Special Occasions

In honor of Brian and I's 7th wedding anniversary, Audrey had fun playing in my wedding dress.

This handsome guy is 2 years old now!  Happy birthday to my last baby!

December

Making sugar cookies

Christmas morning

Daycare party

Concert at the nursing home

Sam's first haircut

November

Had a great Thanksgiving dinner at our house with 35 total guests and great food. 

Getting ready for Christmas.

  Didn't get to see Uncle Mike/Santa but found this guy to let him know what they want for Christmas.

Where did October go?

I signed the girls up for Boys and Girls Club soccer this fall.  Their thoughts about it changed minute to minute, but overall, I think they enjoyed it - especially the treats after every game.  Audrey hustled after the ball but wasn't aggressive about kicking it.  Evelyn did a great job chasing butterflies and avoiding the ball :)

 On to gymnastics.  Both girls are in the same class.  First day was a success!

Did our annual visit to Rader Family Farm.  Went on a rainy-ish day, so we had it to ourselves.

The kids wanted to scare Daddy - it worked!

Halloween - trial run was Trunk-or-treat at a local church.  We have Poppy and Branch trolls and a peanut M&M.

It was an exhausting month!

The change-up

We've made some changes around here...

Sam is supervising the girls painting the room.

Sam then went and created more jobs...

And now Audrey has her own room (except when Grandma's here)

Sam is moving up too.  Got his own bed.  (No more crib, sniffle, sniffle)

Happy Birthday Evelyn!

This pretty girl turned four this weekend.  She had a great birthday and is really growing up fast.

Evelyn wore her new outfit and took cupcakes to daycare.

We celebrated both Evelyn and cousin, Grace's, birthdays with pizza.

Cheered on the Illini to victory.

Tailgated after the game.  More cake!

Played at the park and loved the sand volleyball court.

Backyard completed!

The back yard project is finally done!  Yeah!

Got an umbrella for the table and two new chairs for around the fire pit.

Had a swing built using wood from the corn crib we tore down.  My new favorite place to sit.