Pumpkin Carving 2012

I love carving pumpkins! I love the smell of carving them the best. It brings back memories of carving as a kid. We decided to go to the "Walmart pumpkin patch" this year.
As always the girls were so excited to do their pumpkins this year. We had a lot of fun and Mindy and Makayla loved staying up past their bed time :)

Boise State at Southern Mississippi

It took us a total of 14 hours to get to the game. It was in the 80s and all of us got a sunburn! Poor Mia had a long sleeve shirt on when we got there and by the time the game was over she was a little immodest ;)
The girls laid down under our legs during most if the game playing on Monte's iPhone and Granny's iPod. It was kind of a boring game and a riot with the kids but we had a good time!

The Beach

After the game we headed south to Gulfport Mississippi. The sand was very fine and light yellow and the water was actually warm. It was 90 degrees when we got there. There was a lot of stuff that was washed up to shore. They said it was from hurricane Katrina. There were like shirts and junk. It was kind of weird. Mindy found a milk crate and carried it all along the beach picking up every single shell she found! Makayla loved running and sliding hands first into the sand. Mia loved being in the water. She would pick up sea shells and throw them in the water (she loves to throw rocks into water at home). She was funny because she didn't care that she was getting her dressed soaked. She was having fun! We took a family picture and it looks like we have a bunch of orphans kids! They look so ragged but we all had such a blast! By the time we were ready to leave Mindy had quite a collection of shells. We somehow got her to narrow it down to 7 of her favorite ones. She also got a water bottle full of sand. All the girls were covered in sand...my car is going to have to be vacuumed more than once to get all the sand out! Mia had to ride back to the hotel in just her diaper. I'm so glad we decided to go to the coast. It was Makayla and Mia's first time. Mindy was only 5 months old when we went to the beach in Florida so it felt like the first time for her too. We had a great time and are exhausted after a long day!!

Ready to go!

All ready for the long drive to Mississippi for the Boise State game!

Student of the Month

Mindy was student of the month on Monday. She didn't know anything about it. I called my mom and she left her house at 5:45 am just to make it in time. They had a little assembly at school and announced her name. She looked so cute up there. She is a good student and is making lots friends. She had a bit of a hard time adjusting to being away from home and family at first but is doing good now. We are so proud of our little kindergarten girl :)

No front teeth!

Monte pulled Mindy's tooth out this morning so now she doesn't have her two front teeth. She said its hard to talk :) I think she looks adorable!