Fall at the Lloyd's

We've had a busy couple of weeks here at the Lloyd house. Fall is my favorite time of year. I love wearing hoodies and seeing all the pretty leaves and carving pumpkins with the kids. Last week we headed to Black Island Farms with Grandma Lloyd. It was so fun (even with two meltdowns and a tractor driver who may or may not have been drunk). The kids loved it and Grandma and I even had fun (we were WAY tired by the end though).

My little Asher friend is 3 1/2 months old already... Can you believe it? I can't. He's getting too big too fast. He is such a sweet, smiling baby. I don't know what we ever did without him.

Monday for FHE, we carved pumpkins with Grandma Lloyd, Grandpa Lloyd, and uncle Cam. It was so fun especially since they will be gone visiting Jen in South Dakota for Halloween.

Carter (AKA: Mowgli the man cub) insisted upon being shirtless during this activity. He LOVED using the knife. Almost too much...

Rylee and her finished product (actually Ryan's finished project that Rylee claims as her own)

Carter with his finished project.

The whole family of pumpkins. Left to right: Ryan's, Asher's (done by Cam), Jaimee's, Carter's, Rylee's, and Easton's.

The crazy crew minus Asher who had finally fallen asleep in the swing and there was no way I was waking him up for a picture.

What We've Been Up To!

In no particular order, here's what's been going on with us lately...

Ryan ran his first 1/2 marathon on October 8th. He did awesome finishing in 1 hour 56 minutes (that's an average of 8 mins. 45 secs. per mile). I am so proud of him. Next year I plan on running it with him (ha, ha!).

Asher and grandma cheering dad on!

Daddy's little cheerleaders!

Asher had his baby blessing on October 9th. Ryan did an amazing job and the Spirit was so strong. I like to think Easton was there too to enjoy such a special day with his twin brother.

Aren't we the goofiest family ever?!!

Little bit better of a picture!

Carter turned 6 on October 4th. It's hard to believe it's been that long since he was born!! He had his first friend party. It was total chaos, but he loved it so that's all that really matters.

The night before his birthday, we had a family party with grandparents, etc. He requested a baseball cake, and this is what he ended up with. It was my first solo birthday cake so I gotta admit I think it turned out pretty good considering!

Rylee started preschool two days a week (hooray!). She very much needed some "mommy-free" time and has been doing really great! She is learning exactly what she needs to in order to be ready for kindergarten next year.

Rylee also had a birthday on August 30th. However, we only have videos of her birthday and I am not smart enough to put those on here. She turned 4 and had a flip flop cake.

Overall, life is good and busy here at the Lloyd household!