in-law enjoys showing off her grandkids to her coworkers and patients.  :-)

Riella sure loves her daddy!

I whipped up some scarecrow costumes for the kids last minute this afternoon and I LOVE them!

Nathan and Ryker.  He isn't wearing any shoes because the soles on his boots came completely off both feet while we were there.  Good thing we were inside most of the time!

He was seriously so stinkin' cute!

Nonna and her only granddaughter

Cam was adorable too.

Brothers manning those strollers like bosses. ;-)

Cara and I with our little ones.  Jaxson is getting so big and he is just so sweet!

Trying to get a family picture.  Always a challenge!