Cole Turns Four and Reagan Rides in Show #2!

Wow, it has been a busy month.  Our little Ironman turned four on October 6th and we celebrated with his friends and cousins at the Dulles Sportsplex with a soccer party.  He had a great time with Coach Marie learning new soccer moves and playing on the moon bounce.  Cole's favorite toys this year were Optimus Prime (Transformers) and his new planet book from Grandma.  After just a week he has memorized all the planets in order from the sun!

We also went to my parent's to light a lantern for Kendall.  Each year the kids ask more questions about it.  And although they have a lot of fun lighting the lantern and watching it rise to our angel in Heaven, it's always hard to explain the raw emotions that we still feel in our hearts.  For the kids, it's a fun activity because they don't feel the pain and loss that we feel.  So for now we give them lots of hugs and thank God that they are both part of our lives here on Earth.

October was also filled with trips to Great Country Farms with Emma and Luke, Pumpkinville with Reagan's friend Carter and his brother Derek and Cox Farms for Johnny's work picnic.  The kids had a lot of fun on the slides, tractor rides and Reagan especially liked swinging from the rope swing!

Reagan also had her second horse show!  She rode in three classes: walk/halt, walk/trot, and an obstacle course.  She placed 4th, 3rd and 1st!  She was very excited and had a lot of fun especially since she rode in the same classes as her friend Sydney.  We were glad her pony Cupcake was a good boy!  We are convinced we sweetened the deal with the apples we brought him.