It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

We are Thankful!

 This year, we hosted Thanksgiving at our house.  It worked out perfectly with the boys' schedules and the food and company were all great.  Conner and Jason smoked their turkey they got last spring for Thanksgiving.  They were both very proud of themselves to say the least! 

Drew on his 1st Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for this year! One of the things that we are most thankful for is MawMaw Jacque.  On August 14th, with less than 12 hours notice, she rearranged her entire life (her jobs, her retreats, her plans, everything)  to come and watch the boys during the work day so that Jason and I did not have to worry about our boys or our jobs.  Wow, right? She travels from Indy to Coatesville at least three days a week.  We are so thankful!  Not only has it been a blessing but it has also been great for the boys.  They L-O-V-E her.  The only drawback...well I often hear things like this, "Mommy, can I have a pixi-stick for lunch?"  "Absolutely not, Conner!"  "MawMaw lets me have them for lunch" (with a little smirk as he walks away!)  HA!  Or my favorite; "Mommy, quit being a boob"  Hmm.....  We love you MawMaw and we are so, so, so thankful for all you (and PawPaw) do for our family!

 Drew is LOVING "big people" food.  For Thanksgiving he had mashed potatoes, corn casserole and chicken noodles.  Let's just say that the next day he wanted nothing to do with his jarred green beans and bananas!

Conner's favorite game/toy/thing to do is riding his four-wheeler.  He wants to learn how to "pop a wheelie" "all by myself"  Here is Jason's attempt at teaching him...the picture is blurry because my eyes were closed.

 Here are pictures of the boys at the exact same age.  Do you think they look alike?  I think the only difference is that Conner had no hair and Drew has tons of crazy hair!!!

We hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are thankful that you are in our lives!

Drew's 6 month Pictures!

Drew's First Halloween!

Our little Pumpkin!  7 months old on Halloween day!

Pumpkin carving lasted about three hours this year!  Conner and Drew were lucky enough to visit the pumpkin patch three times and therefore we had 7 pumpkins to carve! (we decided not to carve the other three we had!).   Conner picked all of the designs: Drew's pumpkin was a smile face with two teeth (so it looked just like Drew), Conner pumpkin had a turkey on it, Daddy's pumpkin had a "monster buck" on it and Mommy's pumpkin had a shamrock.  Then we had three family pumpkins, one was a smile face with lots of teeth, the other had three ghosts on it and the last one had a silly face on it! 

Drew dressed  up as a little hotdog for Halloween!  I can hear it fifteen years from now, "Mom, why did you dress me up like a hotdog?"

Conner (Mr. I Don't Want to Take Pictures Any More) finally decided that he wanted to be a cowboy (thanks MawMaw)!  We started off in August that he wanted to dress up as a skeleton. So, Beckett gave Conner his skeleton costume from last year.  Then Conner decided he wanted to be Batman, Scooby-Doo and then Spiderman.  Mom talked him into to being a cowboy!  Let's just say, he fit the part perfectly!

Conner was REALLY into trick-or-treating this year.  He couldn't wait!  He asked us at the beginning of October "How many more naps until Halloween".  He also learned the entire Trick-or-Treat song and knew exactly what to say when he knocked on our neighbors' doors.  However, what he didn't learn is that you only get a few pieces of candy when someone holds out their candy dish.  I think he took 5 handfuls from one house!

The boys are growing up way too fast!  As we watched election results come in this week, we learned that Drew had a new expression (see below).  Conner also wanted me to take a picture of him and his "silly" face! I hope you all had a great Halloween!

Fall!

 We have really enjoyed fall this year!  The weather has been so perfect that it has allowed us to do all of the seasonal traditions with both boys!

 Conner went deer hunting for the first time.  He LOVED it!  He told me that he and Jason saw two Moose, two Elks and one deer that was sitting in a tree stand!

 The boys love playing in the leaves...Conner loves jumping into the piles and Drew just loves eating them!

 The boys also went on a monster truck ride!  I know, I just watched and held my breath! 

 Yes, my babies are in that thing!

The boys have also enjoyed the pumpkin patches.  They have been three times to three differnt places.  Know what that means?  Yep, we have 11 pumpkins to carve!!!

Conner started soccer.  Lets just say that it is fun to watch.  Toby is his coach and does a great job with all of them. 

This is Conner during a game...the star player as you can see!!!