FOUR Fall Birthdays!

This afternoon we wrapped up the last of our birthday celebrations for the fall!  Here's the run down...

Aliana - September 12.  Aliana started off the birthday celebrations.  She had a little party at the house with 3 of her girlfriends.  She is now 5 years old!!  Aliana is enjoying kindergarten and is starting to read and write!  She loves to write notes to us and for her babies and is very proud when she can figure out how to spell different words.  Today it was "Buty & the Beest".  Got it?!  She is quite the girly girl.  She loves dresses, jewelry, Disney Princesses, and gymnastics.  There is still a little attitude in this girl... one afternoon when she was stomping around the house with her hands on her hips, I asked, "Do you act naughty like this at school??"  She just looked at me like, Are you kidding mom, I would NEVER act like this at school! :)

(sweet girl!)

Mommy - September 17.  Next we celebrated Mommy's birthday.  Since Mommy, Aliana and Aunt Melissa all have birthdays in the the same week, we had a Packers Birthday Bash.  Here's the wild crew!

Daddy - September 30.  No, this next picture is not a picture from Daddy's birthday party... but it is a picture from his birthday!!  Every Tuesday Brian & I help lead "Fellowship of Christian Warriors" at Brian's high school.  We meet from 6:30 (AM!) until 7:15, just before school starts.  Brian's mom graciously comes over to get the kids up/ dressed and ready for school so I can grab them after FCW and head to school.  We have between 15-25 kids each week.

("FCW")

Since there is about a 3 week gap between Brian and Carson, we enjoyed Saturdays at the soccer field  (Brian coached Carson's team again this year and they did awesome!).  We also met up with some friends at the Pumpkin Patch just down the hill from our house - it was a beautiful day!!

Carson - October 21.  Carson's birthday is "last" in our family for fall celebrations.  We started things out with some family celebrations since Opa and Carson have birthdays in the same week.  My mom and stepdad came last weekend and helped Brian tile the guest room we are converting to a laundry room and also our downstairs bathroom.  The kids had fun reading stories, making cookies and loving on Nana and Grandpa John.  

(the kids love spending time with their cousins)

(thank you Nana and Grandpa John for coming to visit!)

Then today, Carson had 6 boys over for his "friend" party.  Carson planned the whole thing and it was awesome!!  We went and got red t-shirts and iron on numbers from Walmart.  We made "jerseys" for all the boys - we walked to the neighborhood park and had a soccer match!  Carson has really LOVED playing soccer this fall with the rec league and also with his friends every day during their lunch recess.  He has a very sweet group of boys (but also very active!!) that he hangs with at school.  His teacher this year is extremely patient and loving and is a perfect fit for them!  Carson continues to be "all boy" in his activities and really enjoys school.  He says that gym is his favorite class (Aliana says that too!) and continues to love to read, write stories and figure out challenging math problems!

(playing in the leaves before the boys came)

(soccer team!)

(goofy kids!)

("Jerseys")

(Birthday boy!)

Happy Birthday kiddos!!  We love you and thank God for each and every day that we get to spend with you on this earth!!  You are a joy to us and to others!!