Pumpkin Carving 101

Fun at the Flowermound Pumpkin Patch

The reason merry-go-rounds are disapearing from playgrounds!

David and Benjamin are having too much fun! 'Nuf said!

Fun at the Flowermound Pumpkin Patch

What a weekend! Ben and Rachel drove from Midland with kiddos in tow to see a football game not worth driving 300+ miles to see so....to hopefully make it up we rounded everyone up and headed to the Flowermound pumpkin patch. Dave and Gillian joined along and all the local cousins had fun playing in the hay...eye-balling the perfect pumpkin and in general just horsing around. Missed the Manning clan and the "other" Ashton's! We love and miss you all! It's fun to watch some of our "big kids" never quite grow out of certain things.

Last Saturday in September

One of the things I love about Texas is we finally get to be outside more after HOT AUGUST! Emma and her friends set up a lemonade stand and Emma dressed the part, I guess :). If people didn't notice the lemonade, they noticed Emma. (She has her mom's fashion sense!) Caleb regresses to sidewalk chalk in the middle of the street and creates a ripstick obstacle course along with several other creative directions. Ethan just loves being outside with his friends and "Mom, take a picture of me!"

Oops, I did it again!

I suppose it is a bit cliche and I'm not sure if it's just a being "40" thing to add to my list but after about 8 years of patiently striving for long blonde flowing locks, today, I gave up! Decided I was tired of hair everywhere and my children were starting to complain when they kept finding hair in their food. So, it's back to what works for me and I'm loving it, (Jake just informed me he wants the old hair back, don't think that's going to happen! Sorry Jake!) I apologize for the vain update but those who love me will understand!

Julie Get's a Haircut