Connor's Taekwondo Tournament

This weekend we took a family trip to Tuscaloosa AL for Connor's Taekwondo tournament.  He was so excited and it gave him that extra chance to feel special and build his confidence.  Connor did awesome!  He was energetic, loud and knew all his positions, punches, strikes and stranger danger info.  He has worked hard! 

Focused

This is a Taewondo buddy!  We were glad that they both got to go to competition together.  They had a great time afterwards showing each other their special moves while we waited for the opening ceremonies.

Here is the proud champion!  He wore the medal all weekend!  Don't let Connor's new "smile" fool you, he was one proud guy!

Happy Halloween

Halloween this year lasted forever!  It was a whole week affair.  We had a blast but boy was I ready for it to be over!
First we had Brennan's Fall festival.  No pictures because I didn't know we should dress up.
Next, Connor's Fall festival.

Connor and Ryleigh struck a pose for me!

Connor also had his Drug Free Parade this week.  Connor's class were ghosts.

Friday, we had the ward party complete with trunk or treat!

Finally, Saturday (still not technically, Halloween!)  We had a block party that afternoon and trick or treating that evening.  We were all done being dressed up until next year!

Now if you are wondering who my children are... not just ordinary Jedi and Princess.  Brennan was Obi One, Connor was Anakin, Ryleigh was Sleeping Beauty here and Snow White the first night.  We MUST be specific!

Pumpkin Patch

We love visiting pumpkin patches!  Over the years we have seen many, in many different states.  This year we went to Applin' Farms for our pumpkin plucking.  We had fun visiting their farm animals and even had a little boy tell us the names of a few of his animals.  Brennan of course was not impressed with the "farm smells".  We took a hayride out to the patch and the kids dispursed to find the perfect pumpkin.  Ryleigh found herself waist high in pumpkin leaves and vines and had to have Daddy rescue her.  She was also still sporting a rather big bandage from the previous thumb smashing incident.  Connor surprised us all by picking out the biggest pumpkin.  Brennan went for the unique look.  His was a "brown" pumpkin.  It looked a little off to me.  Ryleigh somehow ended up with two.  One she picked out and a little one I showed her.  both were just too cute and perfect to pass up. 

Carving the pumpkins was lots of fun.  The week was way too busy so we found ourselves carving them a little here and there on Halloween night.  We finished them up after trick or treating and enjoyed lighting them up!

Thanks Applin Farms for making our pumpkin experience so enjoyable!