halloweenies!!

our first stop was a nearby church's fall festival...

...but on halloween, we had a big party called "halloweenies"!! we served hot dogs and had a bounce house and snow cone machine...we passed out flyers on our street to invite all of our neighbors! it was sooo fun! we had about 75-100 people come through....and got the numbers of a few new neighbors! we are hoping to throw block parties regularly, and this was the perfect way to kick it off!!

outside time...

we are breaking out the long sleeves and loving it! i love this time of year...so cool, but i'm not freezing yet! the boys had "jersey" day at school...so by the time they were home, they were in the football playing mood. logan is usually the one who loves to play football (as you can tell by his football is duct taped to keep it together)...but this time, ian was excited too...andy was home, and we had a fun outside afternoon!!

pumpkin patch

made a quick visit to the pumpkin patch! it was fun with friends...and the kids actually were pretty entertained for awhile, just looking at all the different pumpkins...

logan,kylie,tysen,ian,taylor

tysen and taylor - our cutie little pumpkins!

logan loved this crazy one!

welcome little vandy....

graham david vanderveer is our newest little cousin! he's the sweetest little thing!! the whole family went to visit over the weekend...and then tysen and mommy stayed for a whole week to help out! oh, it was sooo fun to snuggle with that little munchkin! and tysen loved playing with max every day!!

tysen asked to hold him every day! he adored little gra!!

logan held him and just talked really sweet and quiet to him...then he kinda chuckled and said, "his hair looks like a highschooler"....LOL!!!

love this bunch of boys!!!

when i told tysen we were going to visit max in denton...he said "can i go to cuin's house?"...he misses his buddy cuin! we got to visit, and they played like old times...

one last hug before heading back home!!

1st and 2nd grade!

we're in a new town, and the boys have a new school! they loved their first week! we are just under a mile away, so we've enjoyed walking to school each morning! :)

he knows what he wants!

he asked specifically for his three monkeys....usually i find them on the floor later, but i guess tonight he knew exactly what he wanted!! :)

the fam's in town!!

i loved having my family in town visiting!!! the mcclures came first...then the spooners...then mom and sam...then the kazees came in as the mcclures headed out...and we got to have a big family lunch together....and of course...mom made us take a family photo!!