lunch with 3 kids

this pristine scene lasted for about 5 minutes before i nursed esther at the table while the boys ate lunch. :)  

chillaxin

three kids post-nap snack and veggie tales time

special biggest brother

happy thanksgiving

We're thankful for these three sweet blessings and our first sunday at church as a family of 5!

our weekend

A very special thank you to Rachel and Bala for a last minute visit to help us out. My mom got sick so my parents left early, Matt had been down for the count since Wednesday with the flu/bronchitis, and this mommy would currently be dead without the extra help!!!

Enjoy some pics of our weekend. 

esther grace is born

happy birth day!

monday, november 12

8 lbs, 6oz

headed to church

brothers

Two brothers with boots enjoying some oranges. Love. 

two boys love trains

One day last week I met my friend Amberly and her daughter at the depot for some train fun.  The boys have been there a bunch of times, but it's still always fun to go look at the engine and go inside the rail cars. Plus, it gets us out of the house and its free!

Eli and Brooklynn in front of "the old tired engine"

Isaac saying wheels

peeking out of the train car

running inside the old coal car

i adore this picture b/c it looks like they're in 'O BrotherWhere Art Thou' trying to escape

Last Saturday we took the boys to a fall festival agrotourism thingy that Tennessee Tech  was hosting.  When I read in the paper they were going to have games/face painting/live animals  & it was free, I knew it was for us!  

It was simple, yet perfect for kids- even better than a pumpkin patch.  They had tractors to sit on, animals to look at, games to play, face painting, bubbles, coloring, stickers, pumpkin slingshots, and more.  The boys even got to pick a free pumpkin to take home!  So thank you Tech for a wonderful (and free) morning of fun!

literally running to the tractors

eli has a thing where he looooves to keep his hands in his pockets (also, it was pretty cold)

instead of a sand box they had a corn box! the boys had a blast.  behind Isaac is the little pumpkin patch they had set up for the kids to pick a pumpkin. 

pushing the tree to make sorghum juice come out of the cane

roarrrrrrr

saying 'hi' to the baby lamb

beautiful orange tree!!