Wyatt playing a drum set of his own creation...
Colter cutting and glueing his latest masterpiece...
and Zane just hanging out taking it all in! I love just being home with my boys!
Even though he had already had his party and opened presents, Colter's actual birthday didn't go by unnoticed. He enjoyed his favorite meal (hot dogs and watermelon!) and ate some leftover birthday cake. Now he's really three!
Our first snow of the year was right after Thanksgiving. Danny and Wyatt decided to go on a bike ride that afternoon. Wyatt snuggled under blankets in the trailer and enjoyed seeing snow on all of the trees!
food...
football...
and family (this is our four generation picture - Gummie, Dad, me, and the boys).
We took these pictures of Zane and Abi on Thanksgiving Day. As soon as we sat Abi beside him, Zane reached over and grabbed her hand. He's already being protective!
As everyone knows, one birthday party is just not enough! We had Colter's "family" party later that evening after all of the aunts and uncles arrived from Lubbock. He had an airplane cake and...
opened presents (this was his favorite - an airplane, of course!).
After opening his presents, Colter went back to finish his cake while everyone else...
played with (or put together) his presents! (Noni and Papa are putting together the airplane, Aunt Cathryn, Aunt Kim and Wyatt are boxing with his "socker boppers", Uncle Jerod is putting together his basketball goal, Daddy is reading his airplane book, and Aunt Megan and Uncle Craig are observing all of the action.)
We had Colter's 3rd birthday party a couple of days early this year so that we could work in around Thanksgiving. He wanted a "sharp-nose airplane" party. So...
I made airplane cookies...
he and his friends searched for airplanes hidden in the "clouds"...
ate all of Colter's favorite foods...
and opened presents. It was a fun morning!
We spent a long weekend down at Big Bend National Park. You can see more pictures of our desert adventure on Danny's blog www.griffisfamilyoutdoors.blogspot.com.
This is Colter's favorite shirt. We didn't buy it; he found it in a box of hand-me-downs someone sent us and quickly claimed it as his own. It has trains (and trucks, but he just cares about the trains!) on it, so he calls it his choo-choo shirt. He would wear it everyday if he could!
This is one of Zane's favorite toys. I actually have pictures of Wyatt and Colter playing with this same mirror!
Wyatt is spending entire afternoons outside enjoying our beautiful fall weather. He stays busy climbing trees and just exploring around our yard. He loves looking at all the different colors our leaves are turning and has learned exactly why leaves change colors and what chemicals that make them those colors!
There's a chill in the air and we have lots of wood for the fireplace! One of our favorite cold weather activities is reading bedtime stories by the fire. 
We waited as long as we could, but the need for more space finally won us over. In September we traded Jen's Honda CRV for a Honda Odyssey. The extra space has been wonderful and it has made road trips much more enjoyable! 
Our church hosts the "Trunk or Treat" for the town every year. The boys were excited about getting to dress-up like trees again, but what they were really excited about was the candy!
Here they are, making the rounds and collecting their loot!
As soon as they made it back around to our car they started giving out the candy. They both decided that was almost as fun as getting it for themselves!
First take a picture by the sign (that way you can compare it to last year's picture and see how much everyone has grown!).
Then you head to the beginning of the maize where you can pick up your "cheat sheets" (helpful little quizzes that let you know which direction to turn at certain pointes in the maize!).
Next you start walking...
or running...
or pulling the wagon...
or (if you're lucky) being carried...
through the maize.
But don't forget to take time to play with the corn stalks...
collect some corn (Wyatt said he was going to plant this corn at our house so that we can have a corn maize next year!)...
or just play in the dirt!
Before you know it you will be finished with the maize and ready for your next adventure!
We continued a family tradition by having Zane and Abi baptized by Dad. It was a special celebration on a day that was perfect in every way. As you can tell by Dad's smile in the picture above, the only thing better than sharing this moment with one grandchild is sharing it with two!
Wyatt, Danny, Colter, Zane, Jen, Kim, Abigail and Craig
Colter, DeJoyce, Abi, Zane, Dedaddy (my grandfather) and Wyatt
Danny, Jen, Zane, Colter, Jerod, Wyatt, Cathryn, Megan, Abi, Craig and Kim
Papa, Zane, Noni, Abi, Colter and Wyatt
Games... 
prizes...
friends... 
jumping...
and just hanging out!
