Pumpkin Patch 2011

Join us on a trip to the Pumpkin Patch...

Maggie says, "Come on!"

Hunter sitting with the dog.  I think this will be this dogs last year at the pumpkin patch.  He was kind of falling apart this year.  Hunter had been talking about wanting to sit in his lap again.

The boys :)

Daddy with all the kids :)

Family of 5

Love this picture and LOVE that boy! 

Maggie carried around that little pumpkin almost the whole time.  We bought and brought it home. 

Having fun!

Maggie had to pick up a few pumpkins.

It was just a little heavy. :)

Maggie and Momma!  I love this picture!!! 

My sweet kids!!  

That's my girl!!!

Sweetest boys! 

Daddy and Mags! 

Hunter was so excited to go to the pumpkin patch!  We had been talking about it all week.  This is his 4th year to get to go!  

Archer's 1st Bath! :)

Tuesday, Archer got to take his first bath!  Yay!!!  

He did really well!!  He didn't cry at all!  I think he likes taking baths. 

So sweet!  This is the same bath tub that Maggie and Hunter used.  

As soon as I got him in the tub, in ran Hunter and Maggie.  They wanted to help!  Hunter washed his toes and Maggie watched.  She did wash him a little tiny bit. :)

Hello! 

Sweet, clean baby boy! 

Baby Elephant, Archer! 

Hunter had the PBK frog towel, Maggie the pink chick, and now Archer has the elephant!  

Putting lotion on his little back

Bye-bye!  Until next time...

Elk Fest 2011

Well Hunter is home from CO.  He had a wonderful time with Coach and Honey and he saw lots of elk. For those of you who don't know, Hunter got to go with Coach and Honey to Elk Fest in Estes Park, CO.  He went for a long weekend the first weekend of this month.  We are still hearing stories about his trip.  He loved it!  Here are a few pictures...  I'll try to tell you about them, but if you want the real story, you need to talk to the Hunter-man. 

There were Native Americans at Elk Fest.  Hunter said he was afraid of the them though. :)  I think he might have watched a little to much of Davy Crockett. 

Here he is with his number on from the bugling contest.  Let me just tell you... They have this big bugling contest.  Contestants get on this big stage in front of lots of people and bugle and Hunter did it!!!  He was the 2nd person to go and the first person chickened out!  He did awesome!!  I'll try and put the video up on the blog soon.  He didn't win, but got a t-shirt which he LOVES!  He is so proud of that shirt! 

Here he is on stage! 

He did awesome!!!  Go Hunter-man!!!

Here is his shirt and his new hat! 

A better picture with his new hat.  It is a buffalo hat, but he calls it his "Red Stick" hat.  Red Stick is the Indian from Davy Crockett.  (It is also going to be his halloween costume.)

Coach and Hunter watching the elk! 

They didn't get to see them "boom fight" but they did get to hear them bugle. 

Hunter ate pancakes every morning! 

And just look at the trees!!!  I have never been to CO during the fall, but I think it looks beautiful! 

And here are some of the bull elk that they saw!  

Hunter had such a great time!  Thank you Coach and Honey for taking him!  If you want to hear about his trip all you have to do is ask!  He will talk to your ear off about it! :)

Foxy...

I completely forgot to tell you about our adventurous Saturday.  So here it goes...  Saturday about lunch time Ben took the trash out and this is what he saw...

Yes, that is a fox taking a little nap in our backyard!!!!

After his little nap, he got up and walked down the fence line and under the storage shed.  Ben called his good friend Josh to come over with his 22 so that they could kill it.  Well we didn't think it was going to come out from under the shed, but he did.  He ran through the yard.  Josh and Ben both shot at it, but no luck.  He got away.  

Isn't he big and ugly!?!?  Now you know why we haven't been playing in the backyard much this week. I don't want to run into this guy!! 

Oh and by the way, for those of you who don't know where we live, we live in town!  Watch out Brookhollow area.  You might just see a fox or two! 

Archer's 1st week

Yay!  We survived our first week as a family of five!!!  And just look at this little guy...

He is perfect!  I think so anyway... 

So we really did have a great week, but I will say it was hard.  I am so thankful that my mom was here all week and that Ben was off on Monday and Tuesday.  I don't know how, but I completely forgot how hard the first night at home is.  I mean... this is my 3rd baby!  You would think I would remember some things, right?  Anyway... Monday was rough!  I honestly did not know if I could do this whole 3 kids thing.  I didn't know how I was going to function with no sleep and take care of 2 other young kids.   But God is good!!  Archer is sleeping much, much better and I feel like I can do this.  Archer is a perfect fit for our family!  I don't know... it's hard to explain, but we wouldn't be the Jennings family without him.  

