Schnepft farms

I Love Schneft farms!!! Ive gone for the past 4 years:) Ryder was only 8 mos. but its for the atmosphere! The kids LOVE IT! I mean just look at Paisleys face hahaha! I took my neice and nephew and my two little munchkins and they had a blast! Ryder has turned into such a big boy I cant believe it!!! P liked it too towards the end...

Ryder loves his cousin hunter. These were the swings that I said NO way on but he was dead set on going on them so I gave in and was COMPLETELY freaked out and to my surprise he absolutely loved it:) There is nothing better than seeing your kids having tons of fun.

We definitely made our rounds! We rode all the rides a few times each. BTW did I mention I took these four kiddos by myself? crazy huh? But... I didnt care it was easy and fun! I had an older kid to ride with my little ones it worked out perfect:)



LET ME EXPLAIN..... HA! This is why I was so hesitant on the swings! Ryder since last year insisted that he ride the roller coaster, I of course told him he was too little. So this year rolls around and he was DEAD set so I talked to the teeny bopper operating this thing and he said he was big enough so I loaded him on there and let em rip! The first round he was o..k.. but by the 2nd time this is what I saw... FULL. BLOWN. HYSTERICS! Poor lil guy! They stopped the ride shortly after, thank goodness! He told me that he didnt wanna ride the roller coaster anymore haha!

The troops!!! One last thing we went on a thurs night which was my 1st time doing that and it was awesome!!! There were NO lines and not so crowded, also QC residents get tickets for 1/2 off! So fun!!!Of course I will go again next year and the next and the next :)! My kids will finally have to say "mom, Im 26 I dont want to go to schnepft farms anymore" haha!

halloween festivities part 2

We had lots of fun getting in the spirit of Halloween. Here are my favorite kiddos in the bath after a rough night of playing and decorating halloween sugar cookies mmm!

Cute little man!

So serious miss P.

I love little C's smile here. These girls are my fave! I just love them! We have had lots of good times with these little munchkins... My kids adore them too!

October festivities...

When October rolls around every year I get really into the holiday spirit! I cant help it I LOOOVVEE this time of year more than anything!! LIKE LOVE:) So much that I put my tree up before Halloween... yes, you read that right haha! I justify it by saying that you put so much time and effort into decorating for the holidays that I want to enjoy it... and I do:) Carving pumpkins with great friends was the start of Halloween festivities and we had lots of fun. The guys took their carving skills very serious haha! Good work!

My little paisley and missy C. One of P's favorite peeps, she truly adores this family, too cute!
I will say they're my faves too. These girls make me smile they are completely opposite from eachother not only in looks but in their personalities as well. I just love them!! P.S. not pictured is their sweetest little munchkin bro E who everytime I see I want to eat up. He is the happiest little man and he thinks Im funny need I say more? ha

Ryder observing trying to figure this whole thing out he eventually got into digging out the pumpkin.. We had a good time spending time with our friends and doing fun activities with the kids... like always!

worst blogger eva!! and some soccer

Wow! It's been awhile ha! When I first started this blogging journey I thought I did so good keeping our lives updated in hopes to one day turn this into a neat book of memories for us to have and look back on one day. Now I'm a big fat slacker:( My goal is to post atleast once a week from now on. Hopefully I can stick to that and do better... I posted awhile ago about soccer but never posted any pictures so here they are.

I will say that in the beginning he did a really good job (at practices:) the games were a different story. Unfortunately by the end of this soccer journey it had become quite a chore. He didn't really enjoy it which in turn meant neither did I.

I love this picture how he's stretching like a big boy, too cute!

Here's a little taste of what the games were like... this was the first game haha! Grass anyone? No joke this was smack dab in the middle of the game:)

This was Ryder in action, one of the very few times he showed any interest in the ball whatsoever and yes I was the crazy parent yelling on the sidelines... constantly! Im not going to lie I was a little relieved for the season to come to an end:( I'm going to go with in Ryder's case that 1)He's only 3 and 2) soccer's not his thing, which is ok because it was never mine either:) Next year maybe t-ball??? ha!

labor day pics

We had just stopped to grill and play from our rhino ride. We went on a long ride and then stopped out in the middle of nowhere and grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and let the kids play it was a lot of fun. The guys hung out in there area,, the girls had theirs and the kids were all off playing. Paisley had just woken up and had to go pee so daddy took her and well she's not ryder so its a lot more tricky to say the least. Long story short when she i guess squatted she peed on her pants. Oopsy! Luckily we had a random diaper in the rhino glove box so we were saved:)
My sweet girl in her rainboots. She's the cutest little camper I've ever seen...

BOOM!

BOOM!

POW! haha! Need I say more? Matt and his modeling poses, ahh geez!

The girls! I love how little Tatum snuck in the picture haha! We had such a great time together. I love to go camping!

