Fall Family Pics!

We went out with some friends and took pictures of each other's family.  It was a ton of fun and we ended up with some great pics!  I did learn a few things... hot pink shirts don't photagraph well and black washes pale people out! LOL you live and you learn haha!

Do You Know What Santa is Up To?

Well I stumbled across this blog while surfing craigslist and I thought I would share it with everyone.   Santa has a blog!!!  Kaylynn is very into Santa at the moment and loves to find out what he and the elves are up too.  Oraphin is one of Santa's elves and he runs the blog and let's all the kids know what is going on, he also shares yummy recipes from Mrs. Claus.  It's a super cute blog.  

The address is  www.thenorthpoledaily.blogspot.com   So check it out!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

The girls on Halloween morning.  Kaylynn was so excited to dress up!
I love this picture!!!! Madison was the absolute cutest Caterpillar you have ever seen!  My mom is amazing, she made this outfit!
And Kaylynn was the most beautiful butterfly ever!  I made the tutu, it was super easy and really fun to make!
I was lil Miss Madison's leaf! HAHA!
And Chad was a butterfly catcher!

We went to a trunk or treat at our church.  This Kaylynn and her buddy "Bob the Builder"
This is Kaylynn playing ring around the rosies with her "best friend" lol

Doesn't my mom look cute!!!  She handed out candy and Chad and I took the kids around.

We always go to my grandma's house on Halloween.  It's fun to see everyone dressed up!

Our Annual Harrison Blvd Walk!

Last Fall we went on a walk down Harrison Blvd (the historic district) and fell in love with the houses and the trees and leaves were so beautiful that we decided to make it a family tradition.  This year we went with my mom and some friends.  We had so much fun.  We picked leaves, acorns and water chestnuts.  We let the girls play in the leaves on someone's sidewalk...if they were home I bet they got a good laugh at it!  Well  here are some pics of our relaxing and fun walk.

I just love this door and foliage!
Madison all snuggled up with her blanket in the stroller!
I love this style! It reminds me of the houses I grew up with in Germany... beautiful!
Chad and Kaylynn, she made a "hat" out of the leaves and was holding in on her head!
Having fun playing in the leaves!
Kaylynn and her friend Heather had sooooo much fun playing in the leaves together!


Look at all these pumpkins!  And every single one of them was carved!  It was really neat to look at up close!  It must have taken forever to carve all of them!

Pumpkin Patch and Maze!

We went to a local corn maze and pumpkin patch and had some family fun!  Kaylynn had a lot of fun in the corn maze!  We let her choose which way to go throughout the maze, which probably explains why we went into Phase 1 and came out of the exit of Phase 2!!! Ha ha! There was also a little area with a slide and a corn box (just like a sand box, but with corn kernals) and we picked pumpkins at the patch.  It was such a fabulous day!

We were finding corn in very strange places after our adventure...I wonder why?!?
Kaylynn picked out a great pumpkin!  Just the right size!

Aren't we cute farmers!

There was this huge blown up balloon that you could run and jump on.  Kaylynn loved it!

The Cutest Lil Smile!

I finally caught Madison's smiles on camera!!!  Every time I have tried in the past few weeks her expression would change as soon as I held up the camera from a smile to the "oh, what's that" face.  She was blowing bubbles and cooing and smiling.  It was so fun!  What a CUTIE!!!!

Kaylynn Can Do It All By Herself!

Kaylynn just keeps getting bigger!  I wish she would stop! No I am enjoying all the new stages.  This week she hit a new level in her big girlness (yes, it's a word LOL)  This week was her first gymnastics class in the "Small Fries" level.  Which means mommy has to stay out of the gym!!!  She is in a class with 6 other rambunctious preschoolers and no parents.  Which is a huge change from the mommy and me class we were doing.  In that class most days we were the only ones in the class.  Ms. Shayna (her teacher) thought it was good idea to move her up to the next level before her third birthday because Kaylynn has been doing mommy and me for a year and a half and was getting a little bored with it.  So here are some pictures of her very last ever mommy and me gymnastics class.  I will miss being in there with her but I love to watch her interact with the other kids on the other side of the glass windows!

Kaylynn absolutely LOVES Ms. Shayna as do I!

Kaylynn is doing a cartwheel...what, you can't tell?!?  He he

Kaylynn's favorite is the Bars and the Rings.  She has super bionic arms that can hold on FOREVER!