Full Weekend!

On Friday afternoon, Beckett met his friends from his enrichment class at the Icearium for a little ice skating! This was Beckett's first try at ice skating and he did pretty well. He really enjoyed it and only ended up with a few bruises! At least there were no broken bones! I didn't get any pics of him skating because the lighting was kind of weird, but here he is when he stopped for a little break!
On Friday night, we went to our church for The Fall Family Frenzy! This is our church's huge outreach event to our community and it was great! There were over 3,000 people in attendance! It was so fun to see everyone and the kids had a great time playing games and getting candy! Here is our little pumpkin....Will! He would not keep the "sprout" hat on for long, but I did manage one picture!

Connor came with us to the Fall Frenzy and he dressed up like a hunter. That crazy orange hair got lots of compliments! Beckett was a clone from Star Wars and Helen was Tinkerbell! And then there is Will, the little pumpkin! Here are some pictures with friends from Friday night. Beckett's friends Matt and Nathan were Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker....so we had a Star Wars picture! Abbey was Sacagawea and the Bailey boys were the Mario brothers! Too cute!

On Saturday morning, we loaded up the van and headed to Nashville for the day! We ate brunch at one of our favorite restaurants; Noshville Delicatessen, and then the boys dropped Helen and me off at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center so that we could see the matinee performance of Little House on the Praire; The Musical! We had a great time! I loved Little House on the Praire when I was a little girl and I have been reading the chapter books to Helen. When I found out that this musical was coming so close to us, I really wanted to go! Sean knew how much I wanted to share this with Helen, so he checked in to getting us tickets and made it happen! It was a great afternoon! Helen LOVED the show and I LOVED watching her enjoy it so much! We couldn't take pictures during the show, but here is a picture of Helen before the show with her program.

The Performing Arts Center is right beside the state capitol, so after the show, Helen posed for a picture in front of the Tennessee State Capitol. She has a new "pose" every time I take a picture of her! Not sure what that is all about, but it just shows a little of her personality!

The boys went to Brentwood for a few hours while Helen and I were at the show. They hung out at my mom and dad's house and watched football. Thanks to Grankaki and Granbob for all of the snacks and Halloween treats! Sean and the boys picked us up after the show and we headed back home. We got home in time to watch most of the UT football game! It was a great Saturday! We had a good Sunday at church and a great time last night with our Growth Group! It was a wonderful weekend!

I've gotta give some special love to my hubby for buying tickets for Helen and me to see Little House! He has teased me through the years for my (possibly?) crazy attachment to the Little House books/show/characters, but he knows me so well and knew how much I would enjoy going to see the musical with my little girl....and he made it happen! He is the best husband in the world! I am so blessed!