Ryder glassing for some deer:) Way to make daddy proud, he loved the conoculars (binoculars) Even though he was looking through them backwards, haha! I was a little nervous these things aren't cheap! eek

Getting ready to go on the much awaited Rhino ride. They were ready to rock! It was pretty dusty so it required a little eye protection.

P strapped into the infant carrier haha! This thing actually works great! I dont like to use our nice carseats because they get so dirty (muddy). It still totally serves its purpose for safety and she's snug as a bug!

Ready to rock with her goggles haha! She fell asleep shortly after and I just shoved blankets on the sides of her head so she didnt get whiplash! It was perfect:)

Auntie Krista (BC) and the du-rags haha. Dorks!

The boys.... Ryder, Waylon, and Kooper. They are so cute! Ryder loves those boys and still talks about them. They had a lot of fun together just getting dirty and being boys...

playin at home :)

Ryder has been really into building forts lately and it's really cute! I remember loving to do that when I was little too. He is getting so big:( I cant believe some of the things he says. Since being in school he really has learned SOO much! He really loves to go and likes all of his new friends in class... Today he told me to "thanks for honoring my words mom" haha. That is what his teacher tells the kids in school.

Ryder thought that oakey needed his silkies. He was so cute. He loves his dog, he formerly introduces him to everyone that comes over. Even if they've met him 50 times before:)

What can I say he found his sisters 1st birthday hat. Haha it will be good blackmail one day. I thought he looked so cute in it:)

Well we have been pretty busy but enjoying it. I have just finished my first 4 week bootcamp session and I am looking foward to starting my new one in 2 weeks, I CANT WAIT!!! I love it so much and I am totally addicted:) I cant believe it has taken me so long to get back into working out. I never realized I missed it so much.

Rambling....

Where have I been I know? Ha... Im actually quite surprised of the grief I get for not updating this thing more! I always have things I'd like to post it just seems to take so much time uploading the pics and then by the time I blog my average of 4 posts I have been at the computer for 2 hours ahh oh well! I will try and do better... So what have we been up to? Well we went on a fabulous camping trip for Labor Day and we had SOO much fun! I didnt want to come home! I will post those pics soon... We went on Rhino rides which consists of long rides, picnics and lots of chatting with good friends you cant beat it, it's right up my alley :) At point I looked and we had 5 rhinos and a quad we looked like were in a club haha! Anyway it was lots of fun!!! We were actually very hesitant on going because the weather forecast was not in our favor. It is NO fun to go camping in the mud and muck with small children that are stuck in the trailer. Thankfully we had some rain on saturday but the weekend turned out to be BEAUTIFUL! My hubby said on the way home that he would have been mad if we didn't go just to find out what a beautiful weekend it turned out to be. So that was that...

We have been super busy lately, I am literally running constantly! Everyday of the week I have something... Tuesdays being my busiest, my day starts off at leaving my house at 7am starting with preschool, then dance, then back to preschool, then to swim then home and then soccer. Sounds exhausting just typing it lol!! I plan on trying to switch swim eventually to another day but as if I didnt have enough going mama decided that I needed to join a boot camp which YES!!! has completely and utterly KICKED MY A!@ whew! I seriously have not felt that kinda pain since my college volleyball days that consisted of 3 a day practices!!! OUCH! No joke the day after my 1st workout I almost had to laugh at certain times because if I didn't I would have cried ha! Hopefully when it's all said and done I will be able to crush walnuts in booty... we will see I will let you know haha! Funny thing he took our body fat the other day and after it I said Im just so excited to tone up and he said "you dont want to tone you want to add muscle" huh? Im confused isnt that what toning is? Whatever I didnt argue! One more thing Ryder started soccer a couple of weeks ago hahaha! Oh boy! His first practice he did okay. We had this pep talk to listen to coach jeff and try really hard. I have to remember he's only 3. Second practice okay other than 10 min into it he decided it was hot and that he needed a break and a drink... huh? I was like you get your little tushy back over to coach until he says you can have a break ahhh oh boy! So lastly this past Sat. he had his first game... Smart mom thought it was at 10:30 well it wasnt it was at 10!!! OOPS! I HATE being late, like I get anxiety! Then I couldn't find the place uggh! Finally we in a panic got there (ryder having NO idea what was going on) and I ran with Ryder to the field I saw his coach and I asked him where he wanted him he said right here (which was on the field) So I plopped him down and I said " alright buddy go kick the ball" he looked really thrilled let me tell you! It was no more exciting than when you have to go get shots at the doctors. He literally stood there with his hand shyly rubbing his eye. I was really frustrated! I am EXTREMELY competitive like SUPER, over the top! So it was hard for me to watch I understand he's 3! I also take into account him literally being plopped into the middle of the field with honestly 0 clue of what was going on! We will just practice practice practice! It was kinda funny! Im glad he got on the field and at some points attempted it. One last thing God bless his coach! Seriously! Pictures soon to come.... Sorry for the long rambles