Halloween Parade at Mother's Day Out

Yesterday the boys participated in their yearly Mother's Day out Halloween Parade. All the kids at the church line up and walk down the hallways while parents whoop and take photos of their cuties!

Not too long ago Joaquin and Elijah received a surprise package in the mail from Gamma and Gampa, and inside were the most precious little costumes! Elijah was a big time pilot and Joaquin was a hard workin fire fighter! The boys LOVED their outfits and it was difficult to keep them out of them every single day.

So, when we woke up yesterday and told them they were going to get to wear their costumes to school, they jumped up in eagerness and got dressed!

Here are a few photos from the morning parade.




Yesterday the boys participated in their yearly Mother's Day out Halloween Parade. All the kids at the church line up and walk down the hallways while parents whoop and take photos of their cuties!

Not too long ago Joaquin and Elijah received a surprise package in the mail from Gamma and Gampa, and inside were the most precious little costumes! Elijah was a big time pilot and Joaquin was a hard workin fire fighter! The boys LOVED their outfits and it was difficult to keep them out of them every single day.

So, when we woke up yesterday and told them they were going to get to wear their costumes to school, they jumped up in eagerness and got dressed!

Here are a few photos from the morning parade.

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Well, we finally made it over to the pumpkin patch! This weekend Ian and I took the boys over to the church pumpkin patch and the boys had a blast crawling on the mounds of pumpkins and choosing their favorite ones to take home.

Once we were home Ian and the boys carved out the pumpkin faces. Each of our little guys had their own mini-pumkin and Ian took on the family one. Here are a few picks from the evening.

Joaquin's mini-pumpkin choice

Elijah's mini-pumpkin choice

The boys loved the pumpkins with all the weird bumps!

This is my attempt at the posed pumpkin patch pic...

sitting on the big ones!

my precious boys...

they had so much fun on these mounds!

and, daddy's freaky pumpkin face...
:)

Chris and Melanie get married!!

Sorry it has been such a long time since I have reported, but this summer has been crazy. Moving, working from home, boys out of school and at home all the time, and non-stop things "to-do"--so the blog kinda got put on the back-burner. However, I do want to try to keep up and catch up on a few things that are too important to skip.

This May, Ian's brother, Chris, got married to the wonderful, Melanie! We were so excited to be a part of the whole thing! The boys were both ring bearers and were precious in their little tuxedos! The family all gathered in Utah where Melanie's parents held the wedding in their beautiful back-yard, that was specially landscaped for the occasion!

The wedding was over-the-top gorgeous and it was so much fun to be all together with the family. The Kirkland's rented a couple houses in the neighborhood and so we were all able to stay together during the week long festivities! Here are some photos from the special union!
(My apologies ahead of time for the copyrighted mark on the proofs) The family had a blast and the wedding will be a special memory for all involved!