Some "Turkey" Fun...

I really can't believe Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away!!!! It's time to start preparing my menu for Thanksgiving dinner! Oh, how I just LOVE this time of year!

Yesterday, Corban had the day off of school in honor of Veterans Day! We decided to have some "Turkey" fun in preparation for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday! I LOVE doing little arts and craft projects with my kids---especially holiday projects!

The first thing we made (and probably the boys favorite craft) were these adorable
Oreo turkey's!

They not only looked cute but were YUMMY too!

We also made turkey hand prints. This was definitely my favorite project.

It was quite the mess painting Sophie and Hudson's hands, but their little turkeys ended up looking so precious!!!

I wanted to take a picture of the kids holding their hand print--just so I will ALWAYS remember exactly how little they were when they did these prints!

My sister Al and my sweet Sophie girl!
I'm going to cut each hand print out and laminate them altogether in order to
save them for years to come.

We also made "paper cup turkey's", and a "thankful turkey"--where the boys listed some things they were thankful for on each feather.

Now, we are definitely in the holiday spirit and ready to celebrate Thanksgiving!!!

Wednesdays Weekend Wrap-up!

Why do week days seem to drag sometimes,

but the weekends ALWAYS FLY by?

Sunday afternoon, we had my family over to celebrate all the October and November birthdays. We have a total of six birthdays to celebrate during these two months.
We always have one big birthday bash somewhere in the middle of when all the birthdays fall.

Sunday we celebrated Shane, my Dad,
my sister Al, my brother Steve, and my brother Tim's birthday.
WHEW--that's a lot of celebrating!

Baby Jake has an October birthday as well, but we
celebrated his first birthday at a special party a few weeks ago.

We enjoyed a yummy baked potato and chili supper and my sweet Grandma made several desserts. We had our choice between birthday cake, pumpkin pie, or apple pie! Some had a plate with them all;)! I think we could have skipped dinner altogether and went straight for the desserts ;)!

Sophie sure did enjoy sharing dessert with Grandma!

Dessert is DEFINITELY Riley's favorite part of the meal too!
Riley with Mimi!

After dinner, everyone had a great time chatting, or just hanging out watching football--of course!


Riley with my Grandparents!

Looks like these two could be dreaming up some kind of trouble to get into together!?!?!
What do you think?

Hangin' with just the boys!
We are SO....BLESSED to have ALL our family close by and to celebrate together another wonderful year of birthdays!

Friday Night-- "Family Night"!

Friday night, we headed to Corban's school for their first annual "Family Night"! There were lots of fun, carnival-like, games set up in the gym for the kids to play. Families were encouraged to dress up in their favorite team attire. Our family, of course, sported our Panther pride!!!

They had sack races,

hula hoop contests,


and Sophie's favorite...corn hole!

As you can see... a great time was had by all!!!!!!!!

A little date with my little man...

Today, my wonderful mom and sister came over to keep the babies so
I could spend a little time with JUST Riley!
I truly cherish those one on one moments that I get with my kids. Unfortunately, with the busyness of life, those moments are few and far between. When I do get an opportunity to have some alone time with my kids, I savor every moment! When I asked Ri what he wanted to do this afternoon, the first thing he said was, "Go to the library!". His answer came as no surprise to me. Riley LOVES to go to the library. He LOVES books. Normally, each week when we go though, we are in a hurry to get in and out before one or both babies decided to melt down. Unfortunately, the babies aren't always quiet and patient waiting, while Riley browses up and down each isle picking out his books.

Today, Riley took his sweet time as he picked out his favorite books.

After the library, we headed to Wendy's (his pick) for a yummy lunch. We ate our lunch and then headed over to Learning Express ( Riley's favorite toy store) to pick out a birthday present for his buddy Rhett.

Our little date came to an end as we had to head back home to get Corban off the bus.
It was such a sweet and simple afternoon, but one I will cherish!

Wordless Wednesday!

I won!!!

Okay, so seriously--I NEVER win anything!!!!!!!!! BUT my blogging friend, Caroline, over at
Oh Pickles hosted a giveaway a few weeks ago and GUESS WHAT----I WON!!!!!

She makes these REALLY AWESOME waterproof personalized labels. I won a set for each one of my kids. If you have kids, you know how practical labeling can be. I label EVERYTHING! These particular labels are great and did I mention super CUTE too!!!
I have sent them through the dishwasher on sippy cups several times
and they come out looking GREAT!
I heart these labels!

Head on over to Caroline's etsy shop and check them out!!!

Halloween Fun!

I hope you all had a wonderful and fun-filled Halloween. I know we sure did!

Saturday afternoon, the festivities began with a Halloween party over at our neighbors house. The kids had so much fun hanging out with all their friends!
It was great to see every one's costume!

My sister Al-- as Little Red Riding hood, Hudson--the Bee,
Riley-- the White Power Ranger, Sophie-- the Bee,
and Corban-- the Carolina Panther!

They decorated pumpkins

and played some fun Halloween games!

Corban with his two buddies!

Riley and his buddy, Jake!
Ladies---check out the muscles on those two- lol!!!!

Shane and I holding our two "Busy Bees"!!!

... little miss Queen Bee!!!

After the party, it was time to get ready to go trick-or-treating!
The weather man was calling for rain that evening. We tried our best to beat the rain.
It started to sprinkled just as we headed out to trick-or-treat. It didn't bother the kids at all. We just grabbed an umbrella and still had a BLAST!!!

My sister B and her itsy, bitsy spider(aka baby Jake)
joined us for some trick-or-treating fun!

It was a GREAT night and the kids got SO........much candy!
Hope you all had some great Halloween fun too!