Hunter's Bend Hound Dog Hoe Down

Every fall the girls' school has a Hound Dog Hoedown. It's their version of a fall festival. It's a fundraiser for the school and a fun night for the kids. They have silent auction items, food and games for the kids. There are traditional fall festival type games as well as big jumpy things. These were the only pictures I took that night. It was a "bull" in a blow up ring. Lyla stood in line for about 30 minutes to ride this thing. She never fell off either! She's a stubborn little thing.

I didn't really have much to take pictures of that night because Grace would NOT stay with us! She's growing up. She officially chose friends over family that night. She was so excited to find her friends. At the end of the night they were both begging us moms for a sleepover. It's so cute to see her make good friends but it's also a little sad. It makes me sad every time something like this happens and she pulls a little farther away. I pray that she picks good friends and that God blesses those little relationships.

Little Lyla hasn't really found a "bff" yet. She says she just swings by herself on the playground, which makes me a little sad, but she doesn't seemed bothered by it. She does has a little friend that she sits with on the bus. We had her over to play one afternoon. I ask her why she doesn't play with her on the playground and Lyla just says, "I want to swing and she doesn't". Well, ok then. When I told her teacher (which happens to be Grace's kindergarten teacher too) that Lyla says she hasn't made any friends, she laughed. She said, "Lyla said she doesn't have friends? Lyla talks to everybody." I think Lyla just means she hasn't found a "best friend." She still says Fordie is her best friend. Ms. Heim also said, "Your girls are very different." and "She's got spunk." Yep, I think she knows my girls!

Let's Make Some Money!

Every year our neighborhood has a neighborhood wide yard sale in the fall and the spring. I've done it once before but I usually don't do it just because it's a lot of work to prepare for. Well, this year Joni said she was doing it, so Julie said she would too, and my mom said she'd come too. So, of course, I had to do it. I'm glad I did though! I made a good little chunk of money (even though it went toward groceries, gas, and other boring stuff). Joni said the girls could have their own candy store and sell candy and drinks. They went shopping with Joni and Mimi to buy their supplies. They each picked a type of candy and then they also had water bottles, juice boxes, Fanta and coke in real glass coke bottles. The coke bottles were a big hit. They sold every one of them. Joni also helped them make signs for their business. They were very excited! We set up their table that morning and hung their signs. They sat at their station for a while but the newness wore off fairly quickly. Papoo ended up running the business for a little while! The girls kept wanting to drink their drinks. At one point Papoo told them they were drinking their profits! Lyla quickly responded, "well, it's my business"! Grace was very possessive of the money as it came in. Some one gave them a $5 dollar bill and Grace did not want to give it up. In the end, I don't think their little business actually made a profit. They each got some money from the overall yard sale profits though, which made them happy. At one point, a guy from our subdivision magazine came by and took our picture. It actually made it into the magazine too! You can see that below. The picture of the girls in the magazine is a little dark though. Overall, it was a successful day. I keep finding things now that I think, why didn't I throw that out there for the yard sale. I think I'll definitely try to do it again in the spring.

The girls enjoying their ice cream truck treats and socializing with the neighbor girls.

The ice cream truck came! They LOVE that! (Lyla did not get glasses by the way. These are old ones without lenses that she likes to play with)

Lyla's candy item...

Reesi's candy item...

Grace's candy item...

Grace is very proud of her money!

This will be one of those pictures we look back on in 15 years and smile because they are just so cute together. (although they can get pretty wild and annoying, ha ha)

Harpeth Hills Church Picnic

Every year at the beginning of fall, our church has a church wide picnic. A family from the church opens up their family farm for the picnic. They have a couple of bouncy things for the kids, pony rides, volleyball, soccer nets, face painting, a potluck and singing. It's fun. We had great weather this year too! The farm is beautiful. This is where my parents need to live! Anyway, here are the pictures. Eric, is holding Stepahine and Carey's baby, Cason. He'll always hold a baby!

Eyle enjoyed the singing and did a little dancing for us even though it was a church gathering.

Wade Family Reunion

The Wade family reunion was over Labor Day weekend this year at Mom and Dad's farm. The weather was great. It was actually cool and windy. There was a pretty good turn out of people too. I would love to see the entire family in one place though. That would be an impressive number! Everyone enjoyed sitting around and eating and talking. The kids LOVED "the buggy"! In this first picture you can actually see the back wheels off the ground as Papoo came up over the hill. Notice Lyla's face and finger pointed straight up in the air. That girl is wild! Anyway, the buggy was a hit, along with the swings, the gator, the pond and the food! Dawn's husband brought a really cool old truck that he fixed up himself for a great photo prop. I took a ton of pictures. I plan to put them in a photo book as soon as a gather pictures from some others that were there that day. Below are a few (I got tired of uploading) of the pics...

This is a picture of all 6 siblings and their spouses.

Here are the six siblings all together.