XC Regionals!

These two boys had a great cross country season.  

We ran hard, we trained hard, and we learned some life lessons along the way.

I love watching them run and grow as boys.  They are seriously the sweetest brothers.  I love that they ran side by side in this race.

He's Nine!

Today, my sweet baby turns 9!

I love this sweet boy so much. 

He loves running, swimming, and biking.

He loves roblox and minecraft.

He is just now getting into youtube.

He loves laughing.

He is loud.

Really loud!

He loves being silly.

He loves to make other people laugh.

He is truly a class clown.  

Nolen would rather make people laugh than do anything else!

He is loving.

He loves and admires his older brother.

They are truly best friends.

Nolen loves animals.

He loves babies.

He wants to have 10 babies when he grows up.

He wants to have lots of animals, but mostly because they are so cute!

Nolen is the sweetest boy on this planet.  He is nice to everyone he meets.

He would never bully someone or be mean to someone.

He knows he is different and tries so hard to just normal.

Most people he meets have no idea he has autism.

This boy works hard.

I love him.

I am so lucky to be his mother. 

I love you, Nolen Barnes!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

We had an amazing trunk or treat this year!  It was so cold so most families set up inside and handed out candy to all the kids in the classrooms.  My dad built a bean bag toss game and handed out full size candy bars.  It was very fun.  

Nolen is dressed as a praying mantis and Edward is a rocket man.  

On Halloween we had school, went running, then went trick or treating in our neighborhood.  My parents got over 100 trick or treater's at their house!  We maybe had 25 kids.  We are just too far up the cultisac to get a lot of trick or treater's any more.

We had a blast!

All in all, a great Halloween!!