Halloween 2015

Happy Halloween from Merida (Ella) and Princess Minnie (Emma)!

 Trick or Treat Grammie and Grandy!

 This year our church family had a Trunk or Treat.  The girls enjoyed going around to all the cars and getting candy.

 Even Memaw got in on the fun:

October 2015 Randomness

Ella lost another tooth:

Emma's feeling better after having bronchitis:

Ice cream is always a favorite snack:

We have a rule that the girls have to each sleep in their own beds on school nights.  On weekends, we never know where we'll find them sleeping, however, quite frequently, they are together.

Plumbing Woes

We have plumbers tunneling under our house to replace some broken pipes.  Unfortunately, now that they've tunneled the first 10 feet, we know the problem is much larger than we initially thought.  We are now waiting for insurance to decide how to best proceed.

Pumpkin Carving

Great day full of family time!  After writing on Micah and Ashley's house, we went to the pumpkin patch.  Each girl picked one pumpkin to paint and one to carve.

 Ella:

 Emma:

The girls painted the pumpkins on their own:

Then, Daddy helped Ella:

And Mommy helped Emma carve the pumpkins:

We think they turned out great!

Graffati on Uncle Micah and Aunt Ashley's New House

Uncle Micah and Aunt Ashley are in the process of building a house.  We decided to go by and write blessings on the studs.

"Have a strong and healthy baby"

Daddy wrote this one where the potty will be:

Fall Cheerleading

We've tried gymnastics and soccer, and now it's time for cheerleading.  This fall our girls cheered for a 1st and 2nd grade flag football team.  They had fun learning the cheers and playing with the other girls.  Unfortunately, their coach didn't really want to be there, so they didn't do nearly as much as they could have.  Oh well... at least they got to try something new, and we got pom-poms!

A Firewood Adventure

Last night, we headed south to spend the night at "the barn."  The plan was to cook out, sleep there, maybe shoot our guns a bit, with the main goal being to cut some firewood.  Unfortunately, when we arrived, we discovered the barn was infested with wasps.  So, we made a little campfire, roasted our hot dogs, and headed into town to spend the night with Papaw.  This morning we bought several cans of wasp spray and headed back for our firewood.  We killed as many of the wasps as we could before starting in on chopping.  Bryan tried to use the chainsaw, but we quickly discovered the ax was more effective.  We took turns chopping, while the girls helped us load up.  It was a lot of work, but fun to work as a family.  Our girls are such terrific helpers!  We stopped at a playground on the way home for a bit of fun after all our hard work.  Even though the last 24 hours didn't exactly go as we had planned, we made some great memories!