My fairy princess at library story time...

Boo at the Zoo with my fairy princess

Harmon's pumpkin patch and hay ride

I pulled the kids out of school early Wednesday (in order to miss the HUGE crowds over the weekend) and we headed off to the state fair. Bill was out of town so it was just the kiddos and me. Well, actually the boys got their wrist bands for unlimited rides (since that's all they cared about:) and they took off. So, Hannah and I enjoyed our afternoon together (which is why almost all the pictures are of her:) We found the boys a couple times and got a couple shots of them on the rides. There were hardly any lines so they hit EVERYTHING and there were a TON of rides there. They were actually pooped by the end of the day. As were Hannah and I. We missed having dad with us though:(

a day at the fair

our 2 hour tour through the corn maze

Prayer Request:

Please keep my friend, Michelle, and her family in your prayers as she just lost her baby. She was Josh's favorite teacher in elementary school. Check out her link under my blogs: Castro family...what a wonderful testimony!!!

jacob's birthday take 2...with family

morning out with my lil' carolina girl

This post is for my grandma and grammy...

This is the smock dress mommy got me when we were in Newberry. (She took the pic after I played in the park so as you can see my hair is a mess and my bows are falling off my shoulder) but anyway you can see what my mommy was talking about at how easy it would be for you to make these cute dresses for me:) Just a little hint in case you get bored and decide to take out your sewing machines on a rainy day:) Love you grandma and grammy...miss you!

An afternoon in downtown Newberry

Happy 12th birthday Jacob!

Suprise!!! He knew about his sleepover but his friends beat his bus after school so everyone was here when he walked in. They played dodgeball on the trampolene, played some video games, went on an "air heads" treasure hunt all over the house, had pizza and ice-cream cake, put together some legos Jacob got, and now they are all watching "Iron Man". And tomorrow I was planning on taking the kids to a Fall Festival they are having in one of the nearby towns but we have to be back for the Gamecocks at 2pm. I'm sure I'll have some tired kids tomorrow! At least Hannah's in bed. She's so funny, when we were eating the cake she kept thanking Jacob for his birthday so she could have cake. And she was sooo excited for him to open his presents but I think she was dissapointed there was nothing cute or "girly" for her to play with:)

Our newest addition...Happy Birthday Jacob!

Jacob has been asking for a parakeet, so we let him pick one out last night for his birthday present. Can our house get any noisier??? Josh has a cockatiel so now with 4 kids, 2 dogs and 2 birds...we are turning into our own little zoo:) But, really, he (or she?) don't know which yet...too young to tell, but he is a beautiful tropical blue color and he is sooo sweet!!! Already loves to be held (and you never know with a parakeet what kind of temperament they'll have at first) but this one LOVES to be held and is not biting...Jacob is so thrilled!!! He named him Kokomo...calls him "Koko" for short.