Yellow Belt

Today Brent took Griffin to taek wondo to test for his yellow belt. He got it and was so excited! Here is a picture of Griffin with instructor Kelly. He even broke a board with his hands- he really loved this part!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we are staying put for Thanksgiving. While we miss our families, it is kind of nice to be able to have Brent home and just relax a bit. We have most of our leaves down now so the kids have been playing in them a lot. The boys set the table this year.

I can't believe we got a shot of all 5 of us smiling:)

Three crazy kiddos! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Fall weekend

The leaves here have been so pretty and it finally feels like Fall. Here is a pic of our Japanese Maple by the pond. It has been beautiful. Even though it isn't that cold, Griffin sometimes insists on wearing an unusual combination of scarves and hats. He even dresses up his stuffed animals.

Brent and I on date night while my mom was in town.

This past weekend Brent raked up some leaves for the kids to jump in. They had a lot of fun.

The boys have started to like playing football with Brent. Gray even wanted to know why Brent couldn't come home from work one afternoon and play football with him.

Little Linda?

So lately we have been thinking that Ashby looks a lot like her Grandma Linda. Thoughts on this one? She really does look a lot like Brent (who in turn looks like Linda) and she does have the curls:) Here is a recent picture of her. Don't let this sweet little smile fool you. She is starting to show that she has quite the little temper. Her favorite word is "No!" and she says it with a lot of passion. She definitely has a "cheese" face for the camera now. It is hard to get a normal picture of her sometimes.

She is starting to show a preference for some of her more girly toys. She loves her little Vera Bradley purse that my friend bought her. She carries it around on her arm almost all the time.

She even carries it up the stairs!