50's Day!

November 5th was 50's day at school to celebrate the 50th day.  So, Hudson dressed in his 50's best...rolled up white t-shirt, rolled up jeans, and slicked back hair!  He also had to take 50 of something to school and picked 50 pennies.  Here he is before heading off to school...cutie!  :)

 Of course, we had to get in one silly picture...always!

Number 6...my favorite!!

Hudson's last regular season soccer game was November 2nd.  He has LOVED soccer from the beginning, and it has been so much fun to watch week after week.  I had so snap a few pics of him (#6) running all over the field during his last game!

 He enjoys being right up in the action!

 It was COLD that day, so here he is wearing Daddy's jacket to keep warm until it was time to play again.

 Final picture with Coach Louis:

Greyson, Louis, JPaul, Jordan

Cooper, Hudson, Stone, and Xavier

Hudson was BEYOND excited to find out at the end of the game that his entire team is going to stay together for the Spring season.  I can't wait to watch these boys grow!  :)

Shining the Way!!!

This morning, Kelly and I went up to Hudson's school for their first 9 weeks assembly.  I wasn't sure what to expect, but knew Hudson was going to be recognized for something.  They break up the assemblies by grade level, so it was just Kindergarten that we saw.  We sat through a few awards and then they said they were handing out the last award, the "Shining the Way" award.  This is a character award for shining the way and being an example to others.  It is only given to one boy and one girl from each class each 9 weeks.  We were BEYOND proud when his name was called!!  Here he is walking up on stage.  I didn't click soon enough, but he had just shaken hands with Mr. Don Whitt, the man whom Hudson's school is named after.  How neat that he came to the assembly!  

 All of the award winners.

 Proudly walking back to class.

 One more picture with his certificate when he got home...we are so proud of how well he is doing in Kindergarten!!  :)

Halloween 2013...and a field trip too!

Whew...talk about a crazy, busy Halloween this year!!  We started out the morning with a fun breakfast of ghost pancakes.  

 This is how my sweet boy looks at 6:30 in the morning.  Being at school by 7:20 is ROUGH!

 Hudson's first field trip was on Halloween too!  They went to Owen's Farm, which is where we have been going since Hudson's second Halloween.  I'm so glad we were able to go because I found out that this is the last year they are open.  Here he is with his sweet class and Mrs. Bray.

 You would have thought these kids had never eaten...they could.not.wait for their picnic lunch!

 Trent and Hudson after lunch.

 All of the kids got to pick out a pumpkin to take home before we left.  It was such a fun field trip and I have to admit that I had forgotten how exhausting field trips were!!  I was BEAT after keeping up with my group all day!  :)

 That night we had our traditional Jack-O-Lantern pizza for dinner.

 Then, we headed out for a few pictures before the Trick-or-Treating began.  Hudson was the Ice Bomb Angry Bird this year.

 Here he is next to his Angry Bird pumpkin that we made.  

 One of the sweetest parts of the night was when Hudson walked up to a bucket of candy and said, "Mommy, I'm going to get this candy for you because they have your favorite."  He then hands me a box of Junior Mints.  Oh, how I love this boy!!  Sharing your loot with Mommy is pretty special.  :)

 We had to get our yearly pics before heading in to bed.  It was a successful, tiring, busy day!  

Pumpkin Carving Time

Two days before Halloween, we finally decided to carve our pumpkin.  I saw we, but really it is all about Daddy when it comes to carving around here!  Hudson picks out a picture of what he wants the face to look like, Mommy draws it on, and Daddy carves away.  Team work!  Hudson always loves to dig right in and scoop out all the goo...

Sadly, Hudson went to bed before the actual carving was complete (bedtime is SO early around here these days now that he is in school), and then I forgot to take a picture of the finished product.  Oops!  It is in the background of the Halloween pictures though, so stay tuned.  :)

Kindergarten Class Halloween Party

Friday, October 25th was Hudson's first class party in Kindergarten and my first class party to do as Room Mom!  It was fun and easy to plan with all of the other Kindergarten Room Moms and in true Hudson fashion, he LOVES having mommy come into the classroom.  I hope it stays that way for a long, long time!

First up, the craft...making spiders with his friends at his table.

 Then, they played a fun game of pass the pumpkin while listening to Halloween music.

 His class with Mrs. Bray, the minion!  :)

Here's to a great first party in Elementary school!

Branson!

This past Thursday we headed to Branson to meet Aunt Fern, Paw-Paw, Nana, Aunt Shani and Uncle Todd for a long weekend of fun.  After driving all day Thursday, we had dinner with the family and went to bed so we would be ready for the fun on Friday.  We woke up Friday morning and headed to Silver Dollar City.  We rode rides, watched a show, ate a lot of food, and just had a great day!

 Hudson's face watching the Western show...he loved it!

 A sweet person took this family picture of us while Hudson and Daddy were in line for a ride.

 Uncle Todd and Daddy had a great time riding every ride they could get on!  I'm not going to lie, being a person that loves rides, Shani and I didn't enjoy standing on the sidelines watching this all day.  Next time, we'll be handing over babies so we can ride!!  :)

 While Daddy and Uncle Todd were riding this crazy swing, Hudson stopped to milk a cow.

 Hudson's final ride of the day with Paw-Paw completely freaked him out.  Poor thing was screaming at Paw-Paw to go down the entire time...he and Paw-Paw never did make it to the top of this ride.  :(

 On Saturday the big kids went to the Titanic museum which was really cool while Hudson went to an animal show with Aunt Fern, Paw-Paw, and Nana.  Later that day we went and rode go-carts, played games, and saw the Presley's show that night.  It was a fun filled day and we were all beat by the end!

 This little boy might not like heights, but he LOVES going fast!  You could hear him saying "Faster Nana" the entire way around the track.  I think they rode 3 or 4 times he loved it so much!

 No go-carts for the three of us!

 Happy boy winning over 400 tickets in ONE game!

Such a fun weekend with family!  :)