Trick or Treat!

What a gorgeous Halloween - you don't get to say that too often in Indiana. the kids had a whole day of fun with parties at daycare and exchanging treats with friends so they were pretty wired by the time they got home. We trick or treated to the neighbors we know right in our area and the kids had a great time. Macy was hesitant to push the doorbell, but loved yelling, "trick or treat!" They were just as excited to help me hand out candy the rest of the night. We ended up sitting on the front porch to greet our treaters. Evidently the sweet tooth is an inherited gene since Macy and Ben couldn't get enough candy. By the end of the night I caught Ben grabbing handfuls of Tootsie Rolls and shoving them in his mouth - wrapper and all! Believe it or not, they did go to sleep that night!

Happy Birthday to Ben!

Last Saturday, the 26th, Ben turned two years old! It is hard to believe that two years ago we brought this sweet, quiet, easygoing guy home. He's still just as sweet, but not so quiet and a lot more energy. He woke up on Sat to a little party with Mom, Dad and Macy. We celebrated with balloons and cinammon rolls. Then he got to play with his new Big Wheel. He'd spent the last few weeks trying to grab the neighbor's so we figured he might as well have his own. It makes motorcycle sounds and there are even turn signals. Big Wheels have come a long way since I was a kid!

We spent the rest of the weekend at Meemaw and Papas and Ben got another b-day celebration. He got lots of great, noisy, boy toys, which he loves and his first hot wheels race track. His cousins helped him put it together and they all seemed to have a great time playing with it. We also got really lucky and got all of the grandkids to sit down together at one time for a picture!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere!

We had a great trip to the local pumpkin patch back in the early part of October. It was a beautiful fall day and everything looked great. Macy and Ben made their own fun, by picking up the little pumpkins, or "baby" pumpkins as they called them and throwing them at each other! The pumpkin patch, actually Fall Fantasy Land had tons of stuff for the kids - a straw fort, "scary" decorations and even a big teepee made of straw (that's what the kids are sitting in in the bottom picture).

They each picked out a pumpkin they liked which took a bit of time - 2 year olds can be quite specific about the perfect Halloween pumpkin! Wetook a stroll through the country store and got some sugar cookies iced to look like apples with worms coming out of them - too cute! A day like this makes you want it to be fall all year long. :) However, it was a Sunday and the Colts were on so we couldn't stay all day! We all enjoyed the day and hope you like the pics of the pumpkins -our's and their's!

Summer Vacation!

We just got back from a great week in Hilton Head. Every other year we take a family vacation with my parents, sisters, spouses and children. It was 12 of us in total and we had too much fun. We spent the week lounging by the pool or playing on the beach. My brother in law Nathan was gracious enough to use his grill master skills to keep us all fed. The kids were in heaven playing in the water all day and getting lots of attention doing it.

The 14 hour car ride there was pretty good, a little tougher on the way back but the kids did really well. The best story of the week happened on our way home. We stopped at the Mountain View Truck Stop for gas and a bathroom break. Unfortunately, there was only one bathroom and a line was forming fast. Macy and my Mom went in first. As they came out Macy ran right up to me and yelled, "Mommy, it's kind of funky in there!" I thought I was going to fall over! We were all howling after that, even some stranger who was waiting in line! By the way, she was right!!

About us

We are the White family: Chad, Teresa, Macy and Ben. We are so excited to have this opportunity to live, laugh and love with all of you. Hopefully, this blog will help us keep a little better connected with our friends and family we don't get to see often enough.

A little background on us, Chad and I have been married for 9 years. We are blessed with two of the most spirited, precious children ever in Macy (almost 4) and Ben (almost 2). Chad and I both work, so when we have free time it is most always with our kids and when possible, other family. We also love to do home projects, we haven't figured out how to get the kids involved in those yet. Chad also has the whole family join him in rooting for the Cubs, the Irish and the Colts. The kids can even sing the Go Cubbies go song!

Again, a big welcome to everyone who visits us here. We invite all of you to send comments so we can know what's going on with all of you.