The kids love to go ride their bikes and scooters at MSU, so we try to go at least once a week. I have to admit it is fun! They really like to go right after school because that means we get snacks at The Bakery on campus or at the Union -Starbucks or Chick-fil-a!

The boys take a break at the normal spot. It's a huge pot filled with water -what little boy wouldn't want to stop here?

These rides always tire Charli out!

Havey's 8th birthday party was on November 1st at our house! It was a Star Wars party. We had lots of fun planning it together!
He wanted me to make a cookie cake. We made the snow scene from one of the episodes (I have no idea which one, but I am sure him and Ben know).
We played all kinds of games relating to Star Wars. The above picture was a Marshmallow Fight between the Republic and the Empire. Whenever you got hit with the marshmellow you had to sit down and the team with the last person standing wins. The Empire won! They loved this!
They had to do an obstacle course like Luke Skywalker had to do while carrying Yoda when he was being trained to be a Jedi. The kids carried a raw egg on a spoon through an obstacle course and pretended like the egg was Yoda! The one who made it through fastest was the winner!
This was a lot of fun too! The kids also went on a trailer ride, made smores over a fire, hunted for galactic rocks (treats wrapped in aluminum foil), and guessed how many battle droids (whoppers) were in a water bottle-winner took all! SL has already chosen the theme for his party in March- Cowboys and Indians- he told me to start planning!

Fall Fun!!

Our "bootiful" little girl turned 4 months old 2 days after Halloween!

Our Star Wars Darlings on Halloween night!

I know I will be seeing a lot of these costumes over the next few months, they love to dress-up and pretend in their costumes!

Of course, Charli had to be Princess Leah for Halloween after all those months of being called "Little Leah" while I was pregnant with her. Remember, the boys wanted to name her Princess Leah or Padame after the girls in Star Wars, so they called her that while we decided on her name!

Havey dressed as Clone Trooper Rex from the movie Star Wars, The Clone Wars.

SL dressed like Obi Won Kinobi. This is him wating in line at the Church Fall Festival. They had so much fun!

Ben was recognized at work for 10 years of service with Weyerhaeuser. I am so proud of him and all of his hard work (even if it means leaving early most mornings and arriving home late afternoons)! He is not only a wonderful provider for our family, but also an awesome husband and dad! God truly blessed me with a great man (sounds cheesy, I know, but it is true)!

The cake they had for Ben was delicious! He brought home about 1/3 of the cake- it didn't last long around here!

These are some summer photos that Ben took with his phone and recently found them. They are from a Logging Show he needed to go to, so he took the boys. They loved it, of course. There were activities for kids, candy to be eaten, and logging equipment to be seen- what fun! Charli was just a newborn, so we stayed home.
Not exactly sure what is going on here, but aparently it took teamwork! Maybe they are trying to be the first to roll their log across the finish line? I'll have to ask the boys or Ben!
Surely he did not drive this alone!!

Me and Charli went to SL's Kindergarten Fall Party. It was so much fun for her to watch all of the sweet kids. Of coursc, SL loved showing his little sister off!

Charli loves to play in her room on the floor!
Havey climbed the rock wall at hte Fall Festival at school! Ben came over and pointed him to me while I was working the class booth. Thanks guys for giving mom a "heads-up" on these dangerous stunts! I have a feeling this is only minor-we seem to have little daredevils for kids!

Charli was super at the Festival, super warm! It was so cold that night, but she didn't seem to notice-she fell asleep shortly after this yawn!

Havey acting crazy with some of his school buddies!

SL was serious about playing all of the games at the festival. He won all kinds of candy and treats.
The boys love to drive the golf carts at Nan and Pops place, Roosttree. They are trying to talk them into letting them bring one back to Mississippi!
We all went to the fun before the the AU vs MSU game a few weeks ago. Ben and the boys stayed for the game and they loved their First College Football game. It was a great experience, so they are hooked now! Ben couldn't get them to look at the camera they were so busy snacking and watching the game! They stayed the whole time!

