Four Wheelin'

I was just reminded that I should post this picture as I was reading Heidi's blog. Last Saturday, at little Joel's birthday, they were taking turns spinning around the trees on the 4-wheeler. I had never been on, but it looked like great fun, even though I was not really dressed appropriately! Terri took good care of me and brought me back in one piece, with a backside vibrating, but clean nonetheless! Can't wait to do it again-maybe drive next time!!

Family Birthdays

My father-in-law and my sister both celebrate birthdays on Monday, so since we were in Lynchburg this weekend, we got to celebrate a little early. Grayson love shopping, picking out the cards, blowing out the candles, and helping to unwrap the presents. Althought he was the only helper at Aunt Megan's birthday, he had a clittle competition at Papa's. We were glad to be able to be there to help celebrate another year for both of them. The singing cards seemed to be a hit: Megan's "Office" card and Papa's silly song card.

Happy Birthday Aunt Megan and Papa!!

I love my Uncle Joel!!

Another hilarious silly singing card!

Happy trick-or-treat Day

What fun they have in the Cedarwood neighborhood! It was a truly unique experience as we took Grayson out on Halloween night for his first door-to-door trick-or-treat night! He loved everything about it! I loved it because I had talked to him earlier in the day about the whole event and how we knock or ring and then say the magic words and then he would be given candy. Well most of that went out the window. We arrived in the neighborhood to find all of the families out on the street and buckets of candy sitting unattended on doorsteps with notes stating that they were out with the kids and to take a piece or two of candy. If anyone was home, Grayson ended up saying nothing until the candy was in his bucket and then he would chime in with "Happy trick-or-treat day!" I loved the whole experience of reliving the trick-or-treating through him. I loved waiting on the street and watching with pride, and then waving a hello to say thanks.

Grayson came home with another bucket of candy, but one of the best parts of the night was when he knocked on the door of a real fireman who rushed inside to get his keys and proceeded to come out to his car and show Grayson some of his real gear. Grayson wasn't sure what to think, but Mommy and Daddy thought it was awesome!! And of course, a fun time to share with the Ratz's-thanks for the invite!! We can't wait for next year!

HH Success

It finally felt like Fall, the wind was slight, the food was going and hot, the volunteers were friendly, the games were fun, the inflatables were big, the trunk-or-treat lines went on forever, the entertainment was good, the tent of characters was a great addition, the bucket of candy was overflowing, the costumes were unique, and one Firefighter came home and hit the pillow and was out in less than 2 minutes!!

Overall, I'd have to say that Hallelujah Harvest was a HUGE success!!

Grayson had a blast playing the games. He played each one at least 2 times!!

The Jumping Place

It's raining cats and dogs, it's Thursday, you're exhausted, what do you do? You go to Kangaroo Jac's!! We love this place. Grayson even had his birthday party here in April! There were 6 other children there this morning so it made it easier for Grayson to play without feeling smothered. We picked up a neighbor friend, Katy, and off we went. It's too bad they don't have just a traditional moonwalk jump for jumping becasue that is Grayson's favorite thing. It took him a while to get warmed back up to the bigger inflatables, but with Katy's help, he was off. And bonus for Mommy, with a friend there, I didn't have to don my socks and play too! I got to read and do some puzzles at the table and of course take pictures!!

Picking Pumpkins and Hayrides

Sorry everyone-I have been in sort of a funk lately. The last thing on my mind is blogging, although I havebeen taking the pictures! So, here's to Sue's encouragement. I have read almost everyone's blog to catch up, although you may not notice comments. Have you ever tried to catch up on everyone's blog and do comments too when you've been away for even a few days!!! Can we OVERWHELMING!!!

Well, I will start with the most recent and if I get a chance to go back I will. This weekend we ended up being in town so we took advantage of a Fall favorite-a trip to hunt Club Farms!! We love everything about being there. They even had more stuff this year in the way of inflatables that were all set up in the petting farm area. And for one price, there was unlimited hayrides and inflatalbe fun, and of course the petting farm. But of course, other than picking out his very own pumpkins, what did Grayosn love to do the most??!! Run, jump, and slide in the huge hay pile.

What a great afternoon we all had together at Hunt Club.

Let's Go...Mountaineers!!

So this is for Papa: Grayson loves his WV hat!! He wears it a lot, I'm sure to be just like his Daddy who almost every day has a ball cap on. This Monday was no different as we headed off for our ususal walk to the Library. Let's go...WVU Mountaineers!!