Mark and I reliving our glory days when we were in Highschool.  If only life could still be so simple.  
This is our family all dressed up for the Ward Halloween party.  Mark and I like to dress up as well.  Mark was a football player, I was a cheerleader, Kaleb and Kayden were nijas, cooper was Mr. Incredible, and Colton was Superman.  
We had such a great Halloween.  The weather was perfect, we did not even need jackets.  Colton was a little scared at first.  He did not want to get out of the stroller until he got the first piece of candy.  The candy changed it all, then I could not keep him in the stroller and he wanted to go up to every house.  I really like Halloween, so I was also excited to trick-or-treat too.  It is a sad truth of being the youngest of four boys- you know what candy is at a young age.  The kids went strong for a couple of hours.  We had to push them at the end, especially Kayden.  Kayden does not care for candy like his other brothers.  He would be the only kid excited to get an apple.  We have lots of candy, so I might just gain back the five pounds I recently lost.

We went leaf peeping today.  I have lived in Massachusetts for 8 years and I just learned that is what looking at leaves in the Fall is called.  We are so lucky to love in such a beautiful place.  We have had gorgeous weather and beautiful scenery.  The boys had lots of fun jumping in the leaves ad climbing all over the rocks.  Unfortunately the photos do not do justice, so you will have to come and visit us if you really want to see how beautiful they are for real!!

People kept staring at us and counting the boys and asking if they were all ours.  Hard to mistake our four boys since they all look like each other and were wearing red sox shirts.  They were a little concerned for my boys safety jumping off rock walls and scaling the sharp rock cliffs.  We know they are going to be okay.  We are standing right by our children and watching them.  It's nice to know that people are concerned about our children or maybe they are not around four boys that often.  We just have to grin and bare it or grow thicker skins.  Our lovely day at the mountain (that's what they call this in Mass.) ended with the Park Ranger yelling (rather loudly-everyone turned to look at us) at Cooper and Kaleb for walking off the path.  He told them to get back on the sidewalk.  Our boys were puzzled why he would yell at them.  They told us they were capable of going down the small side of the mountain to the parking lot. 

Colton did not want to be in any pictures.  He wanted his mom to hold him and love on him.



Celebrating boyhood!  What a marvelous sight.  They are full of spunk and energy and they are mine.  I have become more appreciative of the fact that I am a mother of boys.  What an overwhelming responsibility.  When I look at these cute faces I can face the challenge.  Mom I know you will love these photos.

Look at Cooper go!  He really has taken off riding his bike.  Kayden decided it was time for Cooper to learn to ride his bike without training wheels.  He took them off by himself and taught Cooper how to ride his bike.  I came outside and he was riding on the grass with Kayden holding on to the back.  It took him only a couple of days to get the hang of it.  He calls his bike the motorcycle, dirtbike.  If anyone is in need of their children being trained to ride a bike without training wheels, Kayden is available.

A funny thing happened to me today involving these flowers.  I have been driving past this farm stand on my way to Target for a couple of weeks.  Every time I drive by I want to by Hydrangeas, but I do not have any cash.  Today I had some cash, so I decided I would buy them on the way back from the store.  I was at Joann's waiting in a long line with a son who needed to pee.  I was irritated and on edge.  Colton was not staying in the cart and cooper keeps asking if I will buy him candy.  I get to the register and swipe my debit card to pay for my items.  It is taking a long time to process my transaction.  Finally she tells me the machine is not working.  I have to put an item back and then use my cash.  I am upset and leave the store frustrated.  We head home and I drive by the farm stand sad and mad.  As I passed the farm stand I noticed a yard that had lots of Hydrangeas.  I decide to stop and ask them if I could have some of their flowers, thinking that I will never see them again.  I pulled up and knocked on the door and a familiar face opened the door.  At first I could not put a name with a face.  I said I know you.  She said, I am Dr.  blank at Amherst Pediatrics where my kids go to the Doctors.  I told her who I was and hesitated to ask her if I could have some of her flowers.  She thought I was asking if I could take some of her hydrangea plants to plant in my yard.  She was delighted when I asked for cuttings only.  I then cut some to make me feel good on a beautiful Autumn day.  Long story for flowers.
The boys decided to make some scary Halloween masks.  They were very excited about their masks and ran around the house trying to scare Colton and I.  Colton was scared and actually started crying and they removed their masks to show Colton they were his brothers.  We are really getting into Halloween this year.  We have hung ghosts from the trees and decorated our porch with dead trees and other creepy stuff.

