Halloween 2014

The week of Halloween was Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon week is a fun opportunity for the children to dress up. Caroline loved it! She participated all week! Will...not so much!

Here is my little sweet one dressed up for community worker day. Se wants to be a teacher. She loves her teacher so much!

We had great Fall parties this year! So much fun!

Halloween night, Rob was sick. He had Hand Foot Mouth, so I ended up staying home with him. Will dressed up as a clown. This was a last minute decision. I kept asking him all month, what he wanted to be. He is so indecisive! He finally decided on a clown. He looked pretty awesome, if I do say so myself!

Caroline had her outfit planned months in advance! She wanted to be Elsa from Frozen. We looked everywhere for a costume. My precious Momma, made her the most beautiful Elsa dress. She looked precious!

And here is the whole gang...My sweet, sweet Lion was so unhappy. He felt so bad. He is still adorable though! 

All in all, it was a great Halloween!

Travel Soccer

Will played on a Travel Soccer team this Fall called Aris. We had the best time getting to know all the boys and their family. The boys only lost two games. One in regular season and they were finalist in the Bash in the Boro. I am so proud of Will and his teammates and I cannot wait for Spring!

Backyard BBQ and Grey Ghost

   

 A local farm near our school had a Spirit night at their farm. We had the best time...my friend, Jocelyn took amazing pictures of our family. We had a blast with all the kids and the setting was beautiful!

This weekend was the Backyard BBQ Fundraiser at Will and Caroline's Elementary school. It is their major fundraiser for the year and I was on the Silent Auction committee. We raised over $13,000 for our school. I was so proud of our comittee and the parents of the school. The only bummer of the night, is that I was working so I was unable to sneak pictures of my kiddos! Caroline and I snapped this pic before it started, she helped me set up!

Elsa came to the Backyard BBQ. Of course we had to take a picture with her! 

The morning after the BBQ, we headed to the Grey Ghost. The race was held at Oaklawn plantation, where my sister was married. It was pretty cool to see the beautiful house again. Our school has a club, called Run Club and each year they run a race together. My kids were so excited to run and represent their school. Sis was a trooper, she ran the whole way!

Brother did an awesome job!!! He finished pretty quickly!

And of course, baby brother came too! It was such a fun weekend.

                                       

                                        Sweet Girls showing off their medals!

                         
                                                Sweet, sweet friends!

                          










After the race, Caroline headed to Vivi's Divas and Dudes birthday...what an awesome weekend!

Where have we been?

I have sat down so many times to update this little internet space of mine… and honestly, it becomes overwhelming. I think about the months that I have let go…but I am back. I am not sure I will ever be as consistent as I was because life has become BUSY!!! But none the less, I do plan on updating much more frequently.

So…HERE is what we have been up to!

Jesse- Upgraded to Captain in August and September. He was gone for about a five week period, when all was said and done. He passed and we are so grateful! He is still flying for the same company, but his schedule has become a lot less desirable. With good change comes the bad. He turned 35 in May and we celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary in September.

 

Amanda- I am working at Belmont a couple days a week and still teaching classes at Williamson Medical. I stay pretty busy shuffling children from ballet to soccer and other various activities.

Will- Will started 2nd grade this year and is having a great year! He loves his teacher and so do I! He is playing Rec Soccer and joined a Travel soccer team this year too. So needless to say, we spend most of Saturday and Sunday afternoons at the soccer field. He turns 8 next month and we cannot believe it. I love this guy much and I cannot believe how big he is!!!

Caroline- Caroline started 1st grade this year and is loving it! School is her thing and she loves playing with friends and learning new things. She is taking ballet and played softball in the Spring. She turned 6 in August. She is such a joy!!!

Rob- Rob is 16 months and started preschool at our church two days a week this Fall. I wish I could say he loves it…I think he does after drop off! He is talking and running and trying to keep up with his big brother and sister. We still cannot believe we have another sweet boy to love and he was the perfect addition to our family!!!

So here’s to spending more time in this little space! I have lots to update, so stay tuned!!!

Love,

The Pilkintons