homecoming 2011

every year we have a tradition to go to waco for baylor homecoming

we have been going to homecoming ever since i was little

the forresters (who were my dad's friends from high school) come and stay with my parents

and we do the same tradition every year

i think they have done this for almost 30 years

unfortunately, this year - jordan and i were only able to participate in

our friday night "fiesta night" and then we had

to head back to dallas for a memorial service for a special friend, ruth loring

we were sad to miss the saturday festivities, but our kids were able to go so that was fun for them,

and i was really glad i was able to attend the memorial service on saturday morning

my dad has some pictures on his blog here

and apparently mary beth got some good pics - so i will try to upload hers to my blog

sometime this week

the kids (and jordan :)) ate outside

everyone waiting in line for dinner

thanks jason for this :)

dad & mb

molly, mom, & andrew

emily & alex

eating our traditional fiesta meal

jordan & alex (or hanj as mb calls him)

the whole forrester clan

we love you forresters and are so glad we get to do this tradition with you each year,

sad we missed the bulk of it on saturday -

next year :)

halloween

so i am not a big proponent of halloween,

and i/we have still not decided how we want to do it,

but this year -

all my kids were given costumes,

and jayden was super excited about doing it

so we did it

i know,

not a good way to do something if you aren't sure about it

but we did it

judge me that is fine :)

campbell was given a flower costume by our neighbor (so cute), jayden & duncan buzz & woody from toy story (even though duncan is actually wearing pj's - he had a buzz costume like jayden but didn't wear it b/c it was kind of big)

we joined our friends for their neighborhood halloween parade

it is a great way to do it because people just line a certain street and all the kids walk down and get candy and show off their costumes

a lot of our friends joined us there too!

so that was fun.

and the lighting was just perfect for pictures - so that made me happy :)

jon, robin, & monkey (jack)

jayden, charlie, and felice

norah

the mario brothers & their princess

amy, moose (norah), and dan

tom

christina & eden

the cutest little flower you have ever seen :)

doggy (riley)

curious george (georgia) & his trainer (luke)

and their mommy & daddy

here are all the kids and any any on the way

christina & erin (with jasper who is just a week old)

another family pic minus jayden

it was fun and i love how cute all the kids are in their costumes!

precious little darlings!

the weekend

this past weekend it was so fun because my parents were in town,

so it meant we had a lot of family time

(which i love)

we attempted to go to a park friday night and eat dinner out there

but my option of the park was too windy

and cold

so we weren't able to eat there

look how cute molly is in this hat?

love to watch them swing

and jayden pushing duncan

molly's arms were hilarious

my dad with all the girls

we ended up getting tony's and eating it at the church

we had something there that night,

so it was just easier to eat it there

saturday was a relaxing day

we ended the night with everyone eating at our house

the kids at their table

the adult table

on sunday

our niece molly got dedicated at church

it was such a sweet baby dedication for all of the little ones

i love that we walk in a community where people

desire to train and speak life over their children

where the parents are intentional of putting identity on their kids from an early age

so sweet

amy & blake had everyone over to their house to eat afterwards

it was a beautiful day

couldn't get a family pic

but us with the baby

sweet molly and amy

how was your weekend?

family fun night: october

for our family fun night in october

we decided to stay in

(because we have been super busy this month and that sounded better than getting out!)

and we carved pumpkins with the kids

it was a fun activity

campbell and jayden really enjoyed it

duncan was off doing his own thing

we took the seeds and washed them and then roasted them

they were SO GOOD

we had the kids draw the pictures on the pumpkins

and then jordan and i carved the pumpkins

it was a fun family night!

glad to make memories with our kiddos ;)