The boys had fun carving their pumpkins!
Charli wants to scoot, crawl, or just move a bit on her own so bad! She is hard at work!
She gives us the look- "Hey, what are you all laughing at, doesn't everyone try to get around like this!"
Charli wears her cute little shirt to encourage everyone to Vote!

"Can I get my whole fist in my mouth?" Yeah, almost!" Charli likes to sit up for a bit on her own while slightly supported!

"Wow, this play mat tastes really good!"

"This lifting your head up thing is really neat!""And really exhausting!"

Charli-Marie (3 1/2 months) is getting ready to taste rice cereal. The boys loved helping with this!

3 months old and really sleeping wonderfully!

The kids got to pick twins for Homecoming Week at school! The brothers chose to be twins along with another boy in Havey's class! They had a fun week and a great time at the game!
Charli has found her thumb, or shall I say thumbs, she doesn't care which one! She still likes her paci and we try to take her thumb and replace it with her paci as much as possible!!

Yes, I am finally posting some new photos!!

1st Sunday for Charli Marie to go to Church and stay in the nursery!

SL and Havey both have rain gages in the yard. SL was so proud that "he won", in other words, his gage had more water in it than Havey's did. Of course this had to be a competition too- a boy thing! I kept asking him why he thought his had more water and he just ignored me! His was under the roof and got a lot of run-off water also!!

SL reads his book he made at school to Charli Marie and she was just listening to him. He is doing so good in Kindergarten and he really enjoys it, which is so very important!


Our September Beach Trip to Perdido Beach Resort was so much FUN!!
They love riding this boat, as long as Ben holds tight! The waves were very big on our last day, which made me nervous, even though the kids didn't go out without Ben and even then didn't go out deep! Yes, I am a paranoid mom, they remind me of this daily!!

Charli-Marie absolutely loved the beach. The weather was wonderful-not too hot! She really enjoys being outside- good thing since she her brothers do too!

Working oh-so-very hard at the beach!

Cool guys build a drizzle castle...
...just to kick it down! What FUN for litlle boys! God's big sand box is awesome!

Okay, so this was a great idea for a really cute photo, but nobody wanted to cooperate. Well, I should really say, Charli-Marie didn't want to cooperate, so nobody did!!! I will have to try this again next year. She will be old enough to bribe- I mean negotiate with- into taking a good picture. This wagon thing at the beach was a great idea. Ben used it to carry everything -toys, cooler, baby tent, diaper bag, and kids- to the beach.

Okay this picture was at Lulu's (a wonderful place for families with good food too) and the boys noticed these buckets with sand and the signs right away! They read, " Put your butts here!" Well, Havey thought this was hilarious! SL thought it was too funny once Havey read the whole sign to him! We do not let the boys say butt, although they do know how to spell it and both of them know which but/butt is the "good one"- as they say! They went all around sticking thier little "fannies" into these barrells. Although they did not completely put their bottoms into them because their "mommy" had tried to gross them out by saying that there were yucky cigarette butts ("Yes, I said butts!") in there and they had all kinds of yucky germs on them!!! Okay, these kids keep us laughing all the time, well almost all the time!

This is the sweetest photo of the kids! Sorry it is so dark.

Ben became obsessed with winning this Fun-E-Ball game in the game room at Perdido Resorty. I know why the boys have such a passion for video games!

Charli-Marie really liked all of the lights in the game room!

Only at the beach do you get to eat spiral cheetos for breakfast in bed- thank goodness they change the sheets everyday! Only a kid can eat cheetos and drink Sunny Delight for breakfast! Yuck!

We made Orgami boats at the beach from the magazines that I had finished reading! The boats really floated! The boys were amazed that I could do this! (I am not so good at making paper airplanes though!)

Cool Beach Dude!

Tired Beach Dude!

These photos were taken a couple of days before we left for the beach. Charli supervises the sorting of the beach toys! She loves her sunglasses!

Ben told the boys to sort through the beach toys and line up the ones they wanted to take with them to Perdido, pile up the ones that were to stay at home and throw away the broken ones. The line of toys was very long! The pile to stay was very small!

How many Knight Boys does it take to bath Charli-Marie?