So how are the big kids doing?  Hunter LOVES his little brother!  He holds him all the time and is always talking to him.  He is so excited that he is here!  He is also excited about teaching him how to play football one day. :)  Maggie is doing great!  She is so sweet to her "little bubba".  That is what she calls him, by the way.  She is finally sleeping better, too.  You see the day we brought Archer home, Maggie decided she no longer wanted to sleep in her crib.  She wanted to sleep in her big girl bed.  (Not the greatest timing, huh!) So she did not sleep well for the first couple of days.  It was bad, but she is doing much better!   

Hunter is in CO with Coach and Honey right now!  He will be back tomorrow.  He is getting to see lots of elk.  I am sure I will blog about his trip once he gets home and I hear all about it.  He is having a great time.  Maggie Moe is being spoiled here at home.  I have had so much fun playing with her and Ben has too.  She is so funny!  She says and does the funniest things.  I am so thankful Hunter is having a good time and that we are getting some special Maggie time, too.  

Look at that sweet smile! 

Ben and I are doing great!  I am back at HSU working with my awesome, fabulous cheerleaders!  Ben is helping a lot!  I love working with him.  He is the best!  Anyway... We have a game this weekend, HSU vs HPU!  GO COWBOYS!  It should be interesting how it goes on the sidelines.  Ben might be home with all 3 kids or we might all be at the game.  We will see how it goes. 

I will try to blog more later!  Have a great week everyone! 

Blessed and a funny!

Welcome Archer Daniel Jennings!!! 

Today was the day!  Archer's birthday!  We are so incredibly blessed!  

Archer Daniel Jennings

Born at 7:46 am

8 lbs 4 oz. 

20 inches long

I can't wait to tell you all about our amazing day, but you see I have this monitor on my pointer finger on my right hand.  Typing is a little hard.  :( So instead I will tell u a short funny story that happened today. 

And yes, it is about these 2!  Maggie did amazing today with Archer!  Thank you all for the prayers about Mags and how she was going to do with baby Archer.  Please keep them up.  Anyways... So I was holding Archer in bed this afternoon and Maggie just had to join us.  It was so sweet.  And then out of nowhere Maggie leaned over and honked Archer's nose!!  She grabbed it and said "honk"!  It was so cute!  She honks mine, Daddy's and Bubba's noses all the time, but I didn't think she would try to get Archers just yet.  Watch out Archer!!  :)  It won't be long and Archer will be honking Mag's nose. 

Here is Hunter and Archer!  Hunter got to watch Julie (the BEST nurse and SWEETEST friend) give Archer a bath.  Then once he was warm, Hunter got to be the first one to hold him!!  He loved every minute of it! 

Okay and I couldn't write a blog post without mentioning this guy.  I have the greatest husband and my kids have the best daddy on earth.  Thank you Lord for such an amazing best friend who I get to spend my life with.  I am without words!  Thank you Lord for your many, many blessings!!

More about sweet baby Archer coming soon! :)

1st day of school 2011 =)

Yesterday was the first day of school for both Hunter and Maggie!  Hunter was sooo excited! :)

This year Hunter is in the shark class!  He could not wait for school to start.  Maggie is in the Sea Turtle class and has 2 of the best teachers at Beltway.  I am so glad she is in their class! 

I couldn't get Maggie to look at me.  She was excited though!  She didn't want to wear her backpack but wouldn't put her Minnie Mouse lunch box down. 

Maggie walking into the building.  Maggie did awesome!  She walked right into her class all by herself.  She didn't cry at all! :)  Such a big girl!  

Hunter walked right into his class and hung up his backpack!  He was so sweet!  

When I went to pick them up, Maggie's teaches said Hunter's class was playing on the playground at the same time and Hunter pushed Maggie on the swings.  Isn't that sweet!! Maggie had a great day (or so they said) and she even took a nap on her nap mat!  Yay Maggie!  To be honest I was a little worried about Maggie because she was up most of the night on Monday.  I don't know why, but she just did not sleep.  Glad she still had a good day at school! 

Hunter told me all about his class when I picked him up.  He loved music and loved making ants.  He came home with a couple of work pages that he completed.  He was so proud.  He was also excited that he got to eat in the cafeteria (aka Kiddie Park).  The oldest classes don't have to eat in their room like all the other classes.  

After school we made our traditional first day of school chocolate chip cookies!  Yummy!   I am so glad Maggie and Hunter both get to go to school this year.  We LOVE Beltway and I can't wait to see what this year brings for both of them!