Christmas card

We took some family pictures this summer when we were in Iowa and thought I'd use them for a Christmas card. Well, I just ordered them today (a little later than usual as a Merry Christmas/Happy New Year card) but thought I'd post a picture here so some of you will see it before Christmas. If you're in the midwest your card will be in the mail soon. Better late than never, right? =)

Rainy Daze (Days)

Well, I seem to be averaging one post a month so I'll try to bump my average up this month. I don't know if that means our lives are too busy or too boring =). Anyway, it's a rainy day today and it looks like more cold and rain through the week. This means lots of inside time for a little boy who has a lot of energy to burn.
The temps have definitely cooled down from last week. It's cooled down enough that there was a possibility of the rain turning into snow in our area. While the girls waited for the bus this morning we saw some snowflakes/slush come down for a few minutes but that's about it.

This is Jackson's favorite "new" toy. Ava let Jackson take this race track home from Iowa as he wouldn't tear himself away from it. They brought it out the last day we were in Iowa. He liked it so much that when we were opening Christmas gifts and it was his turn, he cried because we made him stop playing to open a present.

Jackson's always happy when he has cars to play with!!

All Dressed Up...

Saturday evening we went trick or treating of course. The girls were super excited and Jackson could not have cared less. He didn't mind wearing his costume but he had no interest in candy. In fact, the only candy he likes is suckers (as seen in the picture below) and the rest he ignores. Wonder how long that will last??
The zebra. Taylor picked this costume out when she was two so now it was Jackson's turn. He didn't demand to each lunch or sleep in it though as Taylor did. When she was two she lived in this outfit for a week or two.

Playing with toys...

Taylor was (is) an angel =)

Samantha was once again a princess, this year Snow White (a blond version).

Trying to get Jackson to stop playing and take a picture before we left.

The full view...

All three kids (Jackson was crying under there, his face is hidden).

We stopped by family and friends before hitting a few houses around the neighborhood. When we stopped by Grandpa and Grandma's, Jackson bypassed the candy and went straight to the playroom to find the cars. He would have been content to stay there for the rest of the night.

Pumpkin Patch

We finally made it to the pumpkin patch this past weekend (and I'm finally getting around to blogging).

The kiddos posing...I should have zoomed in but I was in a hurry trying to beat Jackson before he ran away (which he actually did while we were there but that's another story).

Too cute!!

Jumping!!

We went with some friends to the patch and the girls had lots of fun.

So many pumpkins! Yes, most of the pictures are of Jack. The girls were mostly off doing their own thing.

Going for a ride to pick out our pumpkins!

Soccer

Here are some pics of what we've been up to every Saturday for the last six weeks or so (and a couple evenings in there too). Both girls are playing soccer again this year. They are both in a girls league but are in different age divisions. In Sam's pictures the opposing team is bright green which is the same color of Taylor's team but they are not playing each other since Sam is in the 6/7 age league and Taylor is in the 8/9 league.

Samantha during a break (probably her favorite part)

Taylor in an action shot (unfortunately her head got cut off in the shot)

A much needed water break! We're having quite high temps yet. Her game was at 9:00 in the morning and it was already 80 something degrees.

Jackson and the ball

Just a little video of Jackson having a good time rolling around with the ball.

First Day of School

It's that time of year again! The girls had their first day back to school yesterday. They both had great days! Here's some pics from before school:

Jackson had to join the girls with his backpack too!