Shuler Fall Harvest Parties!

To cap off our Halloween season we celebrated at Shuler's Fall Harvest parties!

Ella had a great time dressing up with her friends and playing games.

They even did a costume parade around school!

3 sweet girls!

Ms. Hora's 4th grade class!

This was Avery's first school party and she thought is was pretty awesome!

Too bad you can't decorate cookies everyday in Kindergarten!

Trick or Treating - Big kid style!

This year, Claire decided that they wanted to go trick or treating

with her friends.... and not her dad.

What?!?  I guess the pre-teen is officially here.

So, I agreed, as long as they met at our house and hung

out for a bit afterward.

We invited our dear friends, The Peters, over as well for

a pizza dinner before hand.

Once everyone was fed and dressed, we sent the big girls

off on their own, and Dave took the middles and the little!

Love that smile!

Claire and her crew!

These are all great girls and I'm so glad they're friends!

Ella and Carson ready for some candy!

Looks like everyone had a successful night!

LHF Halloween!

As always, one of our favorite Fall Traditions!

Living History Farms Halloween!

This year we went with some great family friends, The Twedts.

Owen is Avery's BFF (and future husband!) and 

Anna is one of Ella's dear friends.

Plus, Dave and I love Dan and Becky, so it's a great group!

I am so grateful for all the wonderful people in our

lives and the great opportunities and traditions that we

get to share together!

My beautiful girls: A volleyball player, a nerd, and an 80's chic!

Avery and her BFF, Owen the robot!

WAC Silver Haunted Halloween!

Ella's softball team had a scary good time getting ready to 

play in a local Halloween Themed tournament.

They had to design costumes and decorate their dugout.

We decided on "A Haunted Post-it Note Factory"

The whole team came to our house to decorate signs

and make their shirts.  What a great group of girls!

Fall = Pumpkin Fun!

Fall is one of my favorite times of year

and Howell's is one of my favorite places to visit!

We also have so much fun with our great family friends!

I love looking back each year at how much they've all grown!

Future bakery owners!

Oh, how they grow!

Claire's 6th grade play

Claire got to participate in her 6th grade play at school.

It was not quite like acting at Whippoorwill Theatre, 

but she still had a good time!

Fall Freeze Out, also know as fall softball!

Ella joined the WAC, Waukee Athletic Club, softball club this year.

She loves it!

It has been amazing to watch just how competitive

and good she is at softball.

I am loving every minute, of the many, many minutes

we spend at the ball park!

Aves has grown very comfortable at the ball park!

2nd Place Finishers!

Way to go, Ella!

Avery's 6th Birthday!!

Buggie is 6 years old!

We finally decided that she needed to have a 'real' birthday party!

She chose to invite her entire K class to Pump It Up!

We all had a blast and Avery is so excited to be 6. 

Watch out world!

She chose the Glow Party!

They used yellow highlighter to write on themselves and glow.

What a great group of kids!~

Our birthday girl~!

2 of her best K friends!

After the friend party, we headed to Noodle Place (of course)

for the family celebration!

I just love this face!

Grammy surprised Aves with her favorite thing: Banana Bread!

Avery, you are loved by many!

We love your spunky, fun, beautiful outlook on life!

You make us laugh and sigh and laugh again!

I love you, Buggie!

Birthday morning presents from mom and dad!

Celebrating at lunch!

Birthday banana bread!