HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We have so much to be thankful for and so blessed with wonderful family and friends. Walker headed up to my parents house a week before Thanksgiving to spend some time with Moppy and Papa before we arrived. Unfortunately, the few days he was away I got strep throat and Patrick was working like a crazy person trying to get ready for a playoff football game. Patrick was not able to spend Thanksgiving with us because of work and we missed him terribly. I arrived at my parents house on Wednesday and boy did we have the most fun together. I have to say this was the best Thanksgiving we've had together in a very long time. It was so peaceful with Walker and Logan running around giggling and enjoying each other. Those two monkeys are so funny

with the things they say. I can only imagine what they will be like together in a few years. Thank you so much Moppy and Papa for a wonderful few days. We love you so much!

Do these two not look like T-R-O-U-B-L-E?

This is why we call them monkeys. I'm not sure if you can tell, but Walker was multitasking while hanging out in the tree by eating a powdered sugar donut. He knows he only gets donuts at Moppys house.

The weather was gorgeous all week. Walker loved running in the leaves, playing on the swing set, digging in the dirt with his tractors, climbing trees, picking up sticks....all the things a little boy should do:)

This was my favorite part of our visit. We have never been home when the baby chicks are delivered, so this time we were very lucky. I wasn't sure how Walker would react, but needless to say he LOVED it. On our way to the farm he kept saying, "Me hold baby chick". Our farm has 5 houses and each house was delivered between 27,000-30,000 baby chicks. In this particular house 27,200 baby chicks:) They were so stinkin' cute and so tiny. They sure do grow up to be nasty looking animals considering how cute they are as baby chicks. "Chirp Chirp".

He wasn't too sure at first after Papa let him walk around, but after about 30 secs he was walking around like he owned the place:)

Do you see how red Walker's cheeks were?? When the chicks are so small they have to keep the heat on 90 degrees. It was steaming in there and add the smell with the heat... all I need to say is "Yummy". Walker didn't mind a bit. Finally, I convinced him to leave the house, because the baby chicks needed to take a nap. He walked out saying, "Bye baby chicks night night."

Farmer Uncle Ben and Walker

We can't visit the farm without playing on the tractors. Uncle Ben wanted to take Walker on a ride, but Walker was scared. Right now he's perfectly okay with just sitting on the tractor. He wanted Moppy and I to take turns sitting with him.

In Walker's class his teachers sent home a white sheet of paper outlined with a drawing of a turkey. The instructions said to be very creative and decorate the turkey to display in their class. We decided make our turkey a Chanticleer football player. Walker did such a great job helping us decorate his turkey.

Thanks to Moppy and Papa I was able to have dinner with some very special old friends:) It's always nice to catch up with friends you've known since elementary school. Diana, Ashley & Jamie...I had such a great time and thank you for being such special friends!! Also, I would like to give some of my special blog readers The Shealy Family a shout-out. It was so good to see you guys Friday night even though it was only for 5 minutes. Thank you to Mrs. Sara and Mandy for keeping up with us through the blog:)

Fall Festival at School

This was our first time going to the Fall Festival at Walker's school. Our church does a really good job with the festival. Most of the kids wore their Halloween costumes, but I forgot Walker's costume. He still had a blast playing the games and getting candy.

His favorite game was "Go Fish"...he got lots of candy and lots of silly bands. We had to beg him to try something different because he would have stayed at the "Go Fish" station all night.

Having fun with his friends. Peyton is in orange, Lauren is on the left and Corrine is on the right (both LadyBugs). They have been together since they were all 2 months old. They did not want to sit on the balloons. When the balloons popped Walker would say, "Too Loud Mommy".

Runaway Balloon Man!!

He sat so still while the nice lady painted a cat on his hand. He requested a "Kitty Cat".

Peyton showing Walker how to putt putt. Peyton's dad is a PGA Professional, so he really knows how to putt.

Can you see Petyon in the background saying, "No Walker you need to hold the club right"..."That's not the way my daddy says to do it":):)

Trying to throw the little ball in the bucket.

