Pumpkin Carving!!

We are having a nice relaxing weekend at home for once!! We carved our pumpkins we picked at Belvedere Plantation last weekend. The boys had such a good time. Noah dove right in was pulling out guts and seeds. Gracen on the other hand preferred to use his spoon and anytime the guts got on him he would yell at me to get it off!! Noah insisted Rich carve Lighting McQueen on his pumpkin. I think Rich did a great job. I did Mike Wysowski on Gracen's pumpkin and Elmo on my green pumpkin. Gracen LOVES his Elmo pumpkin. He thought it was too cool. Both the boys are really into Lighting McQueen right now so the cars pumpkin is also very cool.

It is starting to seem like fall around here with the leaves and chilly weather. We are really looking forward to Trick or Treating. The boys and I are going to a huge Halloween Party on the military base on Thursday. It should be a blast!

We love and miss you all,

Crystal and the Gang

New Video

The boys cut a rug at the library and I thought I would share!! Enjoy!

Busy week

We have had such a busy week. Time just seems to fly. I can't believe it is the middle of October. The boys and I are staying busy, obviously. We try to find things to do with our spouse group and keep ourselves occupied while Richie works. Noah is having a great time at his preschool, he absolutely loves it. He goes 3 days a week and even eats lunch in a cafeteria like the big kids! Gracen and I go to gymnastics and playdates while Noah is in school.

We recently went to a Halloween party/safety event at our military base library. The kids got in their costumes and learned about Halloween safety. It was in the evening and the boys had blast. Gracen normally doesn't sit still and listen to the stories, but he was enthralled. I think it helped that Noah was there to set such a good example. They danced and had a ball.

Here are some pics of our recent playing!! We miss all of you and can't wait to see some of you soon. We are hoping for visitors soon! Grama and Papa Osborn are headed our way soon!! Yeah, the boys can't wait. Remember...the door is always open!

Love,

Crystal

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures of our fun at the pumpkin patch. If you want to see all of the photos click on the slide show and it will take you to our folder of all the pictures. I will continue to post pics directly to the blog, but now I can just upload them directly to the folder so everyone can see all of the photos!

Love,

Crystal

Pumpkin Patch

It was another eventful weekend here in Virginia. We took a trip to a farm here called Belvedere Plantation. It is an amazing farm that has tons of activities for the kiddos as well as a HUGE Pumpkin patch!! The boys(and us big kids too) had a blast. The kids rode pedal tractors, got lost in corn maze(I guess that is what you get when you let a 4 year old lead the way), jousted, rode the zip lines, swung on ropes in a barn(ok Papa I fully expect the hay shed to be outfitted with ropes by the time we come home next). You name it, they had it. The boys even got their faces painted, pumpkins of course. All in all it was an awesome adventure. Rich was so glad to be able to come with us, as he often gets left out of our activities due to work...stinking jobs get in the way of all our fun! Our wives group found this place so we had a big group of the kids there and they all seemed to have a great time. So enjoy the pics and we miss and love all of you...even our Pirate Papa and Grama!

Love to all,

Crystal and the Gang

Fire Station

No need to panic...no we didn't need the fire fighters here! Unless it was to pull me off the ceiling!!! LOL!! Gracen has been sick this week, so it has been pretty interesting. He is not a very good patient either...he is pretty grumpy. BUT we did get to go on a fire station tour on Monday before he got too sick. It was on base at Quantico and the boys had a blast!! The fire fighters had some fun too! They did a Sesame Street puppet show...Gracen watched with wide eyes. I think he was on Elmo overload. So here are some pics of them. The firemen must have told us that we could come back anytime more than a dozen times. I think they liked playing with the kiddos and puppets too!

Just to let you all know...airline tickets are pretty cheap right now! My Mom and Dad just got tickets from Pasco to Richmond VA for pretty cheap...so get on it people!!! How many times will you get to come to Washington DC and have free room and board?!?! Yeah that's what I thought, so once you book your tickets email me your itinerary and the boys and I will pick you up! Just to let you all know we most likely won't be coming home for Christmas. Tickets are $798 a piece that time of year, so unless they go down, we are grounded.

Love to all,

Crystal

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures from our weekend at Sesame Place!

It's October

Hello Family!

Sorry I haven't posted...our camera finally died! I think one too many rides on the Gracen rollercoaster did it in! He loves to play with our camera...NO MORE! So here is an update of our last week here in Virginia. We have had a busy time with both the boys in gymnastics and Judo, Noah in Pre-school and our amazing playdate group! The boys got their Halloween costumes in the mail. They are so excited! Noah is going to be a T-Rex and Gracen is a stegasauras. The cap to our week was a trip to Sesame Place in Pennsylvania. It is a giant amusement park based on the Sesame Street show. I don't know how many of you remember Gracen's love for Elmo, but we all had bets going on what he was going to do. He shocked us all...He didn't say a word!!!! Well he did....ELMO! I don't think he said anything all day except "Look Mama, ELMO!" Then after the whole day we didn't see a life size Elmo character we took him to meet the red friend. He ran right up to him and gave him the biggest hug I have ever seen. He just sat there holding Elmo for a long time...not one hesitation. Then he said Thanks to Elmo and blew him a kiss. IT WAS AWESOME! Noah also discovered that he LOVES Big Bird. He and Rich did a water race game and Noah won a giant Big Bird. That was the end of it. I had bought him an Oscar the Grouch shirt earlier and he asked me to take it back and get Big Bird! We then got to see a parade with all the characters...including Elmo and Big Bird. The boys got to high five them as they went by. Then Noah got to meet Big Bird and get his picture taken. He then told Big Bird how cool his was! Big Bird laughed so loud! Gracen's eyes were the size of plates the entire day. He passed out moments after getting into the car and Noah said "Gracen is exhausted but that was a blast Mom"!!! I had to agree! So here are our photos from our wonderful trip!

Love you all,

Crystal and the gang