"The Caped Crusaders"

Batman and Robin that is. Friday night we went to "Halloween on Main Street." Jordan was Robin and Nathan was Batman. Then, on Saturday night, we went to the Church Fall-A-Palooza. That night, Nathan was Robin and Jordan was Batman. Gotta keep it fair, ya'll.

Halloween on Main Street

(Not the most flattering pic of Jordy. so impossible to get them BOTH smiling at the same time!)

Prince Charming (Uncle Jay), Cinderella (Princess Vivi), and The Fairy Godmother (Aunt Jenn)

Cousin Luke (Is that not the cutest monkey ever?!)

Watch out! Pumpkin Bowling with the PGA Tours' Future Golfers (Bryce and Brayden)!

Look at those sweater vests...I could just eat them up!

Ladybug Peyton...have you ever seen such crystal blue eyes?!

Here we go again. Nathan, the paci-thief!

Jordan was a little sleepy.

Church Fall-A-Palooza

Batman and Robin with their Super-Girl, Anna Claire.

Yum! This cape tastes good!

Brayden and Bryce were so proud of their First Place Costume Contest Medal! They were so stinkin' cute in their Golfer-Get-Up!

Oooooh...anyone want a cupcake that Bryce won on the Cake Walk?! He was so proud of his cupcakes! Such a fun first Halloween for our boys!

Took My Punkins to the Punkin Patch!

We had the greatest time at the Pumpkin Patch last weekend! We went on Friday night with Jennifer and Vivi. Then, we went again on Saturday afternoon with Gram, PaPa, Aunt Emily, Brayden and Bryce. So fun! If you live around here, you have to visit Hall's Pumpkin Patch!

BROTHERS!

Our Little Family

Nathan and Jordan with Cousin Vivi. She really wanted to hold this pumpkin in the picture!

Curious little guys!

Gram and PaPa with all their grandbabies!

Cousin Brayden and Cousin Bryce

Could this stroller be any more gigantic?!

Everything is SOOOOOO funny!

Big Boys on the tractor.

Vivi and her colored popcorn! She loved it! - This stuff tasted like sticky Fruit Loops! Yuck.

This is the corn maze...so fun! Jenn and I thought it would be easy. But, we were totally wrong.

In the beginning, we let Vivi make the decisions about which way to go. You can see in this picture that she is telling us to go to the right. We quickly vetoed all of her suggestions after about 20 minutes of circles in the corn maze. We finally had to ask some teenagers how to get out of that thing! :)

We had a blast at the Pumpkin Patch...thanks to the Hall Family for sharing their farm with everyone!

Much love,

Becca

It's Fall on the Farm

Our cute Texas town has some old farmland that the city has revived and they hold "Fall on the Farm" for kids every year. There are hayrides, farm animals, cotton pickin', old tractors, hot dogs and games to entertain all the children. So fun!

Vivi, Jordan, and Nathan are ready for the fun! (Well, Nathan's not too sure that this is fun yet.)

The Hayride!

Vivi got to pet the little lamb. So sweet! We ran into some great friends at the farm. Ruby enjoyed petting the lamb too!
Vivi rode the horse like a princess. When she got off the horse, she said "Becca, I got to ride the horse. Her name was Cookie. She was just like Felipe in Beauty and the Beast!!" Yes, doesn't Cookie look just like Felipe? That Vivi lives in a princess make-believe world. I love it!

Princess Vivi thought this was really Wilbur from Charlotte's Web. So cute!

It was a fun morning on the farm! I just love this time of year!

A Preview of the Next 18 Years...

I can't believe we caught this on video. Totally cracks me up! Jordan has recently been given his paci back(if you remember that saga from when he was about 3 months old and not sleeping!) Now that he is mobile enough to find the paci in his bed when he wakes up at night, it is actually helping our sleeping situation. Anyway, my Nathan is a champion sleeper and has never been much into the paci. He just wants to take it away from brother and play with it like it's a toy. I'm sure this is just the beginning of our lessons on sharing.

Lots of Praises!

I am waiting patiently for lots of little blessings...

Baby Avery Pacheco (my newest niece, daughter to Bryan's sister, Emily)
Baby McCown
Baby Owen Lee Etter
Baby Girl Bantham
Baby LePori
Baby Coleman Burton
Babies Bethany and Zachary Rader
Baby Brenley Soto
Baby Fitzhugh
Baby Boy Clark
Baby Maisy Conner
Baby Hooton
Baby Aldridge

Oh, I just love little newborns! Praise the Lord for each of these precious miracles. I am so excited for each of them to make their grand entrance in the coming months! And, if you are waiting to get pregnant, I have to share a couple of my favorite promises from scripture.

"Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the LORD and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah lay with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the LORD for him."' 1 Samuel 1: 19-20

"So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then he went to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son." Ruth 4:13

Keep praying, and the Lord will remember you. Keep praying, and the Lord will enable you to conceive. I have two special friends that I am praying for daily. I am praying for a "Yes" from the Lord. Oh, they are heavy on my heart tonight.

Much love,
Becca

It's Fall Ya'll!

And that means it is football season at the Calvert House! I took the boys to Bryan's 8th grade football game last night. They had a great time watching all the action! Nathan and Jordan were both sporting their Hawks t-shirts. So cute! When we got there, they were just wondering why Mama had them outside in all that commotion at bath time.


Vivi was there too! The cheerleaders were her favorite part!


And, this is Gavin! Gavin and his dad came to support Bryan's team last night. Gavin's parents, Matt and Christa are in our sunday school class. We just love them!

Go Hawks!

Oh Happy Day!

Saturday night was a very happy night at the Calvert House...so happy that I could hardly sleep that night! First, Jill text messaged me with great news that Brad had asked her to marry him! Of course, she said, "yes!" Oh, if you don't know my dear friend, Jill, then you are missing out. She is so special to me. Jill and I have been friends since we were 7 years old...that would be 21 years. We have been through so many stages of life together and I really believe the Lord spaced out our troubled times so that we could really be there for each other. When Jill told her little girl, Anna Claire, about her engagement, Anna Claire said, "It's about time. Do I get bunk beds?" I love that little girl. She is the best!

Congrats to Jill and Brad!

Then, Libby calls with great news that Brad (a different Brad of course) had proposed to her too! Libby is Bryan's sister and I just love her to pieces. She totally cracks me up! She is just beautiful inside and out. She calls everything like she sees it...wish I had a little more of that in me. We are so happy to have Brad join the family. Now if we could just get them to move about 4 hours a little further north and closer to home. ;)

Congrats to Libby and Brad!