Boo at the zoo!!

Madison and Hannah Dancing the night away!!

Go Girls!!

Madison and Bryan running through the "snow" (foam)

Getting candy "Trick or Treat"

Look at my beautiful Ariel

Boo

Daddy and his Princess

Mommy's Girl

Bryan and I took Madison to Boo at the Zoo last night and boy did she have a BLAST!!! We left Blake at home with my mom because I was afraid it would be to cold for him, and because we wanted to do something with just Madison. She had so much fun, and so did we. Her favorite parts were running through the "snow" as she called it with her daddy, which was this huge foam making machine they had set up that produced mountains of foam for the kids to run through, and dancing. They had a D.J. set up with lights playing all kinds of great music for the kids, Madison and our neighbor Hannah had a blast dancing to all of the music. My favorite part was dancing with Madison and roasting Marshmellows!!! They were YUMMY!! All in all we had a great time and it is definitely a family tradition that we will do next year with Madison and Blake!!!

Crazy Weather!!!

Pine Tree in mom and dads gameroom

This is where the top of the tree broke off and fell

Look at those roots

As many of you know on Friday we had some pretty crazy weather out in the Chapin Ballentine area. Bryan had just arrived back from Georgia, and my mom was coming over to get Madison. She was going to take Madison back to her house to spend the night, but instead I asked if she would just watch both of the kids here so that Bryan and I could go out to eat. We were leaving for the restaurant when the wind started to pick up. We did not think much about it at the time and we headed out. We had just put in our order when my mom called and said that the neighbor had just called her and a pine tree had just fallen into their house!!! I was freaking out! By the time we got back home our patio furniture had made its way over our fence and into the neighbors yard. Thanks Josh for rescuing it for us!!!! And poor Maidsons trampoline was no longer round, but instead oval!!! The streets getting to our house and my mom's house were closed due to trees and power lines that were down. I am so thankful that everyone was okay, because all of the stuff that was messed up can be replaced, but it was still a BIG MESS!!!!! Just please continue to pray for my parents as they try to get their home fixed!!!

Making Halloween treats for daddy!!

The Batter is the best part!!!

My little chef!

Say pumpkin :)

How cute is this!!!

Bryan is finally done with his training in Georgia which had him out of town for a month. Last weekend when he was coming home for the weekend Madison and I decided to make him a yummy meal with halloween brownies for dessert. The meal was okay, and the brownies turned out so so, but boy did we have fun making them!!!! I am so glad that Bryan is home and we can get back into our little routine!!!

Boy do they grow fast!!!

Blake Sitting in his Bumbo seatEating rice cereal for the first time

He found his feet

Yummy Carrots my favorite

Doing arts and crafts with sissy!

Boy how time flies when you are having fun!! I cannot believe Blake is almost five months old!! In this past month he has really came into his personality! He is so sweet and loving! He definitely love his mommy!! He gets so excited when he see Madison, he has actually just started laughing out loud when she smiles and talks to him! It is so sweet to see him light up when he see's her!!! This month was full of firsts. He sat in his bumbo, ate rice creal, tried carrots and applesauce, and found his feet (he loves his toes and tries to put them in his mouth as much as possible)! I thank God everyday for giving me two healthy children who I love with all of my heart!!! God is so good! Oh and I forgot Blake also started rolling from his tummy to his back, man this was a busy month!!!! Stay tuned for more Kolb updates!

Pumpkin Patch!!!

Say Cheese

We took the kids to Harmons Tree Farm on Sunday afternoon to the Pumpkin Patch and boy did we have a great time!!! We went with some of our friends and their kids and Madison had a blast looking for pumpkins and going on a hayride and of course playing on the playground!!! We ate homemade peach ice cream, which by the way was delicious!!! We had such a great time and the weather was beautiful!!! The kids especially loved looking at all of the neat animals that were their! They loved feeding the goats and deer, the geese were a little mean though one goosed Payton on her nose!!! We had a great time at Harmons and looked forward to going at Christmas, and we will definitely be going back next year for more pumpkin picking!!!!!

HELP

I know that I have some computer savy friends out there who can help me with my blogging problem since my husband is in Georgia I cannot show him, but it will let me type new post, but when I try to upload pictures it errors out saying that something is wrong with the web address and to try and type it in again. I am not sure what this means because I am not typing in anything to start with I am just uploading my pictures like I always do, and then while it is uploading it errors out!!!!

Hanging out with friends!!

Sorry it has been so long but everything has just been so crazy with the kids and Bryan away at school!!!! I have developed a whole new respect for single moms!!! I do not know how they do it. By the time I get them in bed I am pooped, it is all I can do to do anything else!!! This weekend when Bryan came home we had a great time. Friday night we celebrated his birthday with our friends since he will be gone on his actual birthday :( We just played it really layed back and had some people over for pizza and cookie cake, and let the kids play outside until bedtime because it was absolutely beautiful!! Then Saturday we watched the Carolina game with Caroline and Ryan (oh by the way did I mention how awesome we did GO COCKS!!!!!) and then that night my mom and dad came over and watched the kids so that Bryan and I could go out for dinner (Date night YEA!!!!!!!) When we got back all I had to do is put Blake down for bed they were all bathed and ready to go!! I have the best parents in the world :)!!!!!! And today we went to the Pumpkin patch and bought pumpkins and went on a hayride with our friends Cy and Lindsey and Ryan and Katie and all of their kids!!! It was a great weekend and I will be downloading some pictures of the pumpkin patch later tonight or in the morning!! We are truly blessed to have such great friends!! As you get older you realize who your true friends are and that when you find them you need to hold on to them because true friends are hard to come by!!!! I am happy that I have these people in my life. What a great weekend!!!!