Visiting the Corn Maze

After church on Sunday we went with the Westfalls out to Newberry to play in the big corn maze. (Jonathan informed me immediately that the corn maze was not actually made of corn.) Here is our small parade making their way through the maze. The boys (big and small) had a lot of fun scaring one another in the maze as well as hitting each other with broken off switches of "corn". I was too scared that I was going to break my ankle on the uneven soil so I did not participate in any running.

There were other things to do there as well such as play in this corn bin. You can see Gavin making a corn angel with other children visiting the maze.

Here are Nathan, Noah, Hayden and Gavin climbing around on a scenic view of hay bales and fake fall flowers. This was just the best of many attempts at a decent picture... four boys do not exactly sit still for long.

I never really take pictures when we are out because I am too embarrassed or I am the only adult there to take pictures. This day I decided I would at least take a few so that when they were older I would have proof that we did things together. Nathan is not really big on snuggling so this is the best of him that I got.

Gavin, on the other hand, is a love bug. I can always count on him for a big hug!

He loves his mom.

A Busy Day with Grandma

A couple of weeks ago we had a very busy weekend to tackle and Jonathan was working so my wonderful mother came to rescue me. She helped me get through a busy weekend and here are some of the things we got to do.

Gavin's first soccer game. Doesn't he look like a skilled goalie?

Here is Nathan... I don't know that he is really doing much.

Next after running back and forth between two simultaneous soccer games we have to leave early in order to get Nathan to the Literacy Festival at the library so that he could receive his award for being the top reader in second grade at Terwilliger Elementary.

Here is Nathan getting his picture taken for the local paper. I am so proud of my reader.

Next we went to Bat Fest, the once a year bat event at the Lubee Bat Conservancy. The flying foxes here are awesome. Unfortunately a bunch of college aged kids hogged all of the good picture taking spots so I didn't get any pictures of the bats this time. I did however get this great picture of Gavin and Granny pretending to be bats. Nathan was in a bad mood so he refused to participate.

After Bat Fest we went and watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We all had lots of fun. All in all, it was a crazy day and I am glad my mom came and rescued me from what could have been quite a miserable time.

Trip to Andersonville

Jonathan and his dad, Grampa B, took the boys to Andersonville, GA for a civil war reenactment. Here are some pictures of that event... I am not sure why there are no pictures of the reenactment, but pictures of the boys are cuter than pictures of strangers. So here they are.

Here are the boys with Grampa at the catfish buffet. Mmmm.....

First Day of School

Here are pictures from the first day of school for Nathan and Gavin this year. I guess it was my first day of school too. This was Gavin's first day of "real" school ever... sniff.

Here is Gavin with his new backpack. He picked it out on his own, but it looks just like Nathan's. He certainly admires his brother.

Here is Nathan going to second grade for the first time (with his newly broken arm). His wonderful teacher is Mrs. Sakai.

Here is my baby... sniff... going to Kindergarten with his very first teacher, Mrs. Renicks.

So cute!