Pumpkin Patch!!

Jeff had a day off from practice last week so a group of us decided to go to the pumpkin patch in Ludwigsburg. The kids LOVED it and got to pick out their own pumpkins. Every year the castle in Ludwigsburg holds a themed pumpkin patch. Last year was Noah's Arc which was really neat. And this year's theme is outer space. They also had a "fairy tale" trail for kids, where we got to visit Rapunzel's tower. I got a little camera happy, here are MANY photos from our day!Faith was having such a good time :)Trey thought all these characters were really neat!Us and Trey's friend Kalaia!I love this pic of Trey, he looks so sweet and innocent!:)Faith was loving life, ha!Check out the size of those pumpkins, they have a contest every year.Jeff and I in front of one of the castlesFaith and KalaiaThis is a crab! Which has nothing to do with outer space ha!UFO!along the whole trail Faith wanted to pick up every pumpkin :)Trey said the UFO was COOL! haThe Solar System!A Car made out of gourds!The AstronautMe and my babies:)Trey had fun playing in the hay with the other kidsFaith picked out her own pumpkin!She kept trying to eat it too! ha Do you know how hard it is to get all of us in one picture, and as you can see our kids aren't even looking at the camera. :)
Trey with a gourd he picked out. And notice Faith is still trying to eat her pumpkin!

Lee with Trey and Kalaia looking out at the water.

Trey picking out his pumpkin!And Daddy bagging it!
Trey taking a break We are the most easily amused family :)
Daddy has it down pat, Trey needs a little work, ha!

Daddy and Faith

Jeff and I on the fairytale trail

Rapunzel's tower

Lee and TreyTrey leading the wayanother stop along the Fairytale Trail

Part of the trailTrey was loving this, Faith as you can see wasn't so sure:)Now she's ok with it, ha.Jeff and the kidspart of the group - Dominika, Dan, Lee, Jeff, Trey and Faith

Trey watching the boat ridesFaith thought these little characters were funny!then she was trying to take their body parts, haJeff making some new friends :)

Love this picHow funny is she?! She had so much fun!

Trey and Faithah got them both smiling at the same time:)Look at him posing! ha hatoo funny!aww and he picked momma a flower:) Faith here was trying to eat the rocks, she will eat ANYTHING!:)

All that wore my babies out! :)

Hall of Fame!!

My Hubby was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Otterbein College this past weekend. What an honor! I'm so proud of him! Although we were not able to attend, our families went to support Jeff. His father Jeff Sr. accepted his award and read his acceptance speech. Jeff hated that he wasn't able to be there, but didn't feel right leaving his teammates here on an undefeated record (needless to say we picked up our first loss that night, but that's beside the point:)) Jeff is the first and only athlete in Otterbein history to be a 2 sport All-American (football and basketball) Here is what Otterbein had to say about Jeff..


Jeff Gibbs' career has been about defying the odds. It was thought to be impossible that someone could become an All-American in both basketball and football, but Jeff became the first. As a 6-2 center for the basketball team, Jeff graduated as Otterbein's all-time leading rebounder (1,496) and ranked fifth on the all-time scoring list (1,924) while playing against men much taller then him. For a football tight end to graduate holding career records for most touchdowns (29) and most receiving yardage (2,476) would be inconceivable, but Jeff did just that while also ranking second in career receptions with 162. His most amazing feat, however, would come his senior year in 2002 as he was named Player of the Year in basketball while leading his team to Otterbein's first national championship in any team sport. These accomplishments have led Jeff to be named to the D3hoops All-Decade team, and to be able to play professionally in Germany.

Antwaun and Nick at the luncheon (Nick is sporting Jeff's current jersey:) )

Nick, Antwaun, Jamie, Mattie and Grandma

Jeff Sr. reading over Jeff's acceptance speech :)

Jeff Sr. with the other inductees being introduced before the football game.


Thanks Mom, Grandma, Mattie, Jeff Sr., Shawn, Nick, Jamie and Antwaun for being there in honor of Jeff.

Bowling

Trey has been so good in school, we wanted to treat him to a night at the bowling alley. Trey has come a long way since his first day of school. He started out not wanting Jeff or I to leave once we would drop him off at school, now we're lucky to get a kiss and a goodbye before dropping him off. As soon as we get to school in the morning he's off and playing with his classmates and not worried about whether or not Jeff or I are there. At least he is still excited to see us when we come to pick him up at the end of the day! :)

Trey and Faith outside the bowling alley

Daddy and Faith walking in to the bowling alley

Trying to figure out which ball to use

Trey was excited that Kalaia and her parents came with us.

Hanging out!

This is his serious face :)

Faith trying to pick up her own bowling ball :)

This was the highlight of his week!

I think the kids were a little worn out

Faith taking a break from her race car game

Trey is so intense

Faith loved that car game!

Trey is learning to read...

Trey has been learning to read for a couple weeks now. He does really good, he can recognize most words and if he doesn't know it he will spell it then try to sound it out. Here is a short clip of him reading his number book. He absolutely LOVES numbers!