Halloween! eighties!

Mom was here for Halloween, so Ash and I decided to take a date night and go to a Halloween party.  Here is our attempt at dressing up with not much preparation.  We are supposed to be cool eighties people.  We had a blast at the Chef's Table with our friends Tammy and Drew.

Grandparents Day-more to come!

Sam did a great job at Grandparents Day.  He sang all the words and did all the moves.  I will post some video so that Grammy and Grandpa and Susan can see Sam singing all the turkey songs!

more fun

Friday night fun

Introducing Daniel...

Aaron Daniel Vansant, Jr. was born on Wed. Oct. 15th. I am a very proud auntie Kristin! Mimi and Papa Vansant now have four grandsons! We love little boys!

The boys shaving

Little Gus turns three

Gus wanted a rocket birthday party, but settled on a dinosaur cake instead. He had a great time opening presents, especially the lightening mcqueen present from aunt laurie and the monster truck from uncle aaron.

Sam, Gus, and Max watching tv in their chairs

Max and the pumpkin

Fourth of July

small fry

Max is 17 months old now!  He is walking, and talking, and very attached to his mommy.  I feel like we have so many pictures of Sam and Gus and poor little Maxy gets left out.  Here is my little small fry with his missing front tooth and all!!!

little fellas

This picture is a few months old, but I love it!  It is so hard to get them all to smile and sit still for a picture.

Still Auburn fans

So, we got offered Alabama tickets and decided to take the two oldest boys to see the game.  I grew up going to Alabama games, so it was very exciting for me.  I asked each of the boys independently if they liked Alabama or Auburn, and they both said Auburn.  Their daddy is so proud.  Sam says that he wants to play football for Auburn and then for the Chargers!  

Spring Break

We packed up the minivan and drove to San Antonio to visit Grammy for Spring Break. It was a wild and eventful week. We got to feed zebras on a wildlife ranch, visit the Alamo and have lunch along the Riverwalk. We got to meet Shamu at Sea World, where Sam rode his first roller coaster and decided he wants to be killer whale trainer when he grows up. Gus got a silly-looking Nemo hat that he wore the rest of the trip. The Easter Bunny even paid us a visit in Texas. We had an egg hunt and Max snuck goodies out of his brothers' baskets.

More Spring Break

Baseball

Helena baseball evaluations were today. We registered Sam for the Rookie League. He swung at a few pitches and fielded some grounders at the tryout. We'll find out in a few weeks which team he'll be playing for. When we got home, Sam wanted his dad to throw him pitches in the backyard. He is quite proud of the new equipment bag he carries over his shoulder. It's almost twice as big as he is.

Snow

We got close to an inch of snow this morning, the first real accumulation around here since 1993. With Papa out of town, Mimi came and stayed with us during the winter advisory. She helped the boys make snowmen out of Play-Doh the night before the storm. The next morning, Sam and Gus watched out the window as the snow fell in the yard. We took them to the University of Montevallo to let them play on the Flowerhill lawn.

Sam fishing

Trip to DoubleHead

We took the boys up to Town Creek to meet Granpa and Granma Susan at DoubleHead Resort. Sam and Gus did some fishing, checked out the teepees and helped Granpa build a fire.

Playground