Foster’s school celebrates their Birthdays by having them fill out this cute poster and then they got to share it during class.  We had a fun time filling this out.  The questions are pretty open-ended.  

Foster was very proud of his poster.  His teachers told me he was pretty share when sharing with the class.  

I felt badly for leaving Cash out of the previous leaf pictures so one weekday after running errands I just plopped Cash and Foster down in the leaves in the front yard for some pictures!  Cash loved it.  

Foster lovingly pulling Cash towards him. :)

Brotherly love

This would be Cash with an acorn in his mouth.  Don’t worry- I quickly got it out of his mouth.  He never actually tries to swallow things like this, he just loves to put them in his mouth!

Playing with leaves…

Over my Birthday weekend we had a very fun visit from our cousins from Arizona.  Carolyn and her daughter, Tiffany are some of the most fun, gracious people you will ever meet.  They always keep us laughing.  My kids loved spending time with both of them.  Here is an attempt at a picture with them!

Judy is very close to Carolyn and Tiffany- they usually stay with her when they come.  I’m so glad they got to have some good quality time together in Tulsa! 

Here are Unlce Ron and Nana pushing the boys in the swing that afternoon. 

One Sunday afternoon after we got home from church we decided to snap some pictures of the big kids in the leaves.  One of the ONLY benefits of having a ton of trees with a ton of leaves is that you can take some good nature pictures!  The downside is that you have to trim tree limbs, rake leaves, etc.  

Nana got Emma this red coat last year and I just love it! 

On Sunday, November 3rd, the 1st Grade choir got to sing 2 songs during “big church.”  They did a great job!  

Some day, I will figure out an easy way to put videos on my blog.  We recorded the two songs, but for now… here are just pictures.  :)

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We had a wonderful Halloween this year.  This was Cash’s first Halloween so it was really fun to have THREE kiddos all in costume.  The big kids loved seeing Cash in costume.

Foster was a Top Gun pilot and he totally fit the part, Cash was a fireman (because a fireman is the first person that held him when he was born and Firemen are now our heroes), and Emma was a Cowgirl (don’t ask me why- she is scared of horses!)

Silly picture

Forgive me for posting so many pictures of Foster here, just can’t get enough of him.  He looked so slick.  (notice he’s holding a car in his hand- he’s always holding a car in his hand!)

Silly pic to match Emma’s silly pic.

These two kids love each other more than words can express.  Their relationship is one of my greatest blessings in life.  Look at the way Foster is holding Emma’s hand. 

Getting a picture of Cash with his fireman hat on was well, let’s just say it was a challenge!!!  I knew it would be.  My Mom would put the hat on him and I would quickly snap 20 pictures within 2 seconds until he threw it on the ground.  Here is Mom placing the hat on his head! 

We did manage to get a couple of cute pictures of him in full costume.

Where is Cash??

Even Emma tried to hold the hat on him- I love her face here!

After taking pictures at home we loaded up to head to our church for Noah’s Ark, a fall festival-type event.

Every year the kids take a picture with Aunt Judy- I love this tradition we have started. 

Family picture

Cash hung out in the stroller most of the night but he did get to get out of the stroller to participate in a few activities. 

Aubrey and Emma… they have come a long way from their first Halloween as a ladybug and bumblebee.  

We have taken a picture of these 3 friends every year since they were babies. Sniff Sniff.  I love that Mackenzie and Aubrey are both posing and Emma is just standing still.  :)

Nana will be mad at me for posting this picture- but here are she and Cash.  I always appreciate her help so much at events like these.  

Playing games… bowling

Foster climbing the wall

The next series of pics are of Cash in the tunnel.  Each of our kids have gotten to crawl through the tunnel on their first Halloween.  He loved it!

Did I fool anyone??  This is Foster!  Everyone always says that they look so much alike.  I think they look very different here. :)  Foster had NO hair.  

Ok, back to Cash pictures…

This picture cracks me up- My Mom is trying to situate Cash and Jonah (his good buddy) for a picture but they were NOT having it! They weren’t nearly as cooperative as their sisters were at that age.

Foster riding a giraffe

Playing carnival games

Daddy and Cash after Noah’s Ark.  Cash was very slap-happy and ready for his bed.

This year we decided to go to Trunk or Treat, a very fun Fall costume event at Foster’s school.  I just took the 2 big kids and Robin stayed home while Cash napped.  Here are Cowgirl Emma and Top Gun Foster.  This was their first time to get to wear their Halloween costumes for the week.  

Foster was very excited to see some of his good buddies from school.  They stayed on this bounce house slide forever!  They went on it over and over again.  Here are Foster and Lathan going down the slide!

Then it was Emma’s turn to go with Foster.  She begged him to go with her.  Once they got to the top, he didn’t wait for her- he slid down before her! 

Here is Foster with his good buddy, Caleb.  I went to grade school, high school, and college with his Daddy, Joe.  Very interesting how things have come full circle and now our sons are friends!  

Foster with his other good friend, Lathan.

The hit of the night for Foster was the Fun Bus- he loved it!

On Friday, October 23rd we had some friends over for pizza and pumpkin carving!  Kinslee, Emma, Foster, and Jeremiah had a great time carving pumpkins… while the babies (Kenna and Cash) had a great time watching.  

I love it that Foster decided to play with his cars on the table in the middle of pumping carving. His cars are ALWAYS present and involved in whatever activity we are doing!

The kids drew on their faces and then Daddy carved them according to their requests. :)

Foster’s pumpkin is on the left, Emma’s is on the right.  Foster’s straight mouth cracks me up!

Foster’s first field trip was on October 23rd.  We went with his class to Southern Hills Methodist Church’s Pumpkin Patch.  It was really fun for me to watch Foster interact with some of his friends from school (that I’ve been hearing about for several months!)

Her is a class photo…

Good buddies: Nicolas and Foster

Picking out a pumpkin to take home

Cash came along and did fabulous- he just hung out in the stroller!

Lathan and Foster

The three amigos…

Snack time

Here’s a little pic to prove that Mommy was there too. :)

This year we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch with our good friends.  We had such a great time! 

Here are Aubrey and Emma racing to the patch…

and here are Foster and Landon… how adorable is it that they are holding hands???

oh my!  They look like teenagers!

The following pictures are in no particular order… some were taken by me, some by Robin, and some by Jamey. :)

Here are the pumpkins that we purchased to take home.  We ended up using Cash’s stroller to haul our pumpkins!

The kids loved playing in the corn maze and “haunted house.”  It was difficult to convince them that it was time to leave!