November

We had a great November!

We had some family game nights

The kiddos are loving getting to hang out with their cousin

Casen had his first little presentation at school we were invited to for Thanksgiving.  He went up on stage and sang a song.  It was soo cute.  They were pilgrims and Indians and after the show they got to have a Thanksgiving feast.

He also got his first report card, 100 in everything!

After work one day Caleb brought me home a lovely bouquet of flowers and he also brought one home to Arya.  She loved it so much.  She told everyone about her flower from her dad.  He's the best!

Morgan and Tim hosted Thanksgiving this year and we had a great meal.  We also had some little helpers :)

 My stuffing helpers

I forgot to take any pictures of the day, but Morgan thankfully at least snapped one of the kiddos at their little table.

(Tim's mom took the pic so she's supposed to be in the empty chair :)

After lots of eating and Black Friday shopping we also set up our Christmas tree.  We got a new tree last year after Christmas and we were pretty excited to set it up.

 I love our home even more on the holidays

We also enjoyed our first time making some fudge as a family and i'm telling you if you like Snickers you should most definitely be making this fudge this year!  Our first time was a big success.

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/12/snickers-fudge.html

Bring on December :) 

Veterans Day

I know I've this video before, but i'm so proud of my husband and all he's done.  This is a video from his deployment.  This time 4 years ago I was writing how thankful I was to get a picture from Caleb because I hadn't seen him in over two months.  It is crazy how far life has taken us, but i'm still so thankful he came home safe and for the insanely hard life he lived while he was there. 

Thinking of all the families still serving and more then thankful for all those who have served.

October

We had a great October!

We've enjoyed spending some one on one time with our little lady as Casen is hard at work at school.  He is doing awesome.  Learning lots of sight words, doing math, lots of writing, memorizing tons of poems.  He's such a smart kid and I can't believe how much he's grown up since starting school.

We visited our first pumpkin patch with a group of Caleb's work friends, forgot to take pictures, but the kids had so much fun picking out there own pumpkin and going through a hay maze.

We got to enjoy some time with visitors.  We love love having company!  We dove into everything fall with pumpkins, pictures with Charlie Brown, game nights in, and, of course, football. And the kids couldn't have had a better time with their cousins.  Thanks for making the trip guys!

The kids also happily celebrated Halloween this year.  Arya wanted to, no surprise, be a minion.  And we had trouble finding Casen's first choice of a dinosaur so he decided on Bumblebee this time around.  His school had a trunk or treat so the kids were able to get a good amount of candy and we did another candy hunt in the backyard since Caleb unfortunately had to head to work.

My mom also made the trip down south so we got to spend some time with her.  The kids love her so much so i'm so thankful she made the drive.  And she even watched the kiddos so Caleb and I got to squeeze in our first date night since my birthday.  She, of course, left the kids with a treat to wake up to the morning she left.  They are already counting down the days til she comes back.

Annual Geiger family picture!

Sometimes, when you have a handsome husband such as mine, you decide every once and awhile you probably forget to let him know you appreciate him as much as you do.  So here's a little love for my love :)

Yesterday morning as I was getting up to get Casen ready for school, at the bottom of the stairs Caleb was waiting with the prettiest flowers in hand.

And a few days before that a snickers bar snuck in the bag coming home from running to the store for me, and driving home from work when he forgot to kiss me before he left, and the good number of mornings I wake up to a Starbucks cup waiting for me after he's worked all night.

But it's not just the gifts you give me,

*thanks for staying up to put Casen on the bus even though I know you're just ready to sleep when you come home in the morning.
*thanks for waking up early as we deal with sick kiddos who need visits to the doctors
*thanks for taking care of all the crazy things that happen with our home, including crazy hornet attacks.
*thanks for working hard every night at work and working extra days so we get to do all of our fun family days.
*thanks for the random date nights at home with pizza and our favorite shows for the months that go by we don't have a babysitter.
*thanks for waking up at any hour you need to after working to watch the Patriots games with me.
*thanks for the random getaways when you know I just need to leave the house and even knowing the days I just don't feel like making dinner.

But most of all, thanks for being you, my perfect match.  Our life isn't the easiest, but it sure is my favorite and I'm so proud of all that you do.

Love,
me :)

September

Not a whole lot to report for the month of September now that the big news of Casen headed to school has come and gone.


We've been thoroughly enjoying our football days!

Casen got an award in music class for being the best behaved and has been at the top of the behavior charts in his classroom.  We're so proud of him already :)

Arya thinks she's ready for school too.  This is the outfit she chose to go in.

We discovered a massive European hornet nest in our unused attic space.  The joys of owning your own home.

I started watching this sweet little man so his mama can head back to work.  He loves to snuggle!

And Casen has missed his first good chunk of school as he's been battling a severe case of croup.  We've spent our nights on the bathroom floor in the steam so he can breathe.

Now we're settling in for the hurricane weather slamming us this weekend...happy October to us.

Our first baby is officially a kindergartner.  Tuesday was his first day and I'm so thankful that he loves it so much.  He hates to sleep and wakes up before our alarms he's so excited to go back.  We miss him, but know he is having so much fun.

First Day

Arya had a rough couple days.  She wanted to go with him.

Dinner after his first day of school.

Still super excited all the days after