Pumpkin Patch

We ventured to a pumpkin patch last week, and paid some exorbitant prices for pumpkins, but we had a lot of fun in the process.  The first thing we did was the kid maze.  They had a 20 acre maze, but we thought the kids might get a little tired with that one.  We enjoyed it though, and the kids had a blast.

 

 

 

Of course, we had to do the face cutouts.

 

 

 

Beckham even got in on the action.

 

 

The patch had several play areas set up too.  Kennedy and Noah loved that they got to play.

 

 

I saw pictures of my friend Rachel's daughter playing in this awesome pit where there were dried corn kernels instead of sand.  I thought that was so cool, and they had one at the patch we went to!  Kennedy and Noah played and buried each other.  Beckham, on the other hand, wasn't too sure about it.

 

 

 

We spent about 30 minutes right before the patch closed picking out the perfect pumpkins.  Kennedy was thrilled that we got to use a pumpkin wagon.

 

 

Then we snagged some people to take our first family picture since Beckham was born.  I love building memories doing fun things as a family!

 

 



3 months, 3 kids

SO much has happened since my last post in July.  Here's a quick run down.

 

 

I got a new phone that has a forward facing camera as well as the standard.  Kennedy and dad had a good time playing with it.  We also moved to Denver!  My mom drove me and the kids out early while Brett finished up his school.  He ran a 5k while we were gone, and tried to trick us into thinking he had won it by sending this picture.

 

 

Before Brett got here we had some fun in Denver.  We went to a Mexican restaurant where Kennedy was asked to dance by a little boy at the next table.

 

 

We went to the Disney Store and played with the stuffed animals.

 

 

We also checked out the children's garden.

 

 

Before Brett got to Denver, he graduated from the training program he was attending in Virginia with the highest grades in the class.

 

 

 

Once Brett got here, we took a trip to Tiny Town.  It was cute and the kids loved riding the train and seeing such little buildings.  As well as playing in them. (PS - that's not some crazy person smiling in the back of our picture.  That's my sister Christine who came to stay and help me while Brett was still gone.)

 

 

 

Of course, the biggest thing that happened was that Beckham came into our lives!

 

 

He spent the first 7 hours of his life in the NICU since he had some possible complications and took a couple minutes to breathe when he first came out.  Being 3 weeks early, his lungs weren't perfect and needed a little push to get going.

 

 

They kicked him out though, and he came to see me after a while, looking much cleaner and happier.

 

 

A week later we moved into our new house,

 

 

Brett was able to greet Air Force One and meet President Obama,

 

 

and Beckham turned a month old.

 

 

Then Kennedy started preschool,

 

 

Beckham got blessed,

 

 

and Noah decided that he's still the baby.

 

 

The kids have been loving the new house, been playing a lot, and really have just been all smiles.