Happy Birthday, Michael!!

My nephew, Michael, turned 7 yesterday so we celebrated it with him today. Hard to believe he is already 7!! Time goes way too fast!!

Telestrations

My Mamaw, Aunt Cheryl, Uncle Jimmy,and cousin Jamie all came over to hang out at my mom's tonight and of course, I had them play a game!! We played Telestrations and everyone thought it was a hoot!

Thanksgiving Dinner

I have spent Thanksgiving at my Mamaw's house my entire life.. until last year. Last year, Caleb had strep so we had to stay home. Now that there is a lot more people in the family we have a hard time squeezing into Mamaws house, so it is now held at my moms. We set tables up in the garage so we could all eat together. Here's to new traditions.

Quick visit from the Jones family

The Jones family came to town to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Winns. We are leaving town in the morning so we were able to spend some time with them today. I can't wait for them to move back!!!

The Renaissance Center

Andrew and Matthew went on a field trip to the Renaissance Center in Dickson today. Here is Andrew doing a demonstration. :)

Another Bunko House Party

I was chosen as a host of the a Keurig coffee house party so I took it with me to bunko to do it there. Here's everyone showing off the stuff for the group picture I had to submit.

Dog Pile

This morning, Jeremy and I had extended care in Ethan's class. Andrew wanted to come help and had a blast playing with the kids. The kids had even more fun making a dog pile on top of him. :)

New Game!!

Last week, Melissa texted me saying that they wanted to get a new board game, did I have one that I recommended. I told her that I had my eye on the game "7 Wonders." I even had it in my shopping cart on Amazon just waiting for an excuse to buy it. Fast forward to the week.... Melissa told me that she ordered me a birthday present and that it should be delivered today. It was coming from Amazon and wasn't gift wrapped. Can you guess what my present was?!?!?! Sneaky Melissa!! It took a bit to understand how to play, we ended up watching a game tutorial on youtube, but we all really like it. :)

Messy Room

Ethan went upstairs to play in his room today, I love listening to him over the baby monitor, you'd think he had a friend over, He has such a great imagination! Anyway, I went up to check on him and found what had been keeping him busy... a floor full of toys! I stood on his bed to try to get as much as I could in a picture, but there is more!!

My boys!

So... the pictures Raeann took yesterday turned out kinda blurry because it was getting dark when we took them. She was busy today so I asked Lisa if she could take some for us. We went to their house and used their barn as a backdrop... love!! I'll post our Christmas card once I get them ordered, until then, you get a picture of the boys. :)

My Love

We went to Raeann's house today so she could take some family pictures for us. Jeremy and I were goofing off and she snapped this picture. I love it!!

Owl Quilt

I started this owl quilt for Ethan many months ago, but haven't had time to finish it because my sewing orders keep me so busy. My embroidery machine was in the shop this week, so I decided to try out the sewing machine that I got at a yard sale out and finish the quilt!! I guess I will make a pillow sham, throw pillow, and curtains the next time my machine breaks down.

My crazy friend, Rachel

This is my friend, Rachel McClain, she is one of the funniest people I know... you never know what's going to come out of her mouth! lol. They moved to MO back in the summer but plan to come back to Ft. Campbell in 3 years (Her husband, Justin, is in the army). Anyhoo... she ordered a monogrammed hoodie from me that she got in the mail today. She sent this picture to me to show how much she likes it. :)

Matthew's iPod

Matthew lost his iPod when it fell out of his pocket in the woods while they went hunting on Monday. They searched for it then, then we went back the next day to search again and never found it. I decided to ask if anyone we knew had a metal detector on Facebook last night and found out that one of our neighbor's has one so Jeremy went over to borrow it and headed back to search for it again. It worked like a charm!! I was worried that it would be ruined because it has rained a few time this week, but when I took it apart there wasn't any water in it at all! While it was apart, I replaced his broken screen and now it is as good as new! Yay!!! So glad we don't have to replace it!

Airsoft Warriors

The twins went to their friend, Cliffy's,  birthday party tonight. His mom, Lisa, sent me this picture just before they went outside to have an Airsoft War. They had a blast!

Matt's Birthday Party

A few days ago, I got to thinking that we never gave the twins best friend, Matt, a birthday present (his birthday is in June) because he was in Florida for his birthday and never had a party. Jeremy and I decided to throw him a surprise party since he is here just about as much as he is at home. It was pretty funny.

