Holiday Prep

With the holiday hustle & bustle just around the corner, we've been busy preparing for all the fun. With Thanksgiving, 2 kids' birthdays, Christmas, New Years & our anniversary all within the next 6 weeks, we needed a plan...stat! 

So we've been busy decorating, cooking, and shopping. We've made not one list, but about 10, that we're checking constantly. We are hoping that all this pre-planning will help us have a fun & relaxing holiday season that will keep us focused on the true meaning of the season! 

Here's a little shot of our shopping and baking prep. We have wonderful little helper elves! 

Family Fun Day

We just saw these photos of Family Fun Day this week. We love how our church has a photographer at every event to document the fun!

Soccer Star

Our soccer season came to an end on Thursday with the team party. The kids got their photos, their trophies, and got to play at the park & eat pizza. Team sports were definitely a learning experience for us all, but Hamp is already talking about playing again next year, and Bo is willing to coach him! 

Happy 11-month Birthday, Hayden Kate!

Yesterday was Hayden Kate's 11-month birthday. We literally have our hands full with this sweet girl who never wants to be out of her Mommy's sight! She loves her brothers, has one tiny bit of a tooth, and is doing her best to walk. She crawls at the speed of light, and she tends to head straight to any plugged in nightlight she can find. Her 2 words are "hi" and "hey", and they are the cutest, most southern sounding words ever! We love, love, love this sweet girl to pieces, and we're so glad she's ours!

Park Fun

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone has a spook-tacular day celebrating with family & friends. And, of course, the happiest of birthdays to the world's newest 5 year old! We love you, Hampton!

Hampton's Birthday Eve

Well, it's here. A bittersweet day that Tanner has been dreading for a while ....Hampton's last day of being 4. Tomorrow Hampton will be a 5-year-old, and Five is such a big deal! He'll graduate preschool and start kindergarten this year. He's no longer a baby, but a little boy. 

He's growing into a such a good boy, too. He's smart (sometimes too smart), funny & loving. He's got strong personality traits from both of us, that are both awesome & frustrating. He loves his friends, animals, and doing his own thing.  That's may be his best trait...beating to his own drum. 

When he was a baby, we used to joke that we were going to put him in a bubble to protect him from everything. Now, we're excited to watch him learn & grow. (But his Mommy would still like to have a bubble on standby!)

So, we're wishing the happiest of birthdays to boy who started us on this parenting journey. We love you, Hampton! 

I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be