Brotherly Love

Last night I went downstairs to see if the boys were asleep and this is what I found...



Isn't this just the cutest thing.. they both were snuggled in Owen's bed! I'm not sure why Carter even has a bed... Jason said they snuggle closer than we do in bed..LOL

pumpkin Carving

The boys have been boogering me to carve one of the pumpkins.. this is a task that I don't enjoy doing very much... why you ask?? My boys always choose designs that are beyond their skill level. That causes a lot of disagreements in itself.. not to mention that I am somewhat of a perfectionist and can't just let the boys go at it..LOL
The first design didn't fit our pumpkin, the second choose did.. Yay.. skull & crossbones! My favorite.

I let them clean out the goop from inside..

The boys loved this part.. Callie not so much!

Owen would dig his hand in there and then shake his hands.. I had pumpkin mess everywhere!!

Carter liked seperating the seeds.. we are letting them dry out, then I am gonna bake them in the oven for a treat.. yumm!!

The finished jack o latern!!

lit up with the strobe light (i got it at target).. not the greatest picture but it was difficult to take..

Pumpkins....

About 2 weeks ago, I guess, I took the boys to pick pumpkins at a local farm.. Boy was that a mistake. It had rained off & on all day long.. Owen was a muddy mess by the time we left there.. silly boy!!

The boys & Callie

(notice how Carter is pulling his pant

legs.. he doesn't like to get dirty)

Ms. Callie

Owen with the biggest pumpkin he could find :)

Carter & our harvest

Charlie even got a lil pumpkin

And I can't forget Ms. Baby Jane

(this was taken at Mom's house)

Soccer.. Carter style!!

This year is Carter's 1st year playing soccer.. what a treat! There is probably close to 40 little ones in the U-6 program.. that is a whole lot of energy!! When Owen played there may have been 20. It's so neat to watch the joy on Carter's face when he is out on the field.

I took some pictures of him last night.. It's hard to get good shots when he is playing at dusk.. the pictures come out so dark. His jersey # is 16

At a typical practice they will break up into 4 groups, have some drills to learn new skill.. they will do that for about a 1/2hour. Then they will divide into 8 groups(splitting the groups of 4 in half) and have mini scrimmages.. that is the interesting part. there are so many kids on the field that they are tripping over one another and they look like a swarm of bees with the ball being the honey pot..LOL!! Carter is a bit better than the rest, or at least I think so, because of watching Owen play for 4 years. At last nights scrimmage his team won. The score was 3-2.. Carter made all 3 goals!! awesome!! They don't officially keep score at this level but the kids sure do..LOL