Zoo

Last week we met up with our cousins at the zoo. It was a gorgeous day. It was a little overcast and cool. Ah-fall in AZ, I love it! The zoo was great. Saw the Koalas-which if you haven't seen them yet are very cute but don't do much other than sleep. Cole got to see his lions (his favorites!) And the kids played forever in the kids area. They love their cousins!
The big news of the day though was that Sammer Jammer wore jeans!!!!! She doesn't like jeans, has never wore them and I was pretty sure she never would. Why this bothers me, not sure. But I think it was a battle of the wills more than anything. And Mommy won! That's right. She wore jeans and looked super cute in them, so now, as promised I will be going to Target to buy her a sparkly belt. She saw the belts a while ago and wanted one and I told her she can't have one unless she wears her jeans and now she did.

Daredevil

While Nana was here a couple weeks ago, we went to this small, little church carnival up the street. It was cute. They had little rides, games and lots of prizes. Sammie and Cole did a cake walk and won an entire plate of cookies...ok, they were the only ones doing the cake walk and the lady rigged it so they'd win! Ha! The best part for sure was there was this giant slide. Sammie wanted to do it!!! Those of you who know Sammie well know she is not a risk taker or daredevil so we were shocked! Peter even went on, which may even be more shocking-:) Here they are flying down. Peter said it went pretty fast. Sammie said she liked it but her face was pretty serious all the way down.

Party at the Jacksons

Mary threw a kids bash today and boy was it fun. Snacks and sweets, goodie bags and lots of playing. The kids played SO well together that we didnt' even get to any organized games!! Thanks for the fun morning Mary and Tyler.


Tyler the skeleton.

Happy girls. Sammie, Ana and Karis.

Enjoying a snack with her bestie.

Pretty little ladies.

Cole loves this swing almost as much as he loves his BFF.

Happy to be with his bud.

Preschool party

Sammie's class has their Halloween parade yesterday. All the kids came dressed up and got to walk around the courtyard for all of the families. It's such a cute event. The kids all look so proud and shy at the same time. Sammie is a "fairy, ballerina, butterfly, princess". All of her favorite things rolled into one.

Fun at the farm

Yesterday we went to Asher's 3rd birthday party at Mother Nature's Farm. There was a fun bouncy house (Sammer bounced the night away!), pumpkin hunting and decorating, pizza, cake, ballons, a sunset hay ride and lots of animals to say hi to. It was a fun way to spend the evening. Thanks Olimbs for including us in your joy.

How old are you Asher?! Ha!

Playing in the hay.

Going to find the perfect pumpkin.

Big sis helps out.

The perfect pair.

Proud pumpking owner!

Jck, Asher and Cole having a blast with the balloons.