Otto and Raife all grown up

This picture was taken of Raife and his buddy Otto on November 17, 2007:

This picture was taken of Raife and his buddy Otto on November 15, 2009:

How to ride a 2 wheeler...

It takes several steps to learn to ride a bike. First of all, you gotta learn to ride on 4 wheels...

Whoops! Not backwards though...you gotta face forward.

There. Much Better.

Next, you gotta learn to grip the handles real tight and not let go...

Now, find the right size of bicycle.

This one is much too small...

This one is MUCH too big.

This one is even bigger!

Ahhhh...now this one is JUST right!

Next, you need to build some BIG muscles

and after lots of practice, it should go something like...

THIS!!!

Remi

Ironman and Butterfly

Carving Pumpkins

Remi just played with her pumpkin the whole time...

...and tried to eat it

Grandpa Izzi, Raife, and Daddy
Daddy demonstrating the face he was going to carve in Raife's pumpkin

Pumpkin Patch Pictures

We took the kids to the pumpkin patch last month. They had fun picking out their pumpkins, playing on the hay, going through the corn maze, sitting on tractors, and Raife even rode a pony. 'Course he didn't enjoy the pony ride. That mean thing actually bucked him off! It heard some kind of a loud noise which startled it and next thing you knew, Raife was on the ground. He was so scared of the pony after that. Matt eventually made him get back on but Raife was crying at that point so it didn't last very long. But regardless of being bucked off a pony (who gets bucked off a pony?!!!)...the kids had a great time.
We have SO many cute pics from the pumpkin patch that I had a VERY hard time picking out my favorites to share. So while I won't share ALL of our pics...here are a lot of them: