Grown up.....that is all I can say when I see Tate's kindergarten school picture. I feel like I missed so much of his life already, just because I feel like I wasn't paying attention. Does the time really go that fast--that you feel like you didn't even experience it? It's like when you're driving to a regular spot and you get to where you were going and you can't remember half of the trip. That's what watching kids grow up is like, especially when they are yours. Like you need to savor every single moment. I'm not really sure who he favors in this picture. Maybe a little of both his mom and dad. When we ask Tate who he looks like, he says, "Like Tate". Of course, what were we thinking.

A brisk day turned into a beatiful sunny warm day perfect for a visit to Pumpkin Hollow in St. Francis. Tate and Avery and our nephew Joe Scott had a great time looking at all of the animals, riding a train and a hay wagon, looking at pumpkins, and of course picking out a junk toy with the $2 Gran gave each of them before we left. These 3 are all so different and unique. Who would think that they are related at all? Joe Scott is so independent yet so smitten with his mother. He was so happy to spend some special time with her. Tate is so imaginative--sometimes he finds it hard to pay attention to the rest of the world because he's stuck in dreamland. And that Avery--so in love with animals, outside, and other children--she was in hog heaven! It was such a blessing to spend such a beautiful day in a beautiful place with family!

Well, I decided that this blogging might be a great way for friends to keep up with us and for us to brag on our little ones. Hope you enjoy!