Race For the Cure

Today we enjoyed our 2nd year participating in the Race for the Cure as a family.  It was pretty chilly, but we braved the cold and actually ended up walking the 5K race.  We planned to do the 1 mile walk again with the girls, but we got in with the crowd for the 5K and ended up completing the 3.1 miles with the crowd.  I was proud of the girls, even though Allison wanted to be carried a LOT and Lauren needed a little rest every once in a while.  We had a wonderful time together.

It is such a special event for us to participate in as a family.  It was 6 years ago this past August when Mom was diagnosed with Breast cancer.  Mom is cancer free and we have been blessed beyond measure in these past 6 years.  I love being a part of this race and seeing all the women who have survived breast cancer and all the other people who are honoring loved ones who have battled the disease those who lost the battle.  It is truly an emotional event. 

Mom, Bill and Allison at the beginning of the race

Me, Lauren, Allison and Bill

Bill, Lauren and Dad

Mom, Allison and Bill

Brother Bill, Mom, Allison, Bill, Dad and Lauren

Brother Bill, Allison, Bill, Me, and Lauren

Lauren, Me, Mom and Allison



Scary Dreams and Santa Dreams

Last night Lauren came into our room afraid from a scary dream.  She crawled in my bed for a few minutes before I took her back to her own bed.  After getting her settled in her own bed for the rest of the night, I stopped by Allison's room to check in on her.  I decided to take her to the bathroom (because she has wet the bed a couple of times in the past couple of weeks).  While she was sitting on the potty, she looked at me with sleepy eyes and said, "Is Santa coming tomorrow?"  I looked at her and said, "No."  I asked her if she was dreaming about Santa coming and she said yes.  After explaining to her that it was a while until Christmas, she looked at me and said, "I can't wait to put our stockings up."  We got new stockings this week and we are all so excited that we have a fireplace and a place to hang our stockings in our new house.

Pumpkin Patch

Words cannot even describe how wonderful this fall day was, so I won't  attempt to write much about it.  We took the girls to the Pumpkin Patch and enjoyed a picture perfect day with our friends, the Watsons.  Here are some (OK, a lot) of the pictures I took.

My girls in their pigtails getting ready to go to the Pumpkin Patch

Posing at the pumpkin patch

The Bouncing Pillow, the girls LOVED this!



Josiah, Allison and Mackenzie on the Bouncing Pillow

Allison bouncing

Allison and Josiah on the Tractor Tire Mountain

Josiah, Mackenzie, Lauren and Allison

Allison sliding

Mackenzie and Allison

Allison, Mackenzie and Lauren sliding

Allison coming out of the tunnel slide

Allison and Daddy on the pedal cars

Allison sitting on a pumpkin in the field

Allison found a pumpkin

Lauren found a pumpkin

Mackenzie and Lauren on the hayride

A family picture at the Pumpkin Patch

I absolutely love this time of year!!!