Colton's Preschool Fall Party!

Last Tuesday, Colton's preschool class had their Fall Party!  As a teacher, I always LOVED party days!  So, this being Colton's first "school party," I was a litle excited!  All the kids dressed up, played fall games, and ate a yummy fall lunch!  I forgot to bring my camera to his classroom...oh well!

If you don't already know, Colton LOVES Toy Story!  So, it was only appropriate for him to be Woody! 

He was so excited seeing himself look just like Woody :)

Soooooo cute!

Fun Pumpkin Cupcakes for his class :)

Of course I had to bring a few treats for his wonderful teachers too :)

Fun on the Farm!

Some of our MOPS group met Stephanie Bailey's family farm last week for a fun Moppets Outing!  WE enjoyed hanging around the fire pit, going on a hay ride, finding pumpkins, and eating lunch on the farm! 

They have this great wooded area with benches and little house/sheds!  Lots of the kids were intrigued about the fire pit :)

Colton with his buddy Turner!  Love how Turner knows how to pose for pics!

Stephanie's husband took us all on a great hayride around their property.  Colton's favorite part was seeing the cows and hearing their loud moooooooos!

The three musketeers :)  Colton (2 1/2, Turner 4, & Paul 4 1/2)

All the kids raced to find a pumpkin...Colton wasn't too sure about all of that.

He tired to play soccer with his pumpkin...ahhhh ahhhhh!

My cute little farm boy :)

Graham's Party!

We helped celebrate Graham's 2nd birthday at the new playground at UT baseball stadium!  It was a "Cars Theme," and all the kids had a great time!

Our friend Ben Brown's company built this awesome play structure!

Colton helping out the birthday boy!

Marc, Kelli, and Graham about the blow out his candle :)

Super cute decor

Mater cake :)

Happy Birthday sweet Graham!

Pumpkin Patch!

Last Saturday morning, we joined The Ashton Family at Oakes Farm and Pumpkin Patch!  Josiah and Colton had so much together, especially looking at the animals and playing with the water tables!  I can't believe it has already been a year since we were there last year!

It was a bit chilly when we first arrived!

Colton LOVED this bounce pillow!

I LOVE this pic of the boys looking at the rabbits!

Such concentration at the water table.

Here is our big boy this year!  Check out last years pic next...

...I thought he seemed big last year!

I feel like Colton looks so much older here for some reason.

Pumpkin overload :)

What a fun day with sweet friends!

Beach Tip 2011!

We enjoyed a much needed beach vacation to our favorite place...Hilton Head!  We stayed in a nice condo in Palmetto Dunes.  This was our third year going to HHI in October, which is our favorite time of year to go.   We decided to change things up this year, so we split the week and a half up into 3 seperate trips.  Here's how...Saturday through Wednesday, The Tutens and The Hurts stayed with us; Wednesday through Sunday, The Bartons and The Browns stayed; Sunday through Wednesday, Josh's parents joined us :)  It was an AWESOME trip :)

Colton and Linervision!

Last year, Colton made his debut on his Daddy's TV segment LINERVISION!  We decided to make his apperance an anual event :) So, I snapped a few pics of him during the night at the Farragut game Josh was covering.  I will try to upload the video or at least give the link soon!

Baby Shower!

Brittany and I were happy to host a baby shower for our friend Cassie with a few girls from our Bible Fellowship Class.  Baby Benjamin arrived 3 weeks early (he was born yesterday)...so glad we were able to have her shower before he came!

Dollywood

A sweet MOPS friend asked us to go with her and her son Paul (4 years old) to Dollywood.  I know this sounds funny, but I have never been there before.  So Colton and I loaded up and went for the day.  We had a wonderful time, and Colton and Paul had a blast together!  When we were praying together before bedtime the other night, we thanked God for our friends, and specifically for Paul.  Then Colton said, "And thank you for Dollywood."  HAHA!

We "drove" the cars first!  One good thing about going to Dollywood on a Fall Monday is that there were NO LINES :)

My favorite picture of the day!  The boys were so cute together riding all of the little rides!

Benelynn, Paul, and Colton aboard the Steam Train!

Colton saying, "Neighhhhhhhh!"

Awwwwwwww!

Close up of me and my big boy

It was a GREAT day!  Can't wait to go back!