Our Little Pumpkins

Homeschool group trip to the pumpkin patch. This is an annual tradition for the group and Isaiah already said he wants to "go 'gain". Beautiful setting, although it was a bit warm to feel like fall.

 Awesome play areas for kids!

 Big tractor to climb on...

 ...spinning pumpkin.....

 This country store wasn't open today, but how cute is it?!

 More tractors and the barn was full of turkeys, chickens, and pigs.

 If only I could freeze time, this little guy would stay two forever!!!!

 We were quite a group today.

 Isaiah chose the very first pumpkin he spotted.

 Levi took much longer to find the perfect one.

 The picnic area was surrounded by amazing, huge slides, built from old silos and corn cribs, and such.

 Isaiah coming down superman style.

 Everytime he went down hands/head first.

 Just a beautiful farm!

 The newest slide was all shiny!

 Our homeschool group.....just a fraction of them that is!

Best bunch of pumpkins I know!

Nascar Week

Another big Nascar race at the speedway this coming weekend. This time around I have learned a lot more about the racers and cars. I may be a Nascar fan yet! We went to a free event last night to watch the haulers parade down the drag strip and then we saw some cool drag races. A nitro motorcycle hit 156 mph in just under 8 seconds! A go-kart ran the drag at 98 mph and the fastest car was around 140? It was pretty cool! Levi liked it for a while, then the noise got to him. Isaiah was pressed against the rail in awe of the hot rods. During the hauler parade Isaiah was also tickled to hear that some of the trucks horns sounds like diesel and steam engine train horns.

 Bowing his head while they prayed to open the night!

 Joey Lagano....Uncle David's favorite driver.

 Jeff Gordon....this one's for Uncle Jeffrey

 Becca claims her favorite is the one from 'daddy's work'. Aaron has met Ryan Newman, when he was out at Ryan's house working on his generator.

 Zay was loving the sounds of the horns!

 This truck could really get up and go!

 Not as fast as I hoped.

 Dragsters are cool!

Nitro bikes.

Rainy Weekend

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit during our 13 day rainy stretch brought in by a tropical storm. We didn't get to take them to our favorite parks, but we still had a great time, of course! Here are some shots of the kids out and about this weekend.

 Waiting for the Lynx in Uptown.

 Getting so big!

 Wells Fargo museum, small, but really nicely done!

 Operator, operator?

 No visit with the uncles would be complete without stopping at Bass Pro.

 Had to take the Uncles to Hendrick Motorsports too. Now we know which guys on the team to cheer!

 A model of a racecar seat....when Papa tried it he was TOO TALL to even fit!

Jeff Gordon's iconic rainbow car. This will be his last ride in Charlotte!