It's Official

Baby #3 is healthy and growing. I am 9 weeks and the babies heartrate is at 165. Everything looks great and we are excited!

Thanksgiving

Wow how time flies! I cannot believe it is 2 weeks past Thanksgiving and we are full swing into the Christmas season! This year Thanksgiving was great for our family. For the first time in 3 years, we were able to go to Arkansas and celebrate with our families. The trip was long and the traffic was terrible, but it was worth it to celebrate with our families. Below are some pictures of our trip and of the Children's Ark Thanksgiving Dinner!

Fall Festival

Our school Fall Festival was the last Friday on October. I thought these videos were funny to see the difference between Griffin;s experience and Tucker's. They both had a great time though.

Happy Halloween!

My Super Heroes

Super G and T man

more to come later...

Fall trip to Arkansas

Well, we survived another trip- and it is getting easier.  Tucker is finally old enough to watch movies with Griffin and eat in the car, so we made record time- 9 hours going and 9 1/2 coming home.  For those who have made the trip from Searcy to Austin, that may not sound that fast.  For those that have made it with infants and toddlers, I think you would agree we were flying! :)

The trip itself was great as always.  It was short, but jam-packed.  On Friday we went to Greenbrier where my aunt and uncle live.  We met them for lunch, along with my sister and Lily (they came over from N little rock).  We went to a pumpkin patch (most of my pictures are from here) and later went to watch my uncle's HS football team play.  It was a great atmosphere and they won, which made it all the better.  On Saturday we spent the day with Nathan's parents and Justin and Julie and Shelby came that evening.  We played at the park and had a nice evening.  Sunday was full of church, meals, and family, and it was nice to not have to go home until Monday.  We miss our family and love our visits, but it is good to be back home also.

State Cross Country

This past weekend was the State Cross Country Meet for TAPPS.  My girls have worked hard all season, running in races every Saturday to prepare for this race.  Our goal was to win State and it was a goal that we thought we had a chance to accomplish.  We faced some setbacks, including an injury to one of our top runners, but were still able to finish 4th in the State and had a runner in the top 10 (6th).  Although we did not reach our goal, the girls ran well and I am proud of them and am looking forward to next season

Community Helper Week

Last week was community helper week at Children's Ark.  On Tuesday we were visited by a Police Officer who gave the kids lots of good safety information.  On Thursday the fire truck came to school.  These visits were made even better since Giriifn's class got to see both visitors with our class and Tucker's class got to see the fire truck.  He was cautious, but interested.  It was a fun week and very informational as well.

Fry's Fun Farm

This year I am teaching at Children's Ark, so it was a little different experience than past years.  Nathan was also able to come and see the boys- something he had not been able to do at his old job- so that was special for the boys.  Griffin had done this before, but this was new to Tucker and he loved the "mals" (animals).  It was a great day with great weather. 

Smith Sick Ward

This was a couple of weeks ago, but I am behind on my posts.  We are all well now and hopefully will stay that way for a while

Griffins first Soccer Game was a blast.  The second video is Griffin taking it coast to coast for the first goal of the season.  I have to say sorry to Tucker for pushing him aside while trying to get this footage.  After his goal, griffin got right back on Defense and kept a couple of theirs from going in.  He loves soccer and picked it up quick thanks to Coach Kendall and Coach Tim.  He says that his favorite parts are scoring goals and stopping the other team from scoring...if it were only this easy.  We are looking forward to the cooler weather this season and getting a chance to watch Griffin dominate on the field.  We're proud of you Bud!

Dad

Trip to Searcy

Last month we went to Arkansas to see our family.  It had been a while since we had been there, so it was great to be back.  The boys and I rode home with my folks, who came to visit the weekend before.  We were there for the week and then Nathan came that next weekend.  Although the boys were sick the beginning of the week, we all got better and were able to enjoy our time. 

Tanner's Birthday