Our Cute little Kayden started kindergarten this year and turned into a monster.  I told him that an Alien had come and stolen my Kayden and I did not want this Alien to stay in my house.  Today I think my Kayden is starting to be himself.  He is talking kindly and letting me hug him.  He stayed in his bed at bedtime and did not yell for me to come back into his room.  Everyone warned me that fullday kindergarten would be hard, but I did not think it could be this bad.  Hopefully we are on the upside of this adjustment.  Kayden loves girls and I am a little worried.  He says that all the girls are nice to him and he likes to play with them and not the boys.   While he is playing soccer he is also waving and talking to the girls.  Kayden is 5 going on 16.

This picture is taken of my cute Grandma Chambers with my family.  Four generations.  We were in Utah and she was not looking to good.  She was not feeling well either.  My mom came back to Massachusetts shortly after we got back from Utah.  She was worried that my Grandma was not going to make it too much longer.  She died a couple of weeks later.  I am glad that I had the opportunity to see her and spend time and get this photo.
These are the cutest boys.  They like having their pictures taken.  Cooper especially loves to ham it up for the camera.  Colton is starting to say words.  He says shoe and then goes and gets his shoes and brings them to me to put on to go outside.  He is saying more, out, ouch, and all done.

We are now getting back into school life and getting into somewhat of a routine.  I do miss Kaleb and Kayden, but I am really enjoying spending time with Cooper and Colton.  They are really becoming good friends.  Cooper likes to pull colton in the wagon and push him on the trike.  Cooper likes to make car motor sounds as he pushes Colton.  Cooper has also enjoyed making mom and dad's bed into a spaceship.  He hides under the covers and shoots his gun out at the Aliens.  Colton loves getting his shoes and putting them on to go outside.  He really needs to start talking.  He tries to talk, but we just don't understand his language.  If that doesn't work, he tries to pull you to what he wants and if that doesn't work he screams.  Most of the time he wants popsicles or chocolate and other times I am just puzzled.  All I can say is that 2 children are a cinch and that 4 are real hard.  I love them and enjoy all their creativity and energy.  

The Huber family has been staying with us and our children are having so much fun.  Everyday the kids ask when Rachael, Taylor, and SarahAnn will be at our house.  They have been great to have in our home.  We are grateful to get to know them better.  I think they are longing to get back in their own home.  It has been 6 weeks since they last slept in their home.  They are good sports and have good attitudes about everything.

We have had a crazy summer and now it is over.  It is really sad.  I wasn't quite ready for school, but here we go.  Kaleb got baptized last Saturday.  It was so special.  He was so excited and so composed for the baptism and confirmation.  We had great family support and appreciate all those who traveled so far.  It is kind of hard to watch your children grow up and change from little kids to big kids.  We can't stop it so I guess we just have to hang on for the ride.

Kaleb learned how to swim this summer while we were in Utah.  He was jumping off the diving board and sliding down the slide.  It was really awesome to see him accomplish this feat.  Kayden was jumping off cliffs at Barton cove with a life jacket.  He is so brave and daring.  I hope he will always use common sense.  Cooper was kicking in the pool, hanging on to mom and putting his face in the water and blowing bubbles.  He was really proud of himself.  Colton got a staff infection from the water so he stayed out of the pool.  He didn't care all that much about the water, except to throw things in the pool.

Kaleb got a skateboard for his birthday.  Today after school, Kaleb and Kayden asked me to come outside and watch them do a trick.  Kaleb laid down on his stomach on the skateboard and then Kayden laid down on him.  They started going down our semi-steep driveway heads first.  I got really nervous and wanted to run and stop them, but I took a deep breath and let them go.  They made it safely down the driveway and were laughing all the way up.  I told them I thought it was dangerous and they told me they had done it lots of times.  I hope I survive four boys.