Hello- we are still here!

These pictures are not in order from when the events occurred.

We went to a pumpkin patch and had a ton of fun seeing the animals, riding tractors and hayrides, and jumping in the bouncy things. There were even pony rides. The boys loved their first pony ride. We waited in line 3 times to ride the ponies since it was part of the whole price for the pumpkin patch. I got stung by a bee during our first wait, but I decided that it was important to ride the ponies so I sucked it up. Christian and Caleb loved it so much that they cried when they had to get off. Madison was a good sport the whole time.The boys loved trying to feed the goats hay- they were adorable to watch!

We tried to take pictures of the kids by some pumpkins but it's so hard to get them to stay still!

The kids were exhausted after going to Madison's soccer game at 8:00 a.m. and then the pumpkin patch from 9- 12. What a busy day we had! We had so much fun!

Dad and Marsha came over to spend some time with us. Dad put the swing up in the tree that we desperately wanted hung and Madison attempted to climb the tree. There are no pictures of Dad and Marsha from their visit, but we all had a lot of fun playing outside and eating Brown's Chicken! Yummy!

During dinner, Aunt Lori and Aunt Julie encouraged Christian to play with his food. Creative?

My mom volunteers her time to give tours of a historical building, so my sisters and I went to visit her and hear her tour. She did a remarkable job! Way to go Mom!

Before Halloween, the kids liked playing in their costumes and we attended some Halloween events in them too. Here is a pic of Christian as a pumpkin- his costume last year. My, has he grown!

Madison was a cowgirl- again! Her school had a Halloween parade where they walked around the school and took part in many camera moments. She said that the parade was a lot of fun, but that the class party was the best! I was very surprised to hear that Madison's school district participated in Halloween activities- we were fine with it- just surprised. Before we had children, Archie and I discussed whether or not we would allow our children to participate in Halloween events since I did as a kid and Archie did not. That may sound funny to some of you, but we wanted to make sure that we were on the same page with one another and we also wanted to discuss why some Christians choose not to celebrate Halloween-and others do. Discussion for another time . . .

Caleb was a frog and Christian was a monkey. We had a blast trick or treating and eating candy!

On the Saturday after Halloween, Madison wanted to take a walk so she got her brothers ready and helped them into the wagon. She even helped them put their jackets on and gave them a blanket. She is so independent and so helpful!

Here is a picture of Madison and my mom on my Mom's b-day at Papa's Pizza- my Mom's favorite type of pizza. We had a lot of fun spending time with Grammy on her birthday!

Grandma and Grandpa Coleman came to watch Madison in one of her soccer games so they also got to see the boys and play with them. They chased them all over the place!

ORCHARD-

We had a wonderful time going to the same apple orchard that we went to last year- and Daddy was able to come with us this time! From picking pumpkins, to picking apples, to riding on a hayride- we all had a wonderful time being together.

Here is a picture of the kids last year- I can't believe how much all 3 of them have grown! Crazy!