Corn Maze, Pumpkin Carving, and Halloween!

We got a great deal on tickets for the corn maze at Liepold's in Boring, OR. So we took the kids and enjoyed the beautiful fall day. The only downfall is that everyone else got a great deal too, so it was packed!! The kids had a blast.

Then when Aunt Melissa got here we carved pumpkins. Uncle Brenton and the boys came 3 weeks earlier than Aunt Melissa, she didn't have enough leave to be here for the entire trip. Which is why we waited to purchase and carve pumpkins, it was totally worth the wait, the kids had a blast!!!

And then we all got dressed up and went trick-or-treating!

October at Timberline with our Okinawa visitors

Blayne and Uncle Brenton took the kids (except Tori) up to Timberline so Kingston and Chayse could see the snow for the first time, well that Kingston will remember anyway. Its been almost 3 years since Brenton and Melissa have been in the States. We are so excited to have them getting out of the Navy and coming home for good. The countdown to May 2014 has begun!!

Brenton, Kingston, and Chayse!

So after almost 3 years of visiting via Skype the Yates boys came in from Okinawa for a visit. We haven't seen them since January of 2010. Kinsgton was 1 1/2 and Chayse was 5 months old. We all were so excited to see them!

 

 

We love having them here to visit, the kids are really excited to Aunt Melissa too!

The Yates kids start school!

So......I now have all 3 kids in school all day! Woot woot!! Now I just need to figure out what to do with my time.

Victoria is 11 and is starting middle school for the 6th grade. She is a beautiful young lady. She matures a little more every day. She is becoming one of my sweet friends.

 

 

Gavin is almost 9 and is starting the 3rd grade. He is such a smart young man. He has 100% on all his unit tests for 2nd grade. Let's hope it continues to be so easy for him.

Little Miss Maddy is all grown up and staring school full time as a big 1st grader, she is 6 years old and knows everything. She has such a sweet personality, she makes friends easily and is loved by everyone!

 

I am so lucky to be blessed with 3 healthy, smart, beautiful kids. I couldn't ask for more, I hope we continue to bless other peoples lives the way we are blessed!

 

August

The last hurrah before school started! We took a quick trip to Seaside. We went with Uncle Jeff, Aunt Sandi, Riley, and Owen. The weather was great! The Fletcher's left on Sunday early morning then G'ma and G'pa Yates came down to spend the day with us before we headed home.