Look Who's 5!!!

Today was Havens birthday and this sweet, amazing, fun & adorable little Miss, just turned 5!  Such a big girl!!

We reminisced at breakfast of the day she was born.  Telling her how Mommy and Daddy went to the hospital and we were so glad when she arrived!  And how Brother wasn't so glad!

Then off to school this little, I mean big, girl went.  I brought cupcakes for the class to have and they all sang her happy birthday and she had the birthday poem read to her while she put candles on the cake.  So cute!

 .She came home to see that the birthday fairy had decorated and dropped off some presents.

Officially a hand full!

 We went to dinner at Red Robin with Gigi, Papa, Auntie Katie, Kaleigh and our family.

 Then home to cake and presents.  What fun!!

Pumpkin Patch

I wanted to continue our tradition of Pumpkin Patch attending.  We took the kids this year to Hillcrest.  Which, by far, is the greatest one.  However, I really dislike the crowds and wish they had week day hours.

We had fun tho.  One must is to have a corn-dog there.  So we made a bee line there just as soon as we stopped and took some pictures by the pumpkins.

 By the time we ate, the line for the train was not so ginormous.  So rode the train.  The kids opted to have us ride in the all enclosed animal cage for the train.  Please note that we were first in line and could have sat anywhere on the train.  But my kids wanted to test our claustrophobicness.

 Then the kids played in the play houses they have and took the hayride.

Fun times at the Patch!

Trunk or Treat

The kids school was doing a trunk or treat community event.  We have been getting multiple fliers regarding it for a long time.  Quite frankly I had no desire to go, but Haven heard about it in class (darn those teachers for reminding the kids) and really wanted to go.  So go she, Justus and Neil went.  I got to go to an Arbonne party ;)

Haven loves her costume because it lights up

 They found some friends and hung out.

Then basically got their candy and took off.  Good thing they were early to socialize!  And they certainly got a haul of treats!

Toby Mac

Toby Mac came to concert at the Big Fresno Fair and Neil made sure he and I were there.  I just love Toby Mac.  He has great music and puts on an amazing show!!

It was a nice date night for us as well.  We got to hang out at the fair for a little bit before finding our seats.  Then it was rock out all night long!  Fabulous!!

All about J

The past few weeks have been great ones for Big J!

In soccer the other week he scored a total of 6 goals.  Wow, that is pretty amazing if I do say so myself :)

Then that night he had his Tae Kwon Do belt ceremony.  He moved from yellow belt to orange.  He had to show us his skill by breaking a board and he chose to use his elbow.

Before the break

After the break

And, just take a look at that grill - or lack thereof!  Wow - how does this boy eat??

The Big Fresno Fair 2012

We continued our annual tradition of going to the fair this year.  We had a great opportunity to go earlier than was open to the public so I kept the kids out of school, Neil took the day off, and we headed out to the fair.

We hit up the Gem stone exhibit.  The kids got to spin the wheel (I remember doing this as a kid) to get a polished rock, went through the black lights and picked out a bag of polished rocks.

 Next we went to the Ag exhibit.  We always love seeing the big giant pumpkins.

 We also let the kid sit in one of those seats with the vibrating feet.  They both loved it although I did not get a pick.

We checked out the playhouses for sale.

 Ate corn dogs.

Took a pony ride.

 Checked out the livestock exhibit and the one with all the other animals.

Got a toy and had a treat.

Rode rides.

And had a GREAT time!!

Soccer & Character

Justus started soccer the other week.  We are stoked to be on a team with our same coach and friends as last year.  We even have the same color and team name - Blue Lightening!!

Haven was awarded the Character Counts award for respect this past week.  So proud of my girl!!  The principal came in and gave her recognition and a bumper sticker.  Woooo hooo!!!