A perfect fall day!

Today was the perfect day to take some fall pictures. Michelle and Jackson came down from Indy today to play so we took the boys to a little church up the road that had a yard full of beautiful fall leaves. I had great pictures in mind but that's not quite a reality when working with two year olds. Ha! So here's what we got. :)

I had to get Ethan in one and you can see that Braden tried to "involve" him in the leave fun a bit too much-oops!

Getting to know each other

Braden is still loving on his brother. I keep waiting for something to change (after all, my brother colored all over my face with marker when I was 2 days old!) but so far Braden has been very gentle and loving with his little brother. He loves to lay on the floor facing Ethan and try and make him smile. It's pretty cute.

How about this buddy? Is this funny?

And a big sneeze from Ethan right in Braden's face. Ha!

Trick or treating at the zoo

Last night we went to the zoo for their annual trick or treating event. We met the Johnsens there and as usual we were entertained by Braden and Jace. This year it seemed to be the amount of falling down and getting muddy the boys somehow managed to do. :) It also felt different this year because we had Little Lexi and Ethan with us! It was a chilly night but the kiddos all managed to stay warm in their fuzzy costumes.

Ethan, the gorilla

Braden, the monkey (literally)

Lexi was Tigger and Jace was a giraffe

Yep, I'm pretty big stuff

Braden was scared of every costumed character...including Bob the Builder (ha!). Chris' parenting style is apparently to get them over their fears fast! It didn't actually work but they got close. :)

Of course Ethan got candy too....A.K.A. more candy for mom and dad

What did they put in here this time?

We also ran into the Ritters so Braden and Jayla, the ladybug got a picture together

Happy Halloween!!

Pumpkin Picking

Tonight we headed up to Hubers since it's supposed to be raining the next few days and getting even colder. Braden just watched the video of our trip last year so he was super excited about finding the perfect pumpkin this year.

2009

2008

2007

Isn't this awful? What kind of mom puts their one month old in a wagon of pumpkins? Hee hee! I guess the kind that has to try for the perfect picture...better luck next year.

Heading out to the pumpkin patch

How about this one?

"Oooohhh, what happened?"

Braden was fascinated with the green ones

Just taking a little rest

Our perfect pumpkins (the kids and the actual pumpkins :)

Outdoor Movie Event

Tonight we had friends and neighbors over for a special outdoor movie party. Chris has been wanting to do this for awhile now and tonight ended up being the perfect fall night for it. We had popcorn and hot chocolate and projected "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" on the garage door. It was a lot of fun! It was really cute to see all of the kiddos bundled up watching the movie. We even had a few hay rides around the block. Thanks to everyone that could make it. It was great visiting with you. I definitely think we'll have to make this a Noble tradition.

Happy birthday to me :)

On Wednesday I got to celebrate my 29th bday....um, well not my 29th but it sounded good. :) It was actually my 32nd. Where does the time go?? Seriously! Chris and I can't believe we met when I was in my mid 20's and to think I've been out of college for almost 10 years is just crazy! I do have to say though, I have been blessed with 32 awesome years. I have a wonderful family and great friends that have made these years so wonderful!! Just seeing these pictures of my boys makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world! Chris is pretty great too. :)

IUS festival

It was a beautiful weekend to be outdoors! I LOVE the fall!! Today we (well Chris) got our typical fall decor up at our house...mums, pumpkins, big plug in jack-o-lanterns, all of that good stuff. I always get excited to get that stuff out. :) Then this afternoon we went to IUS to eat some fattening food and watch their balloon race. We pass IUS almost every day and Braden has asked to go see the balloons since last October. Apparently he is really into hot air balloons. Maybe he'll be a hot air balloon pilot one day. :) Braden had a ball with the neighbor kiddos like always.

Family shot...there is Ethan hanging out behind us :)

Running all over the place with Natalie

Braden's favorite "Iadies"

"Go balloon"

New Albany Parade

Today we ventured down to New Albany to watch the Harvest Homecoming parade. Braden loves parades and I kind of like them too...brings back memories of sitting in front of my house as a kid for the Apple Butter festival parade and running into the street for candy. :) For some reason though, they didn't really throw out candy at this one and Braden kept saying, "Where's my candy, I need some candy." Boy, they learn fast don't they?

You have to wave of course...it's good parade etiquette :)

Ethan didn't seem to mind the LOUD sirens

CHEEEEEESE

Our friends were at the parade too so we got to sit with Little Jayla

Braden loved seeing Sarge in the parade, and there were many! (from CARS)

Visit with Papa Scott

Last week my dad came down to visit. He always does a great job of wearing Braden out! In fact, Braden slept a little over 3 hours after he left! Dad fixed our ice maker while Braden sorted through all of his tools and attempted to help. Thanks for coming to see us Dad. :)