Evan and Brianna's Wedding: Day 2 of the Wedding Weekend

It was beautiful! And we had a great time!

End of the First Soccer Season

And he got a trophy AND he was SO excited!!!

The Rehearsal... Day 1 of The Wedding Weekend

 Grace and Jack made fast friends with Juliet and Matthew and ran all around the church before it was time to get going.  And then they practiced and they were perfect!

 A little rowdy in the front, but they had a good time.

Then it was time to party! And it was beautiful! The theme was a taste of California because a lot of Carla's family is from out of state. And it was a wine tasting party! There was wine on each table and there was also a wine tasting table.  The wine tasting table had different wines from each region of California.  Each person received their own wine glass with a personalized tag, just for them. 

 

I wish there was more light so that I could have taken better pictures...

 

There were lots of toasts and lots of gifts and everyone had a great time!

Jack got a cool Star Wars Lego set - he was just a little bit excited and showed EVERY person at the party.

Gracie got a beautiful bride Barbie that came with us everywhere that weekend.  She also got a beautiful necklace and earrings too.  She was super excited about the earrings. 

 

And had even more fun playing with their new friends!

Wordless Wednesday: His First Goal

Joy School

The two weeks before Halloween we had Joy School at our house. We had a ton of fun because we got to talk about the earth, the body AND have a Halloween party! It was lots of fun!

Each of the kids got to make their own loaf of bread. They used their bodies to kneed it, smell it and taste it. 

They got to color with their mouths so that they could appreciate their hands even more.

They got to take turns opening the door to trick-or-treaters.

Then it was party time!

Baby Bryce

On Friday, October 29th, we got to meet Jack's and Grace's very first cousin, Bryce Vaughn Lindstedt! He is absolutely adorable and practically perfect in every way.  Congratulations Danny and Kristi!

Halloween Stuff

Halloween snuck up on me this year.  I had Joy School at my house for the two weeks before and I was a little overwhelmed. But we certainly didn't miss anything.  The kids got to carve pumpkins with daddy before he had to leave for his business trip.

  Monster faces:

 Happy faces:

 The spooky pumpkins:

 

Jack's had two faces and he was very excited about that.  The one on the left is the face that he carved completely on his own. 

Then the Friday before Halloween, we practiced their trick-or-treating skills at the shoppes.  They had a great time looking at all the cool costumes and collecting all the treats. 

Then it was on to the final event! Real trick-or-treating! And they had a great time.  Jack was all over it from the beginning, but it took Grace a little while to warm up to the idea.  But by the end she was the one that didn't want to stop.  Too cute!

 

Happy Halloween!