Pumpkin Patch Time

| Wednesday, October 31, 2012 | 0 comments |
So the plan this year was to attend our favorite pumpkin patch again in Porter, OK but a few hours before leaving, I decided to check the website and discovered they were only open on the weekends...therefore, we missed it again this year!!! I was really bummed but we didn't let the girlies down and just had ourselves ANOTHER trip to Pumpkin Town right here in Tulsa.  






The girls LOVE riding this tractor.  It is like the slowest thing ever and definitely not that thrilling but to them it's the greatest in the world! Love it! Just look at their little happy faces!!! We had to ride it a couple times.




And this was the original plan...for Kinsleigh to take a pony ride (because she said she wanted to)


and this is what actually ended up happening...=) 




Happy Halloween!!! Looking forward to our Trick or Treating tonight!!!

Kinsleigh turns 4!

| Tuesday, October 30, 2012 | 0 comments |
Kinsleigh had a whole weekend full of birthday festivities and loved every bit of it!  Friday, she got to celebrate with her class at school (which I unfortunately have no photos of), Saturday morning was her party and Sunday we partied on with her "actual" birthday!  

Her party was "You are my Sunshine" theme. We did her party in the youth area of our church so I had a lot to work around but it was still very cute!


Yummy treats and sunshine cupcakes.



We made some Halloween crafts...



Did a lot of crazy jumping...



She adores her best friend from school, Bennett so much! I hear about this girl that's being tackled every day!


Sweet Annika...

Got creative with balloons in the ball pit...





Don't you love the look she's giving me?! She's not really one for pictures. =)



Girlie table...




She got some super exciting gifts! It's quite ridiculous really...





Then her birthday morning, she got to wake up to this exciting gift from Mommy and Daddy.  She's been asking for this Repunzel tower for over a year and was very excited. The scooter was her other gift but it kind of got forgotten for awhile because of the tower distraction so sister played with it instead since she was thrilled. At least somebody was!




Then she eventually started showing me her awesome riding skills...


Sang one last time with our leftover party cupcakes. (I've eaten entirely too many of these!)




Get it girl! Birthday time from Oma and Opa...


Her dream come true! All the fairies!


She wanted them out so bad she had to lay on the floor and stare at them while Daddy had to cut them from the box which always takes forever.  And Oma snuck in some pretty snazzy Tinkerbell jammies as well.  Nothing this girl loves better than her fairy/princess jammies.  Keeps Mommy busy with the laundry!


Thanks to everyone who made her birthday super special.  She's so happy that she doesn't have to say "I'm three" anymore and reminds me that she's 4 several times a day!

And she finally pees in the potty...!!!

| Sunday, October 14, 2012 | 0 comments |

Thumbs up and tatted up because guess what?! I'm a big kid now!

Not only is my almost 4 year old now finally overcome her fear of the toilet and completely potty trained but she is a little obsessed with it!  She constantly wants to go (which is USUALLY okay with me =) ) and has the whole process down like a pro.  All it took was one time actually experiencing going (which I knew it would) and she was fine with it.  Basically the one time occurred because I held her down on the potty when she was at the point that she could hold it no longer so it had no other choice but to go into the potty.  Been waiting for that moment for days! I'm usually too late and wouldn't get there in time before she would instead choose to go all over the floor NEXT to the potty.  But we are there!  Finally, praise Jesus!  And I feel like she is a totally new kid.

Now since she is such a pro, she's already trying to coach sister to do the same.  I'm all for that but no rush because this is already such a huge sigh of relief for me.  We'll focus on sister soon. She's a little imitator of all sissy does, which is why she is sitting on the potty here, so I'm sure (hopefully) she'll be no problem when she is ready.

New Life Ranch 2012

| Saturday, October 6, 2012 | 0 comments |
This past weekend was that time again for the annual Kirk Youth Fall Retreat at New Life Ranch. As always, it was a blessing in multiple ways.  I'm constantly blown away by the minds and faithful maturity of our students.  This secluded area out in the middle of nowhere is amazing in and of itself but the students love for Jesus is what makes it what it is all about. 



And our own personal kids have a blast at this place too.  Little miss Kinsleigh went canoeing with Daddy for a good hour!  Now that sure is a girl after her Daddy's own heart. =)












We're even "so cool" that we had ourselves a little dance party! (the majority of you should thank me that I didn't post all the pictures on here of the dance faces I caught. wink!) That's another thing that is so awesome about our group.  They come here for the right reasons and only whip this type of behavior out when appropriate. =)

I believe Jesus worked in many of the students hearts this past weekend just as he does not only every time we do this but EVERY weekend/weekday at home too.  I'm so very proud of the way I see the majority of them living out their daily lives as examples of Christ and not just when they are getting a "spiritual high."  It's just who they are.


See you all next year!
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