Pumpkins!

Burt's Pumpkin Patch

On October 8, 2011 we went up to Burt's Pumpkin Patch in North Georgia with our good friends, the Cooley Family.  It was such a great time!  They had a TON of pumpkins, good ol' southern cooking, and a haystack ride with a huge tractor.  We had beautiful weather and a lot of fun. 

 Aidan & Addison....too cute!  They love holding hands :)

 Roman & Will!  Will turned 2 in October, so he's only a few months older than Roman.  They look like brothers here with all of that blonde hair!

 So sweet...

 The Cooley Family!  Mark, Cynthia, Addison & Will....such an awesome family!  Cynthia makes killer desserts - seriously. Check out her website at http://cooleycupcakery.com/  AMAZING

 Our hayride was actually really nice! 

 Amazed and speechless about all of the pumpkins :)

 Such cute little bodies!

 Model pic! 

 The fact that Addison LOVES Roman is an understatement.  She would hug and kiss him all day if he'd let her!

 Some of the pumpkins were bigger than the boys! (I just noticed that the view in the background is less than pleasant...anyone know how to photoshop out a crack?!)

 Our sweet family of four....soon to be five!

 What keeps busy boys from running off?  Popcorn...

 But, the popcorn eventually runs out and so does Roman!  This is Daddy wrangling #2 :)

 Such a fun day! 

Powers Ferry Pumpkin Patch

Every year we go to Grandmama's and Granddaddy's church to get pumpkins, Powers Ferry Church.  It's the same church that Cathy & Joan grew up in, so the Dupree Family has been going here forever.  It's a fun little tradition.  This year we went on October 23, 2011.

 Picking out the "right" pumpkin can be overwhelming to little boys....the choices are never-ending! (I'm also 6 months preggo here :)

 Best picture we could get...Roman doesn't like to stop for pictures...WAY too busy!

 What do boys do when they are done picking out pumpkins?  WRESTLE of course.  This is an everyday thing!

I love that they love each other so much! 

I'm officially a SOCCER MOM

So, as of September of 2011, I am offically a "Soccer Mom."  That's right.  I even have the soccer ball tag on the back of my SUV....but you did notice the MAIN difference right...I said "SUV," not minivan.  So, in my terms I'm still "cool!" :) 

 Aidan really liked soccer!  It was pretty funny...12 or so 2 & 3 year olds "practicing" soccer is really just wild chaos of balls and kids running in every direction.

 Daddy helping :)

 He's such a little stud!

 Their coach (he was European and was really into soccer!  I gave him an "A+" to try and teach all the kids soccer....the patience that man has is unbelievable!) liked to have them run and then sit on their ball when he told them to stop.  Aidan did really well at this for the most part :)

 Kicking it into the goal!  He was surprisingly good at dribbling the ball and kicking it in.  Took him a little bit to follow the whole "listen to your coach" thing....but all in all he did awesome :)

 Coach Ollivier applauding Aidan's goal!

 So cute.  His number was perfect since that's how many kids we'll have this February...oh.my.gosh!!

 Teammates

 I like this shot!

 Oh poor Romie.  He DESPERATELY wanted to play too, but he's too young.  Next year he can!  So, he ran around the field (most of the time he would trick us and then run onto the field with the big kids).

 He found a ball!

 Aidan was showing Roman how to play :)

 By far the CUTEST picture of Aidan ever!  This was the first time he actually posed and smiled at the camera!  He's so stinkin' cute :)

CLASSIC.  How to get 12 3 year olds to sit and smile at the camera....any ideas let us know :)  Notice that 2-3 kids are missing from the picture at this point 

PLAYTIME

These pictures were taken sometime in early October 2011.  Just playing around the house...

 Roman snuggling with Daddy

 Did I mention that boys LOVE to wrestle?

Stealing Roman's pacy!  They have so much fun together :)

Our sweet family

In July 2011 my good friend Lori Nichols (Elle B. Photography) took our family photos at Kennesaw Mountain.  They turned out so great!  To us, family photos are so important because our family is growing and changing so fast that it's nice to have pictures of every stage.  I loved all of these pictures! (I was about 8 weeks pregnant with Saylor at this point, and we were leaving for our Mission Trip to Panama in a few days).

 Aidan was a little shy of 3 (he turned 3 in 2 months from this picture)

 Roman was 16 months

 Brotherly love

 CLASSIC pic!  Aidan and his "Bo Bear"

 This one melts my heart.  I love the close bond they have :)