Leaves are falling all around

Every year when the leaves start to fall, I start to think of all of the fun pictures we could take. Yes, I said fun. I guess they are fun if you consider this fun.

Me: Kids we are going to go take some pictures in the leaves.

Kids: No, Mom, Please NO! 

( That is still what we say to my Mom when she wants to take family pictures!)

Me: Come on I got you new shirts.

Kids: (Look and the shirts) I don't like those, those are ugly! I am not wearing that!

Me: Okay, let's go do your hair.

Kids: Crying while I force them to at least comb the tangles out of their hair.

Me: Get into the car, right now!!

Kids: Are we there yet?

Me: Okay smile, say cheese.

Kids:  Screaming, Don't touch me! Mom, someone is hitting me!

Me: Stop hitting each other! Just SMILE!!!! Act like you love each other!

Kids: Are we done yet, can we please go home!

Me: Just one more I promise, just look at the camera and smile.

After about ten more I finally let them get up and go.

That is how it goes every year! And I hope it goes like that for many more years to come.

I just wanted you all to know the true story, but look at the priceless pictures I got of my kids!

The kids doggy piled on each other so Dave sat Marlie on top. I love the look on her face! The next one is my favorite with all of the kids together!

Here are my favorite ones of the girls!

Mason likes to get his picture taken, but he likes to pose himself. His favorite pose is showing off his big muscles. I always have to take one like that before he will let me take a good one!

What a handsome boy!!!

Here are the pictures of Marlie that I took. It is not always easy getting a baby to smile when she has a double ear infection, is getting new teeth, has the croup, and would rather eat the leaves then the sit on them. They aren't the greatest, but I thought they turned out cute considering what we were up against! 

 

I did have her hair done before we left the house.

Well, I guess that's all until next fall!

Halloweens From the Past

Trunk-R-Treat

We have a Trunk-R-Treat ever year with the Goring's. With a family that size there is always a pretty BIG crowd! We always have such a great time when we get together!

Here are just a few of the Ghoul's and Goblins that showed up.

This was Marlie's first Halloween, so I was wanting to capture all of the KODAK moments, but I think I went a little overboard. Sorry Mar's!

We started out with a happy flower, then she turned sad.

Here are the kids at Grandma Sherie's house. Marlie was beyond being done getting her picture taken. The girls put their own costumes together with stuff around the house. Maddi was a pirate and Kayla was a punk rocker. Obviously Mason was the Hulk and Marlie was a flower.

Marlie enjoyed her first trunk-r-treating experience. Notice that she has a sucker in each hand, and one stuck on her costume.

Here are the kids again in their costumes, getting ready for the trunk-r-treat with our community. This time Maddi was an Alien and Kayla was a little devil.

Carving Pumpkins

 Dave has always loved Halloween. Lucky for the kids or they probably wouldn't ever carve pumpkins. 

Dave decided to be real manly and use his saws all to cut out the tops.

We invited cousins Easton and Brooke over to have some fun with us.

This was the final product, pretty good I must say! Dave's is the spider, then it is Maddi's pirate flag, then Kayla's ghost, and then Mason's bat. The deer really liked Masons because the next morning the bat was half eaten.

Freaky Friday

This last Friday we were invited to a Halloween party at our friend Cade and Mandie's house. We all had such a great time. We went on a scavenger hunt, it was so cute and clever! We even had to go to the High School football game and get our picture taken with a cheerleader. (with our costumes on, in front of the entire town.) We also had to go to the cemetery, the river bottoms, the library, and the local grocery store. It was a blast, and of course we won!!! I did not know what to dress up as, and I did not want to spend any money, so this is what we ended up looking like.

Dave borrowed the sweet outfit from his friend Blake. When Maddi asked what he was we just said he was someone with a lot of girl friends! (lol) I dressed up as "White Trash." The picture doesn't do the costume justice. I took a garbage bag and glued all sorts of trash on it. I even had garbage and an egg shell in my hair. It was the cheapest costume I have ever had.

Here are Blaine and Natalie as a farmer and his pig. Even Pregnant Natalie looks nothing like a pig. I love the nipples!

Here are Cade and Mandie in their freaky costumes! Check out Cade's eyes, they were so awesome yet gross at the same time! There were more people that came, but darn it I didnt get there pictures.

Fall Time Fun!

The girls and 17 other girls from their  achievement day class went to a corn maze this week. I was able to go with them, and I had an aMAZEing time! (lol) I am grateful that they still want me to be a part of their lives! They are good girls and I am happy they are mine!

It was Drug Free week at school this week. each day they had different dress up days. Their favorite was crazy hair day! As you can tell the girls really got into it!

Maddi and her SCARY HAIR!!!

Can you say HAIRSPRAY!!!!!!

Here is a side view of McKayla's CRAZY mowhawk! 

It is hunting season so that means Dave is gone most nights and weekends . He took Mason and Easton out with him last weekend. Then Marlie and I went out to visit. He shoot a Deer the next morning, but the deer must of had some illness, so unfortunately the meat was unusable.(I do like deer jerky, maybe next year!)

Easton,Garrett, Preston,and Mason sporting their safety orange!

Here is Jenny and Marlie hanging out by the campfire.

While the boys were out playing the girls were having some fun if their own!

Last weekend we had a shower for my sister in law Shay. She is having boy girls twins and we are so excited for her and Scott. She is due in December, but the babies will most likely come in November. She looks great!! (She is the one in the middle with the Gray shirt if you can't tell.) It is always a good time spending time with family!

ONE WHOLE HAND

I can't believe my baby boy turned five years old this week. Five years old just seems like the transition from a little boy to a little man! I have not kept current on his scrapbook, actually I do not think that I have started one. I have taken thousands of pictures of him though! I will try to pick just a few so you can see how much he has grown!

Mason David Morris was born on October 15th, 2003 at 12:10 p.m. 

He weighed 8 lbs. and 1 ounce

Mason was a very happy baby, his smile makes me melt.

It has been a wonderful ride being Mason's mom. I was nervous at first to have a baby boy, but it is great raising a son! I look forward to what lies ahead!

He loves to be outdoors playing with trucks, riding bikes, hunting with his Dad, an just playing in the dirt!

It is hard to imagine that a little who boy is so rough and tough, but at the same time can be so tender and loving. He is always worried about his family and is a great protector of his baby sister.

Mason has always had a love for life. He has fun doing anything! He can entertain himself for hours. I love to watch him, it always put a smile on my face!

Here is Mason blowing out the candles on the Caterpillar cake that he and I made together. I am so blessed to be his mom and have his sweet (Yet ever rambunctious ) spirit in my life. I hope and pray that I can teach him the things that he needs to know! I hope that he has a healthy, happy life, and that he can accomplish the goals that he sets for himself.

I love you Mason !!!