Fall Break
I took the boys to Ohio for a quick weekend. Ethan had Friday off school for Fall break. I'm sorry to all of our friends we didn't get to see. It was too quick of a weekend. We went to Young's Dairy on Saturday with Aunt Virginia, Cousin Ireland, Riley and Aiden. Mama and Papa Douglass took us. We had a good time. Tyler loved the train ride. He rode it twice. Ethan visited the batting cages and got hit on the hand with the third pitch. After a few tears, he was fine. We celebrated Tyler's birthday and he got alot of Thomas the Train stuff. We also celebrated Papa Dick's birthday by going to Dave and Busters. Happy 58th Papa! We love you!

Tyler's 2!!!

Tyler had his second birthday on October 12th. He had an all Thomas the Train birthday. He is obsessed with trains. We just had a small party at home with our immediate family. The day after his birthday he climbed up on the kitchen counter and pulled the rest of his cake onto the floor. It landed frosted side down. I was not very happy. He didn't understand why we had to throw the cake away. He now walks around the house and says "Tyler two." He is talking so much; now if he would only grow.

Field Trip

Chris worked from home so I could go with Ethan's Kindergarten class to the Pumpkin farm. We had a great time. Ethan was so excited to ride the bus. We went on a hayride and got to choose a pumpkin out of the field. This took a long time because the little girl in my group did not like any of the pumpkins. I would suggest one and she would reply " no, I can find a better one." We were the last ones to get back on the hey wagon.

Ethan had an opportunity to feed a baby goat and pet a baby pig. He then led his class through a grass maze that had several tasks. We had to sing the alphabet and do jumping jacks, just to name a few. When we got to the end, we all took turns ringing the bell.

After we left the pumpkin farm, we went to a local park and ate lunch and watched the kids play. It was a good day, but very tiring.

A-maze-ing


We went to a corn maze on the Ocoee River last weekend. We spent about an hour in the maze and only completed half of it. It was a real adventure with the boys. Tyler decided it would be fun to stomp on a fire ant hill in the middle of the maze. Chris and I had to strip him down and shake his clothes out.



Tyler's favorite part of the day was riding the cow train. Ethan loved the soy bean maze that was in the shape of Tennessee. We walked through the soy bean maze and would stop at different cities to collect stickers of famous people from Tennessee.



Chris and I both enjoyed the hay ride. There was a very nice farmer who took the time to tell us all about the animals. He also let Tyler get an up close view of the tractor. We dressed for cool, fall weather, but it was in the eightys. I don't know if it will ever get cold here.

Cowboy Up

We went to South Carolina this weekend to visit Chris' family. Ethan spent the entire weekend at a Rodeo with his Grandfather. Ethan helped papa judge the rodeo. He got to sleep in the horse trailer with his cousins Dylan and Dallas. Tyler got to go shopping with Grandma for choo choo's.

Chris and I went to the University of South Carolina football game on Saturday night with his brother, Keith. We had a great time tailgating. We got to watch the Ohio State football game out of the back of a pick up truck. Go Bucks!!

The Little Rebels

We went to Chickamauga, Georgia over the weekend to see a Civil war battle site. There were tanks and the boys loved to see the men fire them. They were very loud. We went downtown and got to see some camp sites. There were soldiers from the North and the South. Our neighbor let Ethan borrow this civil war outfit. Chris told our neighbor that it is the wrong color. (Even though we moved to Tennessee, we still are northerners.)

Pictures of the Boys

Aunt Jessie

Now that we live in Cleveland, Tennessee, we are closer to Amber's sister. Aunt Jessica lives in Nashville. We have driven over to Nashville a few times and she has come over to Chattanooga to visit us. When she came to Chattanooga we took her to the Aquarium downtown. She was only here for a day, so it was a short visit. We love you Aunt Jessie!!

S'more Camping Fun


We went to Lake Cumberland for Labor Day to camp with Amber's family. We met Grandma and Grandpa Douglass there with Uncle Aaron and his children. Ethan loved riding bikes with Ireland and Riley. Cousin Aiden and Tyler were often mistaken for twins. The kids were really good. We sat around the camp fire at night and told scary stories and made s'mores. Riley tells the best stories!








It was too cold to swim, so we went to a train station nearby. We rode an open air train through the mountains of Kentucky and visited an old coal mining town. Tyler spent the entire time talking about the "Choo Choo's in 'Tucky." We had so much fun!

Aunt Kelly & Grandma Caldwell

Aunt Kelly and Grandma Caldwell came to visit us this weekend. Kelly had a training class in Knoxville so they came early to spend some time with us. We took them to the aquarium in downtown Chattanooga and then to the Tortilla Factory to eat. The boys had so much fun with them.

Aunt Kelly is in the military. We are very proud of her service to our country. She currently helps soldiers with their orders. Ethan is very impressed with the fact that we have an army person in our family. He had fun chasing and running from Aunt Kelly. He even woke her up with a pillow fight.





Grandma and Grandpa Caldwell got Ethan his first real baseball outfit. He started baseball practice this week. He loves the pants, socks, and new shoes that Grandma helped pick out. He can change the color of his shoes to match his team color. Look for upcoming picutures of his games.