Fieldtrip to Gallrein Farm

I got to experience yet another great thing about job sharing last week! I got to go on a field trip with Evan! I was SO excited and Evan was too! We went to Gallrein farm with Evan's preschool class. We went on a hayride to pick pumpkins, played on the hay playground, pet the animals in the petting zoo, and ate a picnic lunch. It was so much fun for me to spend time with Evan and to meet some of his preschool friends. I can't wait to get to go to more events soon!

Evan, Isaac, and Camden posed for a picture on the way to the pumpkin patch!

I was SO excited to go with Evan on his field trip to the farm!

Evan was SO excited to get to pick a white pumpkin from the pumpkin patch!

Evan and his friends had lots of fun playing on the hay playground!

Evan was quite pleased with himself after climbing the "hay castle."

Evan wanted his picture taken with Mrs. Arbough and some of his preschool friends. How cute!

Evan found a GIANT pumpkin! (I am glad he did not want to take one home!)

The petting zoo was lots of fun! (Evan liked the goats and the sheep.)

Evan and Elizabeth posed for a picture! (Evan was excited to "drive the tractor!")

Huber's Farm - Fall 2012

Each year we go to Huber's Farm to pick pumpkins. We always have lots of fun, but this was the best year yet! Evan was TONS of fun this year and although Preston couldn't do much, he was very content to ride in the carrier and have his picture taken a few times. (Preston never fussed and we were there about three hours!)

We started off by riding the wagon out to the pumpkin patch. Daddy picked his pumpkin pretty fast, but Evan ran all around the pumpkin patch until he found a pumpkin that was "just right." It was so cute to watch him look at all of the different pumpkins before deciding on one!

After pumpkin picking, we headed over to the barnyard area. Evan was in heaven! (He had a smile on his face the WHOLE time we were there!)He got to ride the cow train, go down the giant slide, shoot an arrow at a target, ride a wagon out to feed the animals, ride a pony, build a tower with blocks, and much more! It was so fun to see him having such a good time. (I bet he is going to have a great time this week when we go to Gallrein Farm on a field trip with his preschool class!)

Evan and Daddy had fun on our ride out to the pumpkin patch.

Preston was comfy in his carrier and was happy to be outside on a beautiful day.

"I going to find the best pumpkin EVER!"

"I found it!"

Preston was cute in the pumpkin patch!

My Sweet Boys

We all had fun at Huber's Farm!

Evan LOVED the cow train. (He rode it twice!)

The pony ride was a lot of fun!

Evan loved feeding all of the animals.

Preston can sleep ANYWHERE!

It took him awhile to figure it out, but Evan had fun shooting the arrows at the target. (He even hit the target once!)

This picture just cracked me up! The goat stuck his tongue out at me! =)

Alpha Gam Family Weekend 2012

This year our Alpha Gam Family Weekend was in Santa Claus, Indiana. We picked this location so that we could all go to Holiday World! We thought the kids would have a great time and it made it so that we did not have to meet at someone's house this year. (Our group is just getting too big to have our events that include children at someone's home.)

Most everyone got to Santa's Lodge on Friday night and we spent most of the evening at the indoor pool. The kids had fun swimming and the adults had fun catching up. After swimming, lots of people headed back to our suite. Levi got to stay the night with Evan and lots of the adults came over to continue catching up.

On Saturday morning, we ate breakfast and fed the fish in the pond next to Santa's Lodge. Afterwards, we all headed over to Holiday World. We had a pretty good morning, but Evan was really tired from staying up late with Levi, so we ended up back at the hotel at lunch time so everyone could nap. Once naps were over, we went back to Holiday World and had a GREAT afternoon. Evan rode lots of rides with Daddy. His favorites were the log ride and the scrambler. Preston was too small to ride any rides, but he was content to ride in his stroller, eat, and sleep.

That evening we all ate dinner together in the hotel meeting room. It was fun, but it was loud and crazy with so many children running around! Later, the adults met up in Anne and Craig's suite. We all had fun talking while the kids played in the hall. Levi got to spend the night with Evan again that night, which they both loved.

In the morning, everyone ate breakfast and fed the fish again. Evan was really sad to leave, so we stayed awhile and played on the playground with Xander, Juliet, Elizabeth, Levi, Luke, and David.

It was a very busy weekend, but we all had fun. It was so good to see all of our friends. I am excited for our next gathering and I am excited to find out where we will go next year!

