Gentry's Farm

We headed to Gentry's Farm with our neighbors over the kids fall break.  They had so much fun running around together and all got along really well.  

 

 There were 22 new baby calves on the farm.  One set of twins!

 

Just a pretty picture of the farm from the hayride.

 

The kiddos...Lily, Cooper, Ainsleigh, Jackson, Braden, Bella and Elli.

 

Elli helped keep up with the babes! 

Elli helped Ainsleigh on the tire swing.  Can you tell Ainsleigh thinks she is big stuff??

The girls minus Lily.  She didn't want to have her picture taken.

Braden helped Cooper on the tire swing.  He is a big boy too!

Sweet Cooper!!!

Braden and Jackson on the swing.

Who knew corn and grain would keep kids occupied for so long?? 

The babes!

Angelic Ainsleigh

Most of the gang!

Ring Farm

We headed to Ring Farm to enjoy a lazy Saturday morning. The kids really like this smaller farm. They have a huge slide made out of plastic pipes, a rock pile, a tire pyramid, cotton field and a hayride. We had lots of fun and the kids were tired when we got home.

Jackson coming out of the slide. Those burlap sacks make the kids fly!

Ainsleigh and Cooper....don't they look sweet??

The Riggs kids

Cooper driving the "tractor".

Ainsleigh driving the "tractor".

The corn maze was lots of fun. The kids loved to look for the corn that we could eat...

The Butterfly Release

The second graders learned about the life cycle of a butterfly. They watched this cycle in real life and had about 36 butterflies hatch. Very exciting stuff! They had a Butterfly Release Party at school and the babes and I got to go. It was so much fun!!!






Jackson in his butterfly shirt he made in class.

Ainsleigh and Cooper anxiously awaiting the butterflies.

Mrs. Clayton is helping some of the butterflies out of the net using orange slices.

Jackson has one on his orange slice...look closely

Here is is up close!

Cooper caught one too!

Then he let Ainsleigh see it too.

Those crazy Riggs kids

Here are just some random crazy pics of the kiddos.




Oh Ains. She is not a morning person and it shows everyday. This particular morning she was mad because I wouldn't let her wear an inappropriate outfit to school. Her retaliation was to open EVERY drawer and door in the kitchen.











She did finally get mad enough at me because we were out of OJ that she went back and slammed each door/ drawer shut. Does anyone want to come be our early morning mediator??

Ainsleigh took this one of Jackson.

Jackson and Ainsleigh love to hang out upside down.

You can barely see her face, but you really needed
to see the full ensemble. The girl loves to play dress up!

My handsome boys!!

First Day of Second Grade!

It is hard to believe that Jackson is in 2nd grade already! He was so excited to get back to school and I hope that feeling lasts for a little bit longer. He has Mrs. Clayton as his teacher who taught in Hopkinsville KY for 20 something years. We know several of the same people which makes it a small world!

Jackson ready to head to school on his first day.

He was ready to get to work and ready for us to leave. He was practically shooing us out the door. Sad day for mommy!

Fun with the Meyer kiddos

Aunt Jahnae and her family came to Nashville to visit along with Uncle Damon and his family. We had all 10 cousins together and let me tell you, that was alot of energy! Most of them played dress up at our house. They had so much fun together. Too bad we all don't live closer.

Sierra, Kennedi, Ainsleigh, Cooper and Aidyn

My sweet little Ains and Coop!

Chattanooga

The kids and I headed to Chattanooga to see Shelby, Story and Shari before Shelby headed off to college in California. I think the kids kept the girls busy while we were there! We were always on the go. We even got to play with Uncle Damon, Aunt Suzanne and sweet Sierra.






We set up bowling in the hallway. The boys LOVED it!

Kristen, Cooper, Jackson, Ainsleigh, Sierra, Suzanne and Damon Riggs

The boys feeling the water that the penguins live in. It was cold!

Oh no! They are all in jail! No, they are just in a cage that is
used in the water for shark sightings.

Poor Sierra. She didn't know what to do with all of us!

4th of July Fun at the Codlings

We went to the Codlings annual 4th of July party. Taylor got to go this year and was put back to work on the grill. Mr. Pancho (as my kids call him) got tons of fireworks this year. I am sure that the whole neighborhood enjoyed them.




The Riggs clan - Cathy (Gaga), Jackson, Kristen, Cooper and Taylor. Ainsleigh was too busy playing and couldn't be bothered with a picture.

Now she wanted her picture taken!

Ainsleigh and Ava playing.

The gals...Kristen, Tiffany and Sonia.

Part of our very cool fireworks!

A Mommy day at the Zoo

We hit the zoo on one of our "mommy days" as the kiddos call it.

We loved seeing the elephants.





The zoo got a new train recently. The kids loved it, but we won't be riding it much at $9 for just a loop or two around a small track!













How sweet is this picture?










The flamingos are new and very entertaining.

Oh Ains.....

Our dear Ainsleigh goes 90 to nothing and slows down for nothing. Not even her big brother on his bike. Yes, she ran right out in front of him and he flat out ran over her. She had tire marks on her legs. Luckily she still had her bike helmet on and I think that saved her head from major injury. She did have this lovely shiner on her temple and a large bruise on her arm. She cried for a few minutes and then immediately stopped when daddy asked her if she wanted a mint!