A Texas pumpkin patchIn

1st pony ride ever. It was adorable

Getting a fun pumpkin story read to them

Ryker and Eli, they are buds

too cute

I pick this one mom

Is this heaven? No, its Iowa

It had only rained where we live in Texas 2 times ALL summer. Of course it rained for hours on our way up to Iowa. 

O no! She's sleeping!

SUCH a good traveler

ahhh Iowa

30 min after seeing papa

The cousins back together

Loving life at this moment

His actual birthday

We had a small family celebration at Uncle Brandon and Aunt Megans

Drakey

Williams and Spihlmann crew

Going down the slide with Aunt Megan. He LOVED it!

A pool of corn..only in Iowa

Gabby loves it too

We had a BLAST in Iowa. It was such an odd feeling visiting the place you called home for nearly all of your life. I had moved away years ago to Ohio with my parents, but this move was different. Being an adult with my own family meant it was a big move, and most likely permanent. It was exhausting because we were busy the whole time we were  back, but worth every missed wink of sleep and late night with Ryker in the hotel. Iowa will always be home to me. I will admit though, after 13 hours of driving home with a 3 year old alone, it was good to get back to Texas.   :)

Ryker gets a big boy bed

It all started in some boxes from Ikea

Ryker helped daddy

So pumped

He loves his big boy bed

My baby boy turns 3

As you can see, it was a monster truck theme

The gift bags

I found this all beat up and refinished it for Ryker 

Hand painted

Refuel station

The setup

We had a bounce house..it was AWESOME!

Our baby boy is 3

Photo shoot with mom

handsome lil man

Happy 3rd birthday Ryker
Mom and dad Love you VERY much