Evan LOVED this rocket ride! He rode it at least five times before we could convince him to ride something else!

Although it isn't Christmas yet, Evan got to see Santa!

As with the rocket ride, we could not convince Evan to stop riding this canoe ride! He also rode it about five times before we headed back to nap.

Preston had fun at Holiday World too! He either slept, ate, or enjoyed riding in his stroller. (He is such an easy-going baby!)

Evan had lots of fun playing this giant fishing game. He was so proud that he caught some fish and won some prizes. (Evan called his prizes his "surprises." It was adorable!) Also, Daddy won Evan another prize playing a game where you toss a ball into a basket!

Evan was SO happy with his "surprises!"

Evan enjoyed a afternoon treat! (Mommy got to have some too, since there was too much ice cream for Evan to eat all by himself!)

Evan and Levi rode these last few rides together. The bumper boats, the sea horse merry-go-round, and Santa's sleigh ride were lots of fun ride together!

(I accidentally left my camera at home, so I had to take pictures with my phone. I think they actually turned out o.k!)

Evan's First Soocer Game

Evan had his first soccer game today. He did some things really well. (He cheered for his teammates and even made a goal!) He did get upset and pout when things did not go well and even tried to push a few kids on the opposing team. (Maybe we should have signed him up for football?!?) Thankfully, today was just a practice game. We have one more practice before the next game, so we have lots of time to work on sportsmanship and making good choices. All in all, it was a pretty good first game. (The other kids did some of the same things Evan did, so I am not TOO worried!)

Evan was SO happy at his first soccer game!

Evan and Caleb are best buddies AND teammates! Go Team United!

I love these action shots of Evan! He was SO into the game!

First Solid Food

I have been waiting for Preston to feel better before I tried giving him rice cereal for the first time. He just can't seem to get over his cold and since he is still really happy, I finally decided to let him try the cereal. I wouldn't say that Preston has the hang of eating sold foods from a spoon yet, but he did manage to eat a few bites and seemed pretty happy. I am excited to continue working with him on his new eating skills and to let him try some new foods too! (Evan was such a good helper when I wanted to feed Preston. He was very encouraging AND he helped me take pictures! He is so sweet!)

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was interesting this year. We started off the weekend by going to the pool on Friday night, which was lots of fun. On Saturday Brooke came by to visit the boys while she was in town for the weekend. Preston slept through Brooke's visit, but Evan was THRILLED to see her and spent over two hours playing with Brooke. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening inside due to the rain, but had lots of fun playing in the bouncer and watching movies.

The U of L vs. UK game was on Sunday. We try to go the game each year, but we could not make it this year because Carl's foot was still healing. We made plans to watch the game at home and we had a really great time. Evan watched a lot of the game with us. He cheered for U of L and was SO happy that they won! Preston slept for most of the game, but did wake up in time to see our U of L Cardinals win! GO CARDS!

On Sunday we went to Harmony Landing Country Club with The Williams Family. Evan had lots of fun playing with Carl and Clara. There was a high dive at the pool and Evan decided early on that it looked like fun. He was not afraid of the high dive AT ALL. We actually had to convince him to do easy jumps! After the pool we went to eat at a Mexican restaurant in La Grange and then headed home for fireworks. (They cancelled the fireworks on July 4th due to the dry conditions, but rescheduled them for Labor Day.) Preston was tired and I stayed home with him, but Carl, Evan, and The Williams Family enjoyed the fireworks.

Evan had fun on our last night at our pool. (The stormy weather kept us from going back again on Saturday or Sunday.)

My Little U of L Fans

Preston had fun at the pool at Harmony Landing.

Evan had lots of fun going off of the high dive! Way to go Evan!

First Day of Preschool 2012

WOW! Evan is now in 4 year old preschool! He has had a great time at Middletown United Methodist Preschool for the past two years and now he is in his last year of preschool. (I can't believe he will be in kindergarten next year!) Evan has Mrs. Arbough for his teacher again this year. Mrs. Jackson is the assistant teacher and Evan loves them both SO much! He is having a great time and he is so happy. I am so grateful that he is having such a good school experience and I hope that he continues to have a great year!

Evan's 1st Day Pictures

Evan insisted on standing by his sunflower that he grew from seed at the end of his 3 year old preschool year. (He was SO proud of his sunflower!)

"I am SO happy to be going to school!"

"It's my first day of 4 year old preschool!"