Happy Thanksgiving!!

 

I have so many things to be thankful for and have truly been blessed in so many ways.

But in the hustle and bustle of life I sometimes forget that and need a reminder.

Happy Turkey Day!!

Leaves Are Falling

The trees around town turned beautiful colors this Fall.....one day Austin made the comment "this fall isn't going to be very fun because we won't have any leaves at our house."

Luckily, their grandma has plenty of them at her house for the kids to enjoy.

We enjoyed going to the duck pond and collecting leaves.

This year, we decided to do one large picture tree with our collected leaves.

 

Some Fall Pictures I took of the kids:

Happy Fall!!!



Fall Soccer

 Both Austin and Kayla did soccer this Fall. Austin practiced on Tuesday and Friday, Kayla practiced on Thursday, and both had games on Saturday. So for about 10 weeks our schedules were pretty soccer crazy. 

 This was Kayla's first time playing soccer and I'm still not sure what she thought about it.

 Now and then she would get a kick on the ball when it came to her direction.

But most of the time she ran following the pack of kids...usually at the back like she is in this picture.

 And sometimes I don't think her head was in the game at all....she was just out on the field doing her own thing.

 Craig and I joked that she was only there for the snacks.

 But she did have a fun time and learned a few skills.

 Plus it was good exercise and a great energy burner.

 I was proud of her for sticking through the entire season and she only cried once....the first time she got knocked down.

 Red Bull Team with Coach Trevor

 Austin graduated up to the bigger fields and bigger goals this year.

 And was still coached by his dad. They make a good pair.

 Austin in action

 This year they learned some new skills like throw-ins.

 Notice those Bastings boys know where to put their hands on a free kick.

 We missed not having Austin's good friend Braxton on our team. But they still had fun playing against each other. You can tell they are smiling at each other in this picture.

 Half-time break and snack

 More soccer playing

 Great game!

 Team Warriors with Coach Craig

 It was a great season!!

The kids always get excited about the trophies!!