busy weekend

we had such a busy weekend. it was a lot of fun, but i'm still recovering! :) seriously. i've gone to sleep before 9 o'clock the past 2 nites. hey, i'm not ashamed. i love my sleep! anyways! saturday we had to do inventory at work... it's the one saturday a year that i have to work. and it makes me realize how grateful i am to always have the weekend off! i worked from 7-3 then bought groceries. by time i got home it was 5:30. i was whooped! nate graciously kept the boys entertained all day. of course they were great for their daddy! i just wish they were 1/2 as good for me as they are for him. ha! but on sunday, the fun began! we had church, then my niece's 3rd birthday party, then the fall festival at church! it was such a busy day, and notice there was no time for the kids to take a nap b/w church and the festivities! and i must say, lucas and trace both behaved pretty well, considering all the sugar they consumed, and the lack of nap time! for a second, i thought about not even taking my camera sunday. sometimes it's stressful trying to get pics of everything. but then my OCD kicked in and i took 649, just to make sure i didn't miss a memory! :o) seriously, it was more like 127. and to spare you from all 127 pics, i made a few collages from my fav pics of the day! oh, and lala's party was a costume party. laura grace was cinderella and caden was a (thug) pirate/captain hook. (not sure which one!) kenley was jessie (from toy story) and mason was woody! isn't that the cutest idea ever? and although i thought trace was going to be batman, a few weeks ago, he decided he wanted to be the bumblebee transformer. hey whatever floats your boat! and lucas was a sock monkey! the kids were all so cute in their costumes! i can't wait til they get to dress up again to trick-or-treat and then we can retire the costumes for the year! :o)

our church had it's fall festival early this year, in hopes of having lots of visitors. and i must say, we had a fantastic turnout from the community and it was the best one yet! there were over 20 booths/games with candy and prizes, as well as a 5 blow up jumpy things/slides, a dunking booth, popcorn, cotton candy, hot dogs and snowcones! the kids all had a ball. i would have preferred the weather to be about 15 degrees cooler, but hey, at least it was a beautiful sunny day! (could have been cold and rainy!) hope you enjoy the pics!

(not sure what happened to the text on the collage below... but it says "the boys dunk their daddies... so fun!") and a lot of fun it was! josh and nate were both in the dunking booth at one point, and caden and trace tried their hardest to hit the target and knock 'em in the water. after several failed attempts, with bitsy and meme's help, both succeeded! i love how both nate and josh have their hands up in the air, knowing they are about to fall in the water! :)

next up on the fall fun calendar: the pumpkin patch with the whole fam saturday and then carving pumpkins next week! YaY! i love fall!!!

what kind of fall fun have you been up to or do you have planned? i'd love to hear!