They had so much fun at the festival. Walker, Peyton and Lauren were swimming for ducks. I thought for sure one of them was going to go swimming:)

We can't go any where without Walker finding a tractor. The tractor pulled the wagon ride. We had so much fun. Next year we will make sure to wear our Halloween costume.

Pumpkin Day at Indigo Farms

HAPPY PUMPKIN DAY, Y'ALL!!

We love Pumpkin Day at Indigo Farms. This was our 2nd year going and we had just as much fun as last year. Walker loves visiting the farm animals and running around all over the farm. It is truly so much fun watching him run around and talking to all of the animals.

I love this family photo of us. Looks like Walker needed some sunglasses too:) I think he's feeling a little left out.

I know one thing, Walker is NOT afraid of animals. He would call this cute little goat, "My goat". He talked and talked to the goat and even fed him right from his hand. At one point he had the goat in a headlock saying, "I love you goat"...so stinkin' cute!!

All of the animals are so friendly and gentle. Poor Mr. Donkey was all alone, so we decided to go over and give him some love! They also have pig races. Little pigs are so cute. Walker loved watching the pig races.

He tried so hard to throw the carrot in the pumpkins mouth. Daddy eventually had to step in and help him out.

He climbed in.....

And climbed out.....

We ran into our sweet friends The Smigelski's. Walker absolutely adores Conner. They had so much fun together on the hay ride. And let me say that Conner is so good to Walker.

And look at these two sweet faces. How absolutely adorable are they?? Can't you tell how much fun we had??

We had to go down a couple times solo.

Conner showed Walker how to shuck corn like back in the good ole days.

Here are our two pumpkins that got to go home with us. Daddy is sooooooo talented!!

Being Spoiled.....

It is always such a great time when the grandmothers come to visit. We were lucky enough to have both grandmothers plus Beck (Walker's great grandmother) come to visit in October. You can definitely say we were all really spoiled. Patrick and I always like the break and extra hands around to help with Walker. Enjoy our pictures of Moppy, Jules and Beck!

We were playing how many can fit on one chair? As you can tell Ribbie really didn't think it was a fun game. Walker thought it was a great idea:)

We have lots of lizards outside and Walker loves to hunt for them. Moppy and Walker found a baby lizard and he enjoyed touching its tail. I was definitely impressed with Moppy catching the lizard. I on the other hand will not even think about holding a lizard. We always have so much fun with Moppy. It is such a treat for all of us to have her visit us. We go shopping, eat lots of good food and most importantly give lots of lovin' to Walker. We can't wait to see Moppy and Papa over the Thanksgiving holidays.

Jules and Beck came to visit us the week before Halloween. We had such a great time with them. This was Patrick's grandmothers first time visiting us in SC. We are so glad she came and was able to see the area we live in, where we work, Walker's school and etc.

While Jules and Beck were here we went to Alligator Adventure. Walker loved it and believe me I have never seen so many alligators... a little creepy!! They have over 700 alligators on property. We were able to see turtles, birds, ducks, tigers, a zebra, a camel, a donkey and lots of lazy alligators. Thank you Beck for treating us to lots of fun!!

They also carved a pumpkin and Jules baked/decorated a really cool pumpkin chocolate cake. Walker could not wait to taste the icing. While it was in the refrigerator Walker would open the door swipe away some icing and close the door:)

We also enjoyed attending the Homecoming football game. This was a hard weekend for Patrick because he was so busy with homecoming festivities. We squeezed in Daddy time when ever we got a chance. Hey, they really didn't come to see us any way, right?

Thank you Jules and Beck for coming such a long way to see us. We loved every second of your visit. We can't wait to see you again during the Christmas holidays!!

I Voted!

Today in Walker's class at school they went to the voting polls. His teachers set up a mini voting box with pictures of an ice cream cone and a cupcake. Each child voted for their favorite and placed it in the voters box. Each voter received an, "I Voted" sticker. After a very close race the winner was announced....****Ice Cream Cone****

Walker's class will have a very special celebration party with ice cream for EVERYONE on Friday!! I mentioned to his teachers this morning if "ice cream" won then I volunteer Patrick to make his homemade ice cream. Patrick is so excited to make chocolate and vanilla for all of Walker's classmates on Friday:)