The END of an Era...and the beginning of a new one! ;)

Ok, ok, Natalie added the pumpkin hat...'tis not quite the season yet 😂

🧡 SO 🧡 CUTE🧡

(I suspect the days of my three boys matching is coming to an end also! 😢)

So we headed out for our last group shopping/date day!!!  These have been a fun tradition for us since the older two were this big👇👇

 

The older two will be moving on to weekly orchestra rehearsals and performances, so shopping/date day will begin a new era with the next set of little people!! 

Andrew says he is READY!! 

We always have such fun...😄😄

Treat-picking is a VERY special part of the day...serious business!!

We enjoyed a very lavish and delicious last lunch ALL together!! 

Some of us got too full 😂

💞💞 I LOVE my babies!! Big and small 💞💞

Teaching the next set of young men the ropes...

Andrew had just learned to say "Octopus" and we saw one on the TV at Costco.  

VERY cute to hear him start touting "Oc-pus! Oc-pus!" 🐙🐙

Love the legacy of Team McMunchkin!!!  

Here's to a new ERA!!! 

WILD and WONDERFUL WV!!!!

The father-son crews headed out bright and early down to the REAL WILDS deep in WV!!  

So exciting!! 

It is MUDDDDD heaven!!! 

They camp and ride for three MUDDY fun days!! 

💪💪LOTS of manly adventures💪💪

...and challenges along the way! 

(They tell me this is all part of the fun!)

Breathtaking scenery!! 

Teetering on the "Coke Oven"...

Amazing adventures to grow our boys into MEN!!! 

What a blessed and awesome adventure!!! 

Randomness round-up of the week!

The bucks are coming! The bucks are coming!!

Breakfast time got VERY exciting this week...

Someone is tracking these deer like a professional...😎💪

You'd never guess who 👀👀

Making cupcakes for a special party...

Wonderful Church gathering!!! 

Broken apple slicer = something beautiful!!

My sweet girlie is growing some lovely flowers!!

Morning reading time moved out to the porch as the weather turns cooler...YESSSS!!!! 

Andrew is joining Team McMunchkin as he learns to be a helper and clean up!! SO CUTE!! 

Homemade frozen yogurt!! Yum!!

Man talk...

Getting ready for their BIIIIG TRIP!!!   Father and son 4-wheeler riding trip to the wilds of Southern WV!!  

😎PURE MANLINESS💪CAMPING!💪MUDDDD💪FUN!😎

MUUUUUDDDDD, here they come!!!  

Loading up THE RIG...

Joshua always "builds" James his own "Southern WV Mud Course" before he leaves, and gives James some of his trip snacks so that James can "play along" as the weekend goes on...

😍So, so, SO SWEET!!!😍

Mama was busy baking loads of bread, frying up sausage and making all other manner of camp food!! 

Soooo exciting!!  

The RIGS were loaded and off they went at 6am to the WILDS of WV!! 

Stay tuned for more MAN-ventures to come!!!