A Great Visit and the Pumpkin Patch

OK - so I admit that I'm a little behind on posting some really fun stuff that has happened over the last couple months but that's just how it goes.  In September Rodney and I went on our first trip together sans babies!  Grammy and Papa watched the boys (including Ike) and we had a great time in Napa which is where we got engaged 5 years ago.

The week before we left my grandparents and Uncle Larry came to visit from Minnesota.  It was the first opportunity for the boys to meet their Great-Grandparents and Great Uncle.  I got kinda sentimental while they were here and enjoyed all the family time we had during the week.  Here are a few pics from their visit.  We even managed a picture with all 4 generations and all 5 of the great-grandbabies!

Rodney and I took off a Friday a couple weeks ago and met up with Grammy, Papa, Aunt Rachael and all the boys for a trip to the pumpkin patch.  Rachael and I took Max when he was 6 months old so it was really exciting for us to go with the 4 new boys!  We needed to bring reinforcements with us this time and even with 5 adults and 5 kids we probably could have used a few more hands.  The boys enjoyed the pumpkins, watching Max run around and even their first hayride.

8 Month Pics

I've been waiting on these pictures to come in!  We took these amazing shots at a historical (and apparently) haunted bridge not too far from our house.  Apparently it's the oldest bridge in Denton County and a man was lynched on it so you can see his ghost protecting his family if you go at night...NO THANK YOU!!!

Other than the creepy story that Rodney found, we loved this location.  The boys were sitting up really well and enjoyed playing outside.  These were done in August during the awful heat wave!  It was over 90 degrees at 9:00 am so the boys enjoyed playing in the water.

I hope you enjoy these because they certainly made me smile.

7 Month Photo Session

Now that September has come and gone and we are officially into October I figured I could finally get around to posting these amazing pictures from the boys when they turned 7 months old (back in July.....ugh).  We've been busy with a few things this month that I hope to get posted later this week.....a visit from Great-Grandma and Grandpa Beckel and Uncle Larry from Minnesota, an extended stay with Grammy and Papa while mom and dad went to Napa and various other adventures....so stay tuned.  In the meantime, enjoy!!

Wreck 'Em Tech!

College football has officially started and in celebration we took a trip to Lubbock for the weekend.  It was Alumni Band weekend so we took the boys to their first game and to meet some new friends.  The drive was very successful with only one stop for lunch!  They are becoming such good road trippers.

Brady and Owen had a very big weekend.....their first Texas Tech football game AND their first West Texas dust storm!!

Resting up before the drive...

Hanging at the UC

That's my water!!

Owen wasn't too impressed with the 100 degree temps

Ended the weekend with a run in the beautiful weather!

We had a great weekend and made some great memories.  I was so excited to show the boys my school and can't wait to take them again next year and the next year and the next year and....you get the idea.

GO TECH!!

6 Month Pictures!

We just got Brady and Owen's 6 month pictures in the mail.  If anyone in the DFW area needs a good photographer, Brandi with B4 Photography is the one!  They turned out so great.  The boys are getting so much bigger every day.