North Carolina

This year we took the kids with us to North Carolina to see the fall colors. It was SO BEAUTIFUL! We stayed at a KOA right on a lake. Our family of 6 stayed in this tiny cabin. We only had room to sleep in there. We arrived at night so the kids could not really see where we were at first. The first morning we woke up it was a little below freezing, and there was fog on the water of the lake. When Linen came out in his cute footy pajamas, he said with a shocked expression, "Wow! It's Amazing!" It was so adorable. We did a lot of hiking, The weather was perfect for fall. Sunny and cold, my new favorite weather! We saw lots of beautiful fall colors and waterfalls. We even watched the sun set over the blue ridge mountains. The kids had so much fun. I have never seen them love walking so much. They usually complain, but they just wanted to find more and more hikes. We went to the American Classic Motorcycle Museum. We saw lots of classic motorcycles. One of the workers even took us on a ride on a motorcycle sidecar. This is one of our new favorite traditions. 

Halloween

This Halloween KaeLynn was a Greek Goddess, Daniel was the Black Panther, Linen was a police officer, and Jax was such a cute baby! The kids had a festival at school we want to for a trunk or treat. They also had a pumpkin decorating contest. They had to pick a favorite character from school and decorate the pumpkin like that character. No carving was allowed. KaeLynn did Hermione from Harry Potter and Daniel did Dogman. We miss understood the flyer when to turn the pumpkins in, so they never got judged. I felt so awful for them! They did such a good job on their pumpkins. So I took them to BerryVille for frozen yogurts. 

Jaxon’s first time at the beach

 This last Wednesday when the kids had early release I went to the beach with my mom and stepdad and the kids.  While we were there the tide kept coming in closer and closer and her stuff accidentally kept getting wet! But as always the beach is enjoyable. My mind is being open to how hard it is to go places with four kids now. Jax is also officially a month old now. I am adjusting much better now to the lack of sleep and I feel like we are getting on a better routine. Linden is also adjusting a little bit better to have a baby brother taking most of my attention. For the most part Linden is really sweet and nice to Jax.  Every once in a while Linden shows his stubborn two-year-old self and gets angry with Jax.  Daniell and Kaylan still can’t get enough of the baby, and just comment on how cute and sweet he is. 

KaeLynn turns 11

My first baby born is now 11 years old I can’t believe it! She also wanted to go to sky zone for her birthday. And we had a nice celebration with the family for cake and ice cream. Kaylins favorite thing to do is still reading. You can always find her reading a book.  She is such a great big sister and so helpful with Linden and Jaxon. She just can’t get enough of her new little baby brother and she looks forward to babysitting.  Fifth grade has been a big adjustment for her having her best friend move away and a new teacher, but she is adjusting well every day.