Final Lake Weekend for the season

We made one last trip out to the lake. The weather was perfect. You never know how it will be in October, but it was great! We invited the Mezgers and Marshalls. Anna Marshall was out of the country so Jeff came with only his boys and stayed for the day.

Luke helped John get up on two skis! Thanks Luke!!!

Luke and John in ready position

Crazy kids on the boat

Pokemon trading is a hot thing right now

Love this pic of the precious kids

Matthew (4 1/2 years old)

Dusty's Birthday Party

Dusty really has become one of my closest friends so celebrating her birthday with a bunch of her friends (who are mostly all my friends too!) was such a blast. We gathered at her house with hubbies and kids and just let them run wild while we talked and ate dinner. The weather was perfect and the company couldn't have been better. Love this woman so much!

From L-->R: Racheal Dagani, Melissa Mezger, Katie Foshea, me!, Erin Minor, Kim Rama, Dusty, Anna Marshall, and Cici Scott

The gang with our hubbies (Rachael and Kim's were missing!)

Fall Break 2016

Fall Break is one of my most favorite times of the year. The weather is beautiful. Everyone else is at school. We had a few adventures during our week off. First stop, Carrizo. Next the kids went to the pumpkin patch at Sweetberry Farms in Marble Falls. Then we went to Longhorn Cavern in Marble Falls and Fossil Rim in Glen Rose, Texas. 

Had a blast in Carrizo!

We did our first geo-cache which took us to a cemetery in Carrizo Springs.

Crazy enough there were several headstones for the "Risinger" family!

Alivia goofing off in Wal-Mart.

Matt shot a deer with Alivia by his side from a ground blind. Lots of excitement.

Spent quite a bit of time shooting at targets with various guns and weapons.

Day trip to Sweet Berry Farms with Mimi and Grandpa.

First view of Longhorn Cavern

The rock formations are neat

Entrance to Longhorn Cavern

Fossil Rim. The goats there are such a hoot. The kids loved petting them and brushing them.

Lunch picnic at Fossil Rim

Matthew fell asleep shortly after this and slept for most of the tour!

The guided tour was great! highly recommend. Our guide knew so much about all the animals

Back to the goats - they were quite patient

Absolute favorite pic from our time there. The giraffes would eat out of your hand. So beautiful and amazing!

Labor Day Weekend

As with tradition, Labor Day was spent at the Lake and at Bertram shooting doves on opening day. It was fun this year because all the kids were old enough to go with Matt. Even I joined him! The hunting was not very good and it was HOT, but it still fun to get outside with everyone. Matt says the key is "candy - lots and lots of candy." Ha!

Mimi bought this lily pad for the kids - it was a lot of fun

Dove Hunting!

Paige Taylor brought her friend Paige Hogan

All the kids (+ 2 Hogan kids)

Last Year of Preschool

This little guy could not be more excited for school to start. His preschool (Covenant United Methodist Preschool) is about 5 minutes from our house. I'm not sure how strong the academics are but it has been a sweet little school for John and Matthew. Matthew has made some friends there as well - mainly girls!