Trick or Treat

Tonight we dressed Max up, met up with some friends and took the kids out to beg for candy.

The night started off with meeting up with friends. As everyone was starting to arrive the kids greeted each other and admired all the fun costumes. It is so fun to watch these little guys interact.

Once everyone had arrived we decided to get a group picture while the sun was still out.

Here is group picture take #1
Aaron had to catch the run away mouse


Group picture take #2
The mouse is one the run again


Group Picture take #3
O no where did the mouse go???


Group picture take #??? who knows we lost count
The mouse is back, the dragon fly is missing and Max has declared he is a hobo!!!


Group picture #187 (give or take a couple)
All this posing is making them tired


Since the group photo didn't turn out as planned we decided to bring the parents in on the photo to see if that helps keep the kids focused.

We got the group photo now its time to get some candy

House #1 these boys were not shy

Max is ready to get some more candy so he makes a dash for house #2
Max is one picky Hobo. The guy gave Max a candy and he decided he wanted to exchange it for something different. So yes that is my son digging through the bucket to get a grasp of his options before deciding.

max got some more candy and now he is ready for the next house
Max is so excited he literally runs from house to house. Timmy had to wrestle him to the ground to get him to slow down and wait for the rest of the crew

This was a super fun night and I think all the kiddos had a blast. I am so thankful that Max has such a great group of friends to share these moments with.

Pumpkin Carving Time

This is the first year Max is big enough to help Tim carve a pumpkin. Tim was so excited to be able to share this experience with his son. Max thought it was fun to be able to draw on the pumpkin.

Max thought once the face was drawn on the project was done.

He was not to willing to help clean the pumpkin out. Max thought the pumpkin guts were a little gross. Every time Tim tried to get Max to help he would run off and yell grosssssss.

Once all the pumpkin guts were out he was more than happy to start helping Daddy out again. Max thought it was super fun to poke the eyes out of the pumpkin.

Here are the finished products. Timmy made a monster or a germ and Max made a smiley face.

Life Group Halloween Party

The life group Halloween party is so much fun every year. This year was just as much fun. We did however show up an hour and a half late. Tim was in charge of checking the email for time and directions, but its all good he got the directions right at least :)

Since I am so big this year we decided to dress up as a tourists. This way I could wear my fat girl pants and hide my belly behind one of his old cameras.






Max dressed up as a HOBO!!!

Here we are with some of the others that dressed up too!!!



Tonight was fun. I always love getting together with our friends and their kiddos.

Hays 5k 2010

Today is the Hays 5k!!! This is our one and only fun raiser of the year and there is so much work that goes into making it a success. The PTA and the teachers that run this are amazing and all their hard work really paid off. We had a dunking booth and so many businesses from the community there to show their support.

The morning started off a little cold, but as the sun came up it warmed up and we had a ton of runners. Timmy came and did a photo booth and the kids seemed to really love it. Since I am off and on bed rest I was not able to take part in the 5k or 1 mile, but I still had fun.

Kayla and I having fun watching the dunking booth!!!

PB & J party

PB&J PARTY!!!! (Pasta, Beer and Jackerlatern Party!!!!)

Tim and I love Halloween and we wanted to do something fun to celebrate this holiday with some of our close friends. So we got a baby sitter and the evites went out.

Once everyone showed up we dug into the pasta and then we were off to the pumpkin carving!!!

After Dinner everyone grabbed their pumpkins and headed out for some craving!!!

The Le's are so cute

Now time to get to business. The patterns come and the competition begins :) Here is the monster or the germ that the Timmy picked!!!

Cassi picked this super cute patter for her and Josh, however this cute patter will keep Josh busy for a while :)

Kristen and Jared posing for a pre pumpkin carving photo!!!

Everyone having a blast as they pull the pumpkin guts out!!!

Jill is giving Cam a little pep talk!!!

Jared is going to town creating his pumpkin picture

Jill decides it time for her to put her touch on their creation

Timmy let me crave the pumpkin, but he was nervous. After a couple of cuts he was ready for me to hand the craving knife back over to him.

Jared said he was getting his drink a drink for someone else, but no one was claiming the extra drink. It looks like Jared saved himself a trip :)

Mr. Chaney working on the super hard pattern his amazing wife picked for them to do!!!


Justin is carving away while Tamara is checking out the other pumpkins. These Bates are so competitive!!!
Despite their competitiveness they still find time to strike a pose for the camera!!!

The boys are working hard at carving their designs

These guys are just standing around admiring their creations

Couple pictures!!!

The Cochrans wanted to sport their school pride - - Whoop!!!

The Le created a scary guy with bad teeth - - Super Cute!!!

The Bates decided to go with the sport theme - - Go Rangers!!!

The Watsons picked a monster who ended up looking more like a germ

All of the girls strike a pose with their pumpkins!!!

The boys then wanna strike a pose of their own!!!

Here are all the pumpkins out in the yard for us to all admire!!!

This night was such a great night. I am so glad everyone could come over and celebrate this wonderful holiday. I can not wait until the 2nd annual PB&J party next year!!!