Gig 'Em Aggies

Back in October, I bid on and won four Aggie football tickets at the Gerard Fall Festival.  The tickets were incredible and  I was so excited to be going back to Aggieland with Cory, Emily, and Jon.  Imagine my disappointment when I came down with a horrible case of strep throat just two days before the game.  Luckily, two shots and a round of antibiotics made me feel good enough to go to the game!

 

We left early enough to be able to walk around campus for a while before the game started.  Emily and I went back to see our dorms, we walked around the MSC, watched the Corp of Cadets march in and walked down to get some pictures with the Aggie ring. 

The game was so much fun!  The weather was perfect and our seats were so nice!  As always, the Aggie band was awesome and the Aggies even won the game! 

It was great to be back in Aggieland!  We had a great time with Emily and Jon and  I can't wait to go back to another game soon.

Pumpkin Patch 2015

Emily and I tried the entire month of October to find a time to take the kids to the local pumpkin patch for our annual picture, but it didn't end up happening until November 1st.  The weather was very rainy in October so that didn't help as we tried to find a time in our busy schedules to go.  We finally squeezed in a few minutes last Sunday and were able to get our pictures with the pumpkins.

I remember a few years ago when we had to plan the picture around nap times and the witching hour when the kids were fussy. We had to take plenty of snacks and bribery candy.  And even with all of that planning, we were usually lucky to get one picture with all kids cooperating.  And now, we line them all up, ask them to smile, and take a picture!  It's amazing the difference a few years make!  I love this stage but it does make me a little sad to compare pictures and see just how big they are all getting.

the "bigs"

the "middles"

the "littles" (who aren't so little anymore)

the girls

the boys

The Browns

The Rowlands

 



Parker photobomb!

 

 

And because I'm feeling nostalgic, here is a trip down our Pumpkin Patch memory lane!

It won't be long and we will be sending them all off to college!  I'm so thankful for all six of these precious kids and the memories we have made throughout the years!

October Little Things

October was a busy month but with the holidays approaching, I have a feeling things aren't going to slow down any time soon!

 

Lily had preschool pictures last week.  Granna curled her hair and got her ready for her last preschool pictures ever!

Dylann's house flooded one of our rainy days so her mom asked if I could pick her up from preschool while she cleaned up all of the water in their house.  I took the birthday girls (Dylann's birthday is only six days after Lily's) for a special lunch at Chicken Express (their choice!) and when I gave them their food, Dylann exclaimed "Now this is what I call delicious!!".  They chose a table with only two chairs so I got stuck out and had to sit by myself for lunch.  It was so funny to listen to their conversation during lunch.  They are such sweet friends!

Addison and Aubrey had "Lunch with a Loved One" so my mom and Lily drove over to eat with them.  Lily loved getting to see their school and go to the book fair with her cousins.

We had Red Ribbon Week the last week of October.  One day was Tutus and Ties so Eden and I wore some of the girls tutus (it was a tight squeeze for me but I managed to get it over my hips!) and Cory let Parker borrow one of his ties.  One of my kindergartners told me I looked like a pumpkin!

And that's a wrap for October!  Next up... celebrating Eden's birthday and Thanksgiving!