Pumpkins!

After Garrett's last soccer game, we had to make a quick trip to ML and decided to hit the pumpkin patch we'd heard about over there. While it wasn't anything fancy, the kids loved it. I'm sure Todd loved that the whole expedition was short and sweet, too. :) Somehow I missed getting a picture of Garrett picking out his pumpkin, but they all had a fun time picking out one just the right size. I think Garrett was looking for a giant pumpkin, but there were none to be found :).

A couple of days later we decided FHE would be the perfect time to do something with those pumpkins, the kids decided on painting them. The girls painted their entire pumpkins pink and purple, and Garrett was going for more of a camo look with green and black. I had to laugh when I heard Lauren on the porch chatting with her friend about how they thought Garrett's pumpkin was "ugly, but we won't tell him that!" Too funny! Oh those little princesses. :)

Fall Soccer 2011

Yep, serious bunch these Killer Bees....not sure how this turned out to be the best picture I got :)

We had an interesting soccer season this fall. All in all Garrett was happy so that's ALL that matters. :) We started out the season late, and Garrett was on one team but there weren't enough players on another team (that practiced with them) and Garrett was the one who finally made the switch. They did have some good little players on this team, it's fun to see them get more competitive each year. This was the first year we've ever had to travel for games (and because we started late we only had to do that once).

This year we also found out Garrett might have allergy or excercise induced asthma. He was having a lot of trouble with endurance on the field and would sometimes stop with his hand to his chest. He kept saying he was just feeling his heart beat, but I could tell by the way it slowed him down there was more to it. We finally got him in to our family doctor and they have referred us on to a pulmonologist. In the meantime he gave us a prescription for an inhaler and we saw a HUGE difference in the last couple of games. While we were grateful the inhaler helped, I am still planning to take him to the pulmonologist toward the end of the month to make sure we are covered for the next sport he plays.