Pumpkin Patch

Today was a "teacher planning day" so no school for Taylor or preschooler Jordan. Instead of staying inside all day, I decided to follow friend Aimee & Sarah's lead and take the girls to a local pumpkin patch. It took about an hour to get there, we were able to look for cotton. There were several cotton fields on the way they enjoyed trying to guess which ones were cotton. Once we arrived, they had a lot of fun crawling on the pumpkins and trying to decide which one they wanted. Later we are going to decorate the pumpkins - but right now, I am EXHAUSTED! Jordan kind of blends in with the pumpkins. :) More photos will be on my facebook.

Jordan's 3rd Birthday Party

On September 9th Jordan will be 3, Saturday we had her birthday party. We had lots of friends join us to celebrate her birthday. I can't believe that my baby is turning 3. She told my sister "I woke up this morning and it was my happy birthday". She walked around the house singing "happy birthday to me". We grilled hamburgers and had pink cupcakes, to end the party we had a pinata for the kids. I think everyone had a fun time. This was a very busy day for us, Danny could not stay due to a funeral, Taylor had to leave the party early for her first soccer game of the season, thankfully Tara was able to take her. Today was a big day for her (and me) too. She moved out of the nursery at church and into "big" class and Bold Bible Kids. Bold Bible Kids is like children's church. Miss Debbie does a great job with them. I actually had tears in my eyes a few times today. No more baby! Jordan did great for the time she had to be in worship and Taylor was a big help to her in BBK. Danny and I keep telling them we are going to put bricks on their heads so they will stop growing up so fast. Thanks to all of our friends who came and helped. Here are a few pictures from the party, all of the pictures will be on my facebook page if you would like to see the rest of them.

Ballet

With the start of school, was the start of ballet. This year Jordan was old enough to start. It should be interesting. Jordan loves it, she can't wait to go to practice. This is Taylor's third year. Here they are in their outfits before ballet practice.

First day of school

Taylor started 1st grade, Jordan 5 days at preschool, Mommy 4 hours of silence. :) The first day of school was August 18th. I decided to let Taylor ride the school bus home since it is the first stop. This has been such a blessing for me and her. I don't have to rush to school and wait in really long lines or find a parking space. She had begged me to ride, so she is happy. You will also notice that Taylor is missing her two front teeth. She lost one on a Monday, she ran into Jordan's head and the tooth popped out. She said "I didn't even know it happened" Then two days later on Wednesday morning she was doing a flip on my couch and hit her other tooth on her knee. So far they both are doing very well. Taylor has an 'A' in citizenship and Jordan hasn't been kicked out yet. :)

Vacation in the Smokey Mtns

The first week of August we took a vacation to the Smokey Mtns. Our destination was Pigeon Forge, Dollywood and Splash Mountain. The girls loved it. Jordan was always saying "Dowwywood". We had an adventure, our Envoy quit as we were headed out, so we had to come back to the house and rented a car. So we were a little late getting started, but everything worked out. Jordan tells the story that we got a new car and new home(our hotel) at Dollywood. The highlight of our trip was Splash Mountain. It was a lot of fun, Danny and I enjoyed that the most too. There was so much to do for Jordan and Taylor. Taylor was willing to try anything, including a spinning disc in a half-pipe - I was so proud she tried but so terrified that I had to be the one to ride it with her. Danny cannot ride anything that spins or goes fast (he says he will get sick, maybe I should test that story). :) On our way home, we took our time. We stopped for a tour at a local dairy. We stopped at Lookout Mountain and Ruby Falls in Chattanooga. It was a fun "end of summer" trip for our family.

Horse Camp

This summer Taylor spent a week at Horse camp. The camp was just a few miles from our home, so I would drive her there everyday and pick her up in the afternoon. She loved it!! They were assigned a horse, it was theirs for the whole week. They learned how to take care of them, groom, saddle, and ride, rein, etc. The instructor said she was a natural. This made mommy very proud. I grew up on a farm, had my first horse when I was 4. My sister and I always had a horse to ride. So for Taylor to pick up on something that I love so much was very special. This is something that we plan on doing next summer. Here are some pictures from the Horse show, at the end of the week, they had a horse show for the parents.



Taylor & Corkey!





A hug for sister

Circus

The Circus came to Pensacola. The day it arrived, we went downtown to watch the elephants get off the train. Taylor and Jordan were excited. Thanks to friend Matt, we were able to attend the circus as "celebrities". We were on the front row and actually got to ride in the circus train. We all had a blast, it was our first time to see a circus. Jordan said her favorite part was the animals, Taylor like the clowns. It was a "Bellobration". Bello the clown was featured, we got to ride in the train with our Bello hats.