Fall Break

 We had a great chance to go camping during fall break with some friends, and it was a great trip!  We ran into a few hiccups and didn't end up staying as long as we planned, but we had a great time while we were there. We all went on a hike to see the Natural bridge there, and apparently that's the only time I took any pictures of the trip!  The hike was beautiful, and the weather could not have been more perfect! The hike was pretty long and steep, and I was a little worried about whether the kids could handle it, but they were all champs!  They did awesome and never complained one time!

 They boys with their favorite person on earth: Ella.

 Our whole group up on the bridge

 Megan showing me how zen she can be while sitting at the edge of the cliff.

 Macie with her favorite person: Megan.  She honestly prefers Megan to me.  Kinda sad, but it's the cold hard truth!

 Me and Macie squeezing through the narrow passage way up to the bridge.  Glad I wasn't more pregnant, cause I'm pretty sure I would have gotten stuck in there!

This scary rickety old hanging bridge at the very beginning of the hike.  Parker was saying " I hate this bridge, I hate this bridge" the whole way across. And when we got off, Kaeson threw his hands up in the air, jumped up and said, "That was awesome!" Classic example of the difference between them!

We were so glad we were able to take advantage of  the time off school and see a fun new place here in Kentucky!  It was well worth the trip, and it was a great bonus to go with such great friends!

Macie's New Shirt

New Hairstyles and Pierced Ears

With the slow growth of Macie's hair, has come some experimental hairstyles.  it's fun to see how far I can stretch it, but with nearly every do, I conclude that her hair is still not quite ready for that particular style.  So, I have fun trying, and just try to wait patiently for the day when her hair is long enough.

 Her first ponytail.  It stayed like this for about two minutes!

 Full Pigtails.  Also didn't last but a few minutes!

 More pigtails.

 Posing for the camera.

Then a couple weeks ago, we decided to do the unthinkable and take her to get her ears pierced!  I felt like a pretty horrible mother for a few minutes.  She screamed pretty hard, but only for a few minutes.  She looks adorable as can be and has done really well at leaving them alone.  The first night, every time she touched them, it hurt, so she quickly learned to leave them alone. It was sad to see her in pain, but I'm glad we did it while she's too young to know what was going on!

 no idea what's coming to her!

Lance didn't get very good after pictures because she was so upset, and they made him stand by with cotton balls of cleaner to help with the pain.  this last picture is her in the car on the way home.  She touched her ears, and was not impressed!