Wedding in Austin

I've was trying to be better about blogging but now its been forever since my last post...AGAIN! The thing that has kept me the most busy over the past month is photography! I like to have between 4 and 6 sessions a month, just a enough to keep my busy but not enough to be stressful. Well in November, I had 20 sessions! It was tons of fun but definitely crazy! With the exception of a few small sessions here and there, I am done for the rest of the year though! We are also preparing for our Hawaii trip and leave on Saturday! I absolutely cannot wait! I'm definitely dreading the 8 hour plane ride, but am hoping after that the kids will do fine! Last weekend we took a trip to Austin for Jared's Aunt Carole. She is such a sweet person and we were so happy for her to find her new husband Rich! We enjoyed the wedding on Saturday night and then had fun doing some of our favorite Austin things on Sunday! Have I mentioned how much we LOVE Austin? Here are some pics from our trip!

 Before the ceremony!
 

 Jared's Family! (minus Jeff who couldn't come because Megan was sick)


Daddy and his boys


 

 The happy couple!


 Mason and his cousin Wesley had so much fun on the dance floor. Wish I had a video, it was hilarious!









 The next morning we had brunch then headed down to Zilker Park! All along the road, people had decorated evergreen trees! So fun!


Of course we had to pull over and get a picture! They are both holding up rocks they found...LOL


Balloon Sword!

Walking with Uncle Dru

 Waiting for the train ride!
 


We were both so pleasantly surprised at how easy this trip was with the boys. It was the first time going somewhere with both of them that we felt that way! They both did great in the car and the hotel! We are hoping Hawaii will be the same way!

Fingerpainting, Hopscotch and Fall Pictures

Connor tried his hand at fingerpainting the other day....he wants to do everything Mason does and it broke my heart to see him cry and want to do it. Besides trying to lick his fingers I would say it went pretty well!
 


Mason is really into sidewalk chalk lately. He asks for it all the time. The other day he wanted to play hopscotch so we drew it on the sidewalk.
 







 I took a few fall pictures of the boys last night behind our neighborhood. It's always tricky when it is just me but we got a couple good ones!

Mason's Preschool Thanksgiving Feast

Mason's school had their Thanksgiving feast yesterday! The kids sang a couple of songs and then we got to have lunch with them. It was so cute! I really just love his school. I'm so impressed with how much he has learned in just three months! Here are some pictures from his feast.


 The tables set up with all their decorations they made:


His placemat:
 

And the backside...I loved this!
 

His centerpiece

 

 Connor and my parents came too!
 


His class coming in. He was the only one waving to everybody! LOL

Dancing to the "Turkey" Pokey



Praying before he eats :-)
 


And here's a little video of his class singing. I took it with my phone so didn't realize until I got there that I couldn't zoom in. He is on the far left!

Happy Halloween!

Wishing you a SUPER Halloween!!

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SUPER MASON!

Today Mason's school had a costume parade followed by a Harvest Festival. Oh my goodness the parade was cuteness overload!

Here's Mason this morning before we left




 "Mr. Jones" the skeleton led the parade. That's our sweet neighbor Ms. Mary pushing him!

 


 Here they come! I love that even the teachers dressed up too!
 


Mason was actually waving to everyone! So cute :-)


 

 He was so proud...LOL

 

The best I could get of most of his class
 

Catch up post

It's sad that it's been nearly a month since my last post! We've been super busy enjoying fun fall activities and what little free time I have is spent working on editing photos I have taken of others and not my own kids! Sad I know! I'm going to try to blog more frequently though, even if they are short posts! Here's a little of what we have been up to! These pictures are a few weeks old, but I had to share. Mason and Connor are such little buddies lately and it just melts my heart. Mason is the protective big brother and Connor is just in awe of everything his "bubba" can do.

 


Speaking of Mason, I wanted to add some sweet things he has been doing lately! I felt like the first few months of him being three were ROUGH!! Back talking, arguing, tantrums, I could go on and on. But sometime in the last couple months almost all of that has stopped and he is now so easy, so pleasant and just such a sweet kid! I'm hoping that it stays that way for good now! Because I never want to forget these, here are some sweet things I hear frequently throughout the day:
 "Mommy, you know who I love? YOU!!"
 "Mommy you are my very best friend" 
"Mommy you look so pretty and that shirt is pretty too!"
 "Mommy I will pick you a flower because you are a princess and I will keep picking you flowers everyday because everyday you are a princess!"
 And my favorite: "Mommy I am going to be good for all the days"


 


LOVE that boy!


 A couple of weeks ago, we went to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm in Celina. We have gone here with friends every year for three years now and it has become a tradition in our little play group. I managed to get a cute shot of Mason and his best friend Carter then compared it to one their very first year there!

 

Last night we attempted some family photos! Another photographer and I had been messaging each other for a couple months about doing sessions for each other. We have the same camera so we took pics with each other's then edited our own photos! It worked out perfect! She is pregnant with her first so I definitely had the easier job: just two adults and a dog! She on the other hand had to deal with my screaming one year old and a three year old who was not wanting to smile and only wanting the "reward" candy in my bag. We did get a few good pics which is all I was expecting though!
 

Tomorrow is a Halloween costume parade at Mason's school so I will try and post some pictures of that! I can't wait!!