Neeley Family Blog

Well, we decided to take on the task of carving our pumpkins last week. What a task it turned out to be! I got a little too carried away with it and bought one of those books that you pick out a design and put it on the pumpkin to carve out. Well, lets just say that we picked out the hardest ones to do out of the entire book :) About 2 1/2 to 3 hours later we finished! So, needless to say we did not take any pictures during our project because we were so overwhelmed! The "after" pictures turned out well though. Enjoy! Here is Brayden's pumpkin- a bat! (Daddy had to do it for him after he finished his own pumpkin) Here is my pumpkin. It was suppose to be a spooky tree that said "Happy Halloween" on the top, but I gave up after about and hour and a half of carving little tiny branches and only getting the bottom of the tree done. So I improvised and made eyes up top instead of all the other branches and "Happy Halloween." And here is Brad's pu...

We went pumpkin picking this last Friday. It is our 3rd year going out to The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie's Island here in Portland. It was a gorgeous fall day- crisp and clear. We had a wonderful day together as a family. We took the tractor hay ride out to the patch, picked out our pumpkins, and rode back. Brayden and Brock then climbed the big hay mound and went to see the little animals in the barn. It was awesome! And we ended our day with the best look at the moon coming out in the purplish sky. Amazing!

Yes it has happened, our littlest man is walking now. He started walking on the 3rd of October. Brad and I went on a "date night" and returned to see our little boy walking all over his grammy & grandpa's house. He had been taking a few steps here and there, but is now full on walking all over. It is still that drunken sailor, wobbly walk, but he is getting better each day. We love it and just wanted to share the update with everyone!