Lakeside Village Tree Lighting

We kicked off our Thanksgiving break with Lakeside Village's tree lighting tonight. We had a quick dinner at Fred's in Bartow before heading to Lakeland to see the big tree. Ben loved watching Santa ride in on a firetruck and lighting the tree with his magic. We just love the holidays, especially all of this time we get to spend together.

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures from our photo shoot with Grandpa. I just love them!

Ben's 4 Year Pictures

I still can't believe my baby is four! He is growing up into such a handsome young man. Grandpa Byrd took some pictures of us this morning at Crooked Lake Ranch. I love how they turned out! These are the ones he has shared with me so far. I'll post more as I get them.

It is so nice to have an awesome photographer in the family. We decided on Saturday to do the pictures Monday morning since it would be cool. I had a nice shirt and sweater for Ben, so I definitley wanted the weather to be cooler. We had fun posing and didn't break into the first sweat.

I LOVE this one!!!

And this one!!!



Love it in black & white too!



He is making one of his silly faces here, but I love it!

Benny sandwich!

Jeremy and Ben look a little Asian here, but I think it's cute! I need to teach them the 1-2-3 then open your eyes trick!

Pumpkin Festival

We drove to Bradenton today for Hunsader Farm's pumpkin festival. Grandma and Grandpa joined us and we had a very fun day. The weather was gorgeous. Ben had fun playing with pumpkins and playing the charity games. He enjoyed the butterfly garden again and actually held a butterfly this year. He got picked again for the frog jumping contest. I'll try to upload the video from that in a bit. His frog was a bit jumpy and it scared him! I think the best part of Ben's day was riding the train. I enjoyed some homemade pumpkin ice cream and Ben had a candy apple and popcorn. We snacked the whole time we were there, so we had a late lunch/early supper at Cody's Roadhouse before going home.

Here are some pictures of our fun day at Hunsader Farms!

I saw this golf cart that said "Grandpa's Cart" so I made Neal stand beside it, lol!

We carved Ben's little pumpkin when we got home

Fall Carnival

Ben had so much fun at his first Fall Carnival at Babson Park Elementary today. He dressed up as Super Ben! He played lots of games, but his favorite thing was the bounce house. He won so many tickets and chose a paddle ball & whoopie cushion for his prizes. All boy for sure! Here are some pictures of our fun day!

Ninja Caleb & Super Ben!

Ben and his friend, RJ