Crazy Boys

When Caleb got home from school today, he had the crazy idea to put on one of Jeremy's sweatshirts like this. He greeted the twins at the front door when they came in from school and they thought it was hysterical so they wanted to do it too. It was really funny watching them try to get around without falling. We tried to get Ethan to do it too, but he refused. 

Caleb got a Letter!

Tonight, I took Caleb to his school golf banquet at the Country Club (Jeremy couldn't go with us because he had to present the annual budget to the church- he is the chair of the Finance Committee).  We were late getting there because I couldn't find my keys!!! We searched for about 20 minutes, then decided to go steal Beth's car. She gave us the code to her house, so we went in, found the keys and headed to the driveway. Her car was wedged in between the basketball goal, the house, and another car! It took us many forward/reverse moves to get it out... which made us take even longer to get the the Banquet! Anyhoo, we got there about 10 minutes late and really didn't miss anything. :) Here's Caleb holding his LETTER and the certificate that goes with it. :)

Oh yeah... I found my keys less than 5 minutes AFTER we got home!!

Peek-a-boo Doggie Door

I have wished that we had a doggie door since we got Yoshi 2 years ago. But with being in rental houses there was never a way to put one in. :( I got to thinking the other day that I bet they sell them for windows so I got on Amazon to see if I could find one... AND I DID!!! Woot Woot!!! We've had it a little over a week and Yoshi has finally gotten the hang of it and IT IS GREAT!!!!

Twins get to go Hunting!

Jeremy and the 3 big boys went hunting this afternoon. Caleb was in a stand by himself and the twins got in a stand with Jeremy. Jeremy said they were super excited to be out there and they had a great time... just didn't see any deer to kill. They can't wait to go back!

Teenage Boys!

After his babysitting gig last night, Caleb went to a sleepover with his best friends. This is them posing on their way out the door to church this morning.

Birthday Dinner with the Harwells

You are probably thinking that this birthday dinner is for Jeremy since his birthday was a couple days ago, but it was actual for Nicole and I!! Our birthday's are 6 days apart and we always go out to eat together to celebrate. Since they moved, this was the first chance we've had. We left Caleb at home with the other 7 kids!! Love having a teenager!!

Out with the Summer, In with the Winter

Since we have had more cold than warm days lately, I figured it was time to switch out Ethan's clothes in his closet. I'm sure you are thinking that he has a ton of clothes (and he does), but the cool thing is, I hardly spent any money on them!! Most of them are on loan from Melissa and everything else was bought second hand. Between buying everything second hand (clothes, toys, baby equipment) and using cloth diapers, he has been, by far, the cheapest kid to raise!

Birthday Twin Day

Today is Jeremy's 38th Birthday!!! Wow, he is getting pretty close to 40... when did we get so old?? When Jeremy came in from work, he put on clothes that matched what Ethan was wearing so they could be twins. I snapped this picture on our way out of Walmart... aren't they cute??

Ethan can wink!!

Every time I wink at Ethan he tries his hardest to do it back. Tonight in the car on the way home from church, I winked at him and he WINKED BACK! I grabbed my phone so I could take his picture, it was hilarious watching him try to do it again. :)

Halloween Costumes

Let's pretend that's its Halloween night! lol. I finally got around to taking a picture of the kids in their costumes together. Matthew is on the left and Andrew is on the right. Yoshi is also wearing a costume, he's a bumblebee. :)

Getting ready for Christmas!!

Like many others around my age, I would circle the stuff I wanted for Christmas in the Sears catalog every year growing up. Yesterday's paper had 3 or 4 Toy ads so I gave them to Ethan with a pen and told him to circle what he wanted for Christmas. The boy had 15 or so circles on the first 3 pages!!! He want's it all!! He enjoyed looking at all the toys and I enjoyed him practicing his circles :)

Hilldale Bengals

The boys played in 4 games today. They won 1 with a mercy ruling and came really close to winning 2 others. It was a great learning experience and they all had a blast!!! I would have been happier with warmer weather... it was in the 30's this morning!!! Burr!!!!

Football Registration

After a 4 hour road trip, we are in Cincinnati! This is the team right after registration... they are pumped up for their games tomorrow!!

Trick or Treat!!

We had a pretty bad storm last night (the power was even out for a couple of hours) so our neighborhood postponed Trick or Treating until tonight. The twins set off on their own while I was gone taking Caleb to a play at school, so I wasn't able to get a picture of them all. :( Chad and I took Ethan and DeLyla around together on the golf cart, they had the best time ever!!!