Family, Halloween Fun & Fits

We have been quite busy wrapping up the end of soccer season, Jerrod's Mom (Sammie) coming to town, Halloween and Jerrod's birthday:)

We had Coop's last soccer game and his soccer party at a local pizza place.  The kids were so excited to get their trophies!

Coop's favorite coach and of course one proud Daddy!

Sammie and Sawyer had fun too.  Sawyer's favorite part was dancing to the juke box music.  He's got some definite moves!  I need to video soon....he is hilarious!

Sunday afternoon we did a little pumpkin carving since Sammie said she had never done it.  It's fun for a little while, but man it's a lot of work!  

Especially when Sammie buys a 45 pound pumpkin that requires shoulder deep commitment to get all those seeds out:)

Coop having fun:)

The finished products :)  The big one was supposed to have eye balls attached, but they didn't quite make it in the cutting process:)  Oh well!

My Knight and my Turtle.

We borrowed the knight costume from a sweet friend and Sawyer recycled Cooper's turtle costume:)

Cooper showing Sawyer the way to trick-or-treat:)

Someone is a big fan of Halloween candy!

The knight and his princess:)  

We ran into Logan, Coop's little buddy, out trick-or-treating and couldn't resist snapping a quick pic.  We were a little scattered this year and didn't see and take pics with several friends we normally see:(  

I had to add a couple quick pics here at the bottom of what happened earlier in the day of Halloween... 

My sweet angel Sawyer, well, as you can see, has developed quite an opinion about things he doesn't want to do. Like come inside when he would rather be outside.....That boy LOVES being outside.  Especially if he can have a golf club in one hand and ball of some sort in the other:)

I hope everyone enjoyed their time with family had a safe, fun Halloween!

Jog-A-Thon

Well I'm only about a month late in posting these pics, but oh well:)  Cooper had a jog-a-thon to raise money for his school and he raised almost $150!  Way to go Coop! He got pledges from friends and family that gave him money for how many laps he ran.  He ran 13 which wasn't too bad for his first year:)

Each child had a piece of paper pinned to his back so that with each lap the parents and teachers could keep track of how many they had run.

It's all fun and games the first couple of laps and then they all started to poop out:)

I love the determination on the kid's face running next to Cooper:)

And yet more determination:)  I love that Coop has a good time wherever he is!  Look at that big grin;)

Starting to get a little tired and walking a little...chatting with a friend as she ran by:)

Someone else could barely contain his excitement:)  He was really tired since it was nap time and was soaking in all the crazy Kindergarteners!

Coop about to get another lap marked on his sheet.  Jerrod was a "marker" :)

So excited to almost be done:)  I love it!  It was a lot of fun, but I'm pretty sure those poor teachers were more tired than the kids.  We're so proud of you Coop!

Sweet Sawyer

Thank you Cori for taking these precious pics of my sweet boy!

How are you already almost 15 months??  

You light up our lives little one with so many smiles and your tender spirit.  And you are going to be a BIG brother in FOUR months.  I can hardly believe it :)

You find joy in even the little things;)

You are so inquisitive and observant....

And you've got that little sparkle in your eye that all my boys have:)  I might be in for it soon. But for now you are my sweet Sawyer ;)