"Dip"ity Doo Dah

My, oh my, what a wonderful day here in the south! We made the most of this beautiful fall day. We picked up our precious puppy, Dip, to get his vaccinations today at Petco. He made lots of new friends while we waited at the store. After the boys got haircuts, we decided we'd picnic at the park and take Dip on his very first nature walk. He loved running, playing, and rolling down the hill with the boys. We are all so happy to have Dip in our family now. He fits perfectly. He's friendly, fun-loving, very playful, and so cute. There's no way the camera could capture all the fun everyone had, but here's our best attempt.

Kickin' Parties

Soccer season has ended for all 3 boys, and they all had their parties at Cici's Pizza. They had fun saying bye to their soccer buddies by eating pizza, playing arcade games, and receiving their very own trophies. Here are the pics!

Jonathan and one of our goalies, Matthew, with Aaron trying to sneak in the picture.

These are the girls who were on our team, minus one.

Here's Jonathan showing off his trophy.

Coach Daddy, Austin, and the whole Royal Blue team.

Aaron, Caleb, and their friend, David.

The Maroon Team is "patiently" waiting to receive their trophies.

Caleb autographs the coach's shirt.

Aaron and his prized trophy.

Caleb was so proud of his new trophy and he couldn't stop playing with it. Do you think it made it out of Cici's in one piece? (Answer: No way! Thank goodness for super glue!)

Coach David, Coach Jeff, and the Maroon Mustangs

Priceless Art

A recent new furniture purchase and a day's worth of watching the home and garden channel spawned some creative ideas in Jeff's brain to spruce up our living room. He immediately went shopping at Lowe's, Michael's, and Hobby Lobby, armed himself with a few power tools and art supplies, and began a project that I honestly didn't believe would ever be finished. But much to my surprise and pleasure, it took Jeff less than two weeks to complete; and I am now the proud owner of an original, one-of-a-kind masterpiece of, the one-and-only, Jeff Rhodes' stylish and contemporary collection. The pictures give it no justice; you'll have to come visit to see these fine works of art in all their glory!!

Down on the Farm. . .Again!

Caleb's class took a field trip to the farm last week, so he and I were able to experience the excitement again. Here are a few pictures of Caleb on his first school trip!

Pumpkin Paintin'

During our community group Sunday night, Alesha and I took the kiddos out and let them spark their creativity. While at the pumpkin patch, each of the boys picked out a pumpkin for themselves as well as one for Miss Bailey. So we thought this would be a great time to let them really make them their own. And my, what a fantastic job they did! Here are some pictures of the diligent workers. . .

Fall Fun

Last week was quite rainy and pretty dreadful. The sun finally started peeking through the clouds Saturday; so when Sunday rolled around, we decided we'd take advantage of the beautiful weather and head to the pumpkin patch. We loaded up that afternoon and went to Cedar Hill Farms. The boys were so excited to be out of the house. We all had fun feeding and petting the farm animals, watching a chicken show, riding horses, going on a hayride, making our way through a corn maze, and picking out the perfect pumpkins for painting. The boys also had a blast on the playground, in the hay fort, and walking through a hay maze, while Jeff and I munched on some home-made fudge! Here are lots and lots of pictures of our precious, beautiful boys enjoying a precious, beautiful day God blessed us with!