Family Pictures

We had our family pics taken yesterday. We have a wonderful family at our church that we love and for Minister Appreciation Month they gave us a photo shoot. It was a lot of fun and we got a lot of great pictures from it. They have their own business and do a wonderful job. I wanted to share a few with you. If you get our Christmas card, then it is a preview for you :) Grayson did very well and the girls were a bit sleepy from a sleepover the night before. Eden had already gotten sick before the pictures, so unfortunately you will only see her pretty face, not smile. But Olivia had a beautiful smile for us.

All by ourselves

So the kids and I have been home alone since Sunday after bedtime. Garrett is off on a much needed vacation with his dad. They are surfing in Mexcio until next monday. So yes the four of us have been here.... and um yeah we are all still alive. I mean stick a 2yr old, 5 yr old, 6 yr old, and mommy all in one house with no separation except for the girls go to school. There have been plenty of others things going on too.... and man am i exhausted. We have had dr appt, dentist appts, small group, dinner every night at home (cooked by me), but nothing fabulous. Today i picked up the girls and decided before i left to get them that they deserved a little fun when they got home. I set the kitchen table with Edens new tea set, snacks, and put apple juice in the tea pot and in the refrigerator and then to school we went.

Today was also the first nap my son has taken in three days....uggh. But he was sleeping sooo nicely, and i still had to wake him up to go to school to pick the girls up.

When they came in the girls were very excited and so was Grayson. We all sat at the table and had our tea party. So here are some pictures:

We are also deciding on Grayson costume still for Halloween, here is one of our choices.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to Pumpkinville on thursday. Garrett is leaving for a week, so we took the kids to get pumpkins. They have an area for playing games, a hay ride, corn maze, and you can either get a pumpkin they have already picked or go to the field and pick one.

Well we let the kids for the first time roam the field. It was crazy and a bit dirty, but they loved it! We pulled a wagon all over that field, grayson had to have a green-orange pumpkin. he basically thinks that is one work (orange-green). So we searched for one, and tried not to let him throw too many mini pumpkins that he came across.

Last weekend

Last weekend we went to a church near by and they had a fall festival. We all had a great time. Oli and Grayson rode a horse, they all jumped in the jumping castle. We played a couple games, ate these fried in front of us potato chip, with seasoning..yummy! Fun times, and the weather was great...

my little man

So tonight Grayson and Garrett are at a sleep study for Grayson. I can not even imagine how he is doing all hooked up to the machines. That is why i sent the boys together. Garrett just had one a month or so he knew what to expect.

Keep my boys in your prayers. Hopefully we can all get some rest tonight. :)

The Princess had her party...

Eden had a lot of fun for her fifth birthday! She took cupcakes to share at school thursday, her granny came from florida, and we had her classmates, and cousins over for a dress up party.

The princess were soo much fun. They dressed up, took pictures in front of the castle, ate lunch fit for a queen, made princess crafts, heard a story "Princess and the Pea" and played a game with that. We also watched a little of Cinderella 3. Here are some pictures from the day.

She also had our family over later on in the afternoon to have cake and ice cream with them :) She had a very fun day! :)

Sleep Study

Grayson needs to go for a sleep study. His appointment was last week but it was canceled due to a sick tech. So he will have it next week. The sleep study is one more step to see if he truly needs to have the tonsil surgery. He has very large (touching) tonsils. The dr the other day told him he won the prize that day for the largest tonsils.

If he has to have the surgery he will have it at the childrens hospital an hr away and stay 2-3 days, to be monitored. He will have to have the special meds fro the bleeding disorder. We were also told that he can not have any meds except Tylenol and sudafed (forever!). The list he gave us to stay away from was two pages long, with two columns on each page.

So I will keep you updated on the sleep study, next tuesday night.