Pumpkin Patch

After Laney's field trip, we decided to take the whole family to Joan's pumpkin patch last weekend.  Kylie and Mike and their girls came along too!  It was fun to get outside and have some family time after a looooong week with Josh working late.

The Pictures speak for themselves. :)

  

 

  

Laney's first fieldtrip!

Laney's first Kindergarten field trip to the pumpkin patch!

We went to Joan's farm with the entire Coyote Creek Kindergarten.

Laney got to listen to a story, poke her head in silly paintings, pick a pumpkin...and a baby pumpkin, eat a snack, play on haystacks and hang out with her mom. :)

 

This look is how I know Laney is starting to get overwhelmed with a big crowd.

  

 

  

Reminiscing

I was just looking through blog posts and the song "Popular" came on from Wicked.  It immediately took me back to the time Kadie and I went and saw Wicked.  I can't believe that was over a year ago...  Almost a year and a half!

It kind of made my heart sink a little because all of a sudden I feel like Kadie is getting older and grown up too fast.

Did I write about her crush yet?  Nope...let me fill you in.

I pull up in front of the school to pick up Kadie.  She runs over pulling her rolling backback and stops right outside the car and stares at me through the window with the SADDEST look on her face.  When she gets in she starts to cry.  I asked, "What's wrong?"  Then Kadie (in the highest most sad voice) says, "I will tell you when I'm ready" (sniff).

When we were about home she turns to me and says "OK, I'm ready"
{GULP} I am thinking that maybe I am not ready to hear it...was she in trouble?  Did she get bullied?  Who is the bully?  If it is those same stinkin' kids from last year they will have something coming to them...

Then Kadie (again in the highest most sad voice ever) says, "I wrote a love note and some boys took it away!  Do I have to go to school tomorrow?  They will tease me!"  She was so sad and serious at the same time.

Love note?  LOVE NOTE?  Kadie wrote a LOVE note?  What?

Luckily her friend Natasha saved the day when she stole the note back before the boys read the entire thing.

It said:

"Dear Jack,

I really like your handwriting.
I sort of have a crush on you.
Do you have a crush on me?

Love Kadie

Yes or No?"

Seriously, it was so cute.  It was written on a yellow post-it.  I wish I still had it to show her when she gets older.  And though it was cute, it did scare me a little.  Boys?  Already?  Holy Moly teen years are just around the corner.  I do remember first "go-ing" with a boy in 3rd grade.  But this really crept up on me.

The thing that bugs me is that I want to slow things down but they just seem to keep speeding up.  If anyone figures out how to slow down life {almost to a stand-still} just until I am ready to move to the next phase, please let me know!

Ne-Five

Reading tonight with the kids...and Crew started saying Ne-Five over and over...

It only took us a few minutes to realize he was saying "Nephi".  So cute.  I love toddler words.

Crew is becoming quite the talker.  He actually doesn't ever stop talking...or eating...or running.  He is also very good at climbing and can now "Jump" up on the counter.  You know, with the jump and then leg swing move...
Oh yes, and the drawing.  He seems to think that saying "pease fishy?" in a cute questioning voice means "please draw with me?"  I think it is because I was always saying "Do you want me to draw a fishy?" when we first started drawing as a distraction at church.  Now Crew always has a crayon in hand and wants to draw on everything.  If paper is present he will go for that first {thank goodness}.  He is particularly obsessed with "spidermans" right now which are spiderwebs and spiders of all shapes and sorts.  He can spot a spiderweb outside from 10 feet away.

I love my Crew boy.

Family Pictures

My friend Winter came out last weekend and was so nice to take family pictures.  Actually, it was so incredibly awesome because I have wanted some ever since Crew turned two.

 

 

Christmas Card Designing here I come!

Primary

This is our ginormous primary.  This picture has about 85% of the children.

The fact that the tiny nursery kids sat for the picture was so much fun.  They had no idea what was going on and it just melted my heart when they came outside holding onto their rope with their leaders.

We have our primary program coming up very soon, and I think it is going to be awesome.

Choir

Kadie had her very first Choir performance in the very first choir she has belonged to.

It was at a family owned pizza restaurant in Danville.

We ate pizza, listened to cute kids sing, and Crew and I walked around the block about 20 times.

Uncle Cade and Aunt Morgan came and even brought flowers for Kadie! 

All Crew wanted to do was look for "spidermans" all over.  

Great job singing Kadie!