Freedom 5k

The Boys Ran their Second 5k of the Christmas Season this Morning with their Daddy! The Freedom 5k took place at Old Trail in Crozet and with the help of the Boys, Daddy ran it FAST! It was 20 degrees this morning in Charlottesville but Daddy had them bundled up! Way to Go Daddy on your first successful outing with Both Boys by Yourself!!!

Barney's Birthday!

The Ballard Boys were so Lucky to get tickets to Barney's Birthday Bash as it passed through Charlottesville this week...

The boys had a Blast Dancing Around and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be...

It's Beginning...

To Look a Lot Like Christmas at the Ballard Household!!! This weekend the Boys were Busy Busy putting up decorations, doing crafts and running in the Jingle JAG Jog!

Daddy started with the Tree...

Jebby's attempt to put the star up...

William got the Star in place with Perfect Form...

After the Star we let the boys help us decorate the Tree! Which with Anyone with children knows was complete chaos! The boys were grabbing and dumping but once we got control and started handing out ornaments it went a little better. Even though Daddy was not impressed with William's clustering of the Ornaments Design!

James insisted on climbing up the ladder each time, like Daddy, to put his ornaments up...

Their Final Product after Daddy helped them move the ornaments into other spots around the tree! I think they did a Beautiful Job!!!

Finally we have a Mantel to Hang our Stockings!!!!!

Since it was so warm this weekend, Daddy decided to finally clean out the gutters... Once he got up there he realized that is made much more sense to pay someone else to climb up there! HeeHee!!

The boys also did a little Christmas Painting and Crafts! They really Love Painting and Coloring...

Lastly we attended the Annual Jingle JAG Jog at the JAG School! It was Fun but as you can see, we did NOT win any awards for costumes or decorations... Maybe next year!

So Thankful!!

Another Thanksgiving in the Books and So Many Reasons to Be ThankFul! The Boys are Healthy and Happy and we were able to see So Much of our Family over the break! THANKS to Aunt Becca and Uncle Drew for hosting the crazy Holiday! Hope we didn't destroy too much! We Love you all and Can Not wait to see Everyone at Christmas!

The Rottenest of the Crew!

Best Cousins! William and Brenna had the best time playing and talking! They are at such a cute age!

Aunt Becca even took us to "her Park" to play since it was So Beautiful out this weekend!

And a little Merry-Go-Round Fun!!

The Monsters on a Candy Hunt...

The Ballard Monsters had a Busy Halloween Night! Mamaw Lee, Sydney, Megan, and Taylor came to help me wrangle these Monsters for the night, and Thank GoodNess!!!!

The Green Hairy Monster was ready to get going, Bag and all!!!

"Where's the Candy?!?!"

The Monsters checking out the Trick-or-Treaters on the Historic Lawn on the UVA Campus. It was a little more cut-throat than we were interested in so after a few pictures and a few doors we headed back to the house...

More Brotherly Love!

The Blue Hairy Monster waiting on the Trick-Or-Treaters...

The Green Hairy Monster ready to hand out Candy...

The Monsters handing out candy! Does Anyone else think it looks a little odd that the 19 month-old and 3 yr-old are handing out candy to high schoolers?? "Wow, Momma those are BIG Boys!"

All-N-All a Fabulous Halloween for the Ballard Monsters! A Special Thanks to the Ladies for helping me, I couldn't have done it without you all!!! Now what to do with all the Candy...

The Ballard Boys Down on the Farm

The Ballard Boys went down on the farm this evening! A local farm turns into a Fall Play Land full of play toys, corn maze, hay bales, slides, slides, and more Slides!

The Three Amigos in the Wagon...

William with our neighbors and friends Hudson, and Mr. Brad running along the tops of the hay bales...

Jeb just doesn't understand why he can't walk on the hay bales like William and Hudson!

Jeb running to see the Chickens! It's the only animal sound he has down.

William talking to the rabbit! I told him they bite, heehee!

The Three Amigos in the play school.

William catching up with Coach Matt on the Hay Ride!

The Ballard Boys enjoying the Hay Ride!

Spook the School!

The Green Hairy Monster Goes to school!

William had his Halloween Party and Parade at school today! He was Super Excited to go and Jebby is never far behind with his excitement!

Sorry Jebby maybe next year!!