On The Run

It's November and we've been busy bees! B-man and Lady A have been playing basketball for the Y each weekend and Ava also has practice during the week. This is the first time for either of them to play a basketball game and it's pretty cool and watch them learn and grow in the sport. The three and four year old team is pretty hilarious and Ava's team is usually pretty fun to watch. Love seeing those girls be aggressive on the court!
B has been practicing for his Thanksgiving feast program that's coming up and working on giving me a run for my money. Whew! What an attitude he can have!
Ava also has a program coming up for her grade level them at school. They're building a community (she has made a house and is currently making a doctor's office) that will be on display and she has a couple of speaking parts in the program. Can't wait to see all of their hard work in December!
Ava and I ran/walked the Girls on the Run 5K last weekend. It was lots of fun for me, but Ava thought it was a little too long. :) It was also pretty much freezing outside. But we made it to the finish line (that I dragged her across) and we did it together! Erick and B went to several points along the way to wait for us and cheer us on, which was super awesome. The crowd at the finish line made all the girls feel so special for finishing! One guy reached his hand out to Ava a little before she crossed and said, "Give me a high five before you win this race!" Made her smile so big. :)

Ava chose #7 since she's seven years old. :)

Waiting for the rebound. 

We can do this! We are strong!

A little selfie before the run.

B was so proud of his sister for finishing! 

We're done! And frozen!

Erick and Ava working on the beginning of the doctor's office she has to build for school.

The rest of the pics are from Erick's brother's wedding (RJ & Michelle) in Colorado right before school started. It was so pretty!

Family Time!

Celebrated my nephew's birthday this weekend. Super fun family time!

The cute old folks are gossiping. 

Garden fun!

The Little picking some beans.

I got a smile from both of them! The birthday boy, Nolan, is on the left and Shea's man, Hayden, is on the right.

Making burgers is super fun! 

Carrie and Erick...twinning. 

Randy is thrilled that everyone is at his house! He might invite us over every weekend!

The boss lady telling her man what needs to be done.

My mama, my nephew and me!

So much love!

Emmi loves to kiss puppies!

Pumpkin Patch 2014

We enjoyed a family trip to the pumpkin patch this weekend and now you get to enjoy the pictures!

Getting a little too big for this train!

Ava loves the zip line!

Jumping Jelly Beans!

Strong girl!

This was before B kicked A in the face and there was screaming and crying from both children. 

Happy to be getting icees!

Yum!

Love this picture.

It was about 90 degrees. The end of October. What a hot, sweaty trip to pick pumpkins!

mEnTaL hEaLtH dAy

Oh, what a fabulous day! After a week of my brain being on overload (and thinking on Thursday that I really just might losing my %&#ing mind), it was a lovely mental health day.
I had the day off today so that I could volunteer in Ava's classroom this morning. Volunteering was only about an hour but it was so nice to be able to take the kids to school and not rush around the house like maniacs! We parked at B's school, walked Ava to school and the walked back to take B to his class. Then back to Ava's school, where I'm known as "Ava's mom!" The first graders were making musical instruments and I helped with the guitars. Super fun! I was then able to run a couple productive errands and go back to B's school (where I'm known as "Brecken's mom!") to have lunch with him. What fun to be able to sit and chat with a table full of four year old kiddos while eating lunch! After lunch, I did a couple more productive things and then...took a nap! It was short but sweet.
Tonight we made it to the Trunk or Treat at B's school and are now back home. Kids are having a movie night in the basement and we're watching the Royals game while Erick grills shrimp and steak. Yum.
Happy Friday!

My beautiful Train Engineer.

Target purchases!

Trunk or Treat!

Bouncy House fun!

My boys.

My sexy man.

Ava at school!