{Pumpkin Party}

 Coop and Daddy worked on their pumpkins

 while Dillon ate all the snacks, LOL....

 even Rara carved a pumpkin!

{balloons}

Just a few pics from our afternoon at the Plano Balloone Festive.

 

 



{jumping thru July}

July was super busy as we have been settling in to our new house, new routines, new life!  I will just update a few of the highlights of the month in the effort to get the blog up to date.

 We had a few friends over for the 4th of July and the kids had tons of fun playing in the water.

We helped celebrate Oma & Grandaddy's 65th Wedding Anniversary.

 Celebrated Aunti Rara's birthday and she shared her new toy with the boys, they might be asking Santa for tablets!! haha

 We cheered Aunti Rara at the finish line of another 1/2 marathon

 finger-painted masterpieces

 Went to visit the firestation and drove the fire trucks!

 (just had to post this picture because it is so perfect)

{run RaRa run}

Aunt RaRa has been training for her first 1/2 Marathon so when the big day was here we were on the streets cheering her on. We made signs and C helped hold them while yelling "run RUN run"Brandon took a donut break from watching and Dad was encouraging, as always...

even Baby D clapped and yelled "run"

run RaRa run! She and Donnell ran most of the marathon together, this is about mile 6

She made it to the finish line!

We are very proud of RaRa for reaching her goal.

we love you RaRa

{Thanksgiving Part I}

To show our thanks for Aunti Rara we went to the Turkey Trot this morning to support her. She did the 10 mile race and we were there to cheer her to the finish line! (that's Rara in the pink)
Cooper played in his first bounce house, he choose the BiG one, not the small one.

He climbed all the way up on his own and loved the BiG slide

they got to ride the ponys

and talk to the animals at the petting zoo

Dillon was not happy to know this was his dinner tonight.

We love you Aunti Rara and can't wait to cheer you on at your next race!! We are very thankful for all your help and love through out the year.

{day 28}

We had breakfast with

Mimi, Papa and Rara

Rara stayed to play

(and drink coffee)

she played cars

threw the ball

read books

she did not

change the dirty diaper

or wipe snotty noses

(but we still love her)

{day 12}

Aunti Julie came in town

to help celebrate the boy's birthdays

Aunti Rara stopped by for lunch

Aunti's are great to have around

Aunti's always make the boys smile

{family}

All images by: capturedbykel.com

{meeting the family}

Dillon also got to meet Mimi, Papa and Aunti Rara, what a busy day for all!