Reanna and Carter practiced their bowling skills...Carter preferred to kick the ball.
Reed scoped out the ring toss.
The beanbag toss kept them busy for awhile.
The duck pond was a huge hit--I think the kids enjoyed throwing the ducks in the water and splashing each other more than anything. Poor Reed even went for a swim!
Mal got her face painted.
And the little ones were fascinated by the plinko game.
Aunt Lou was a huge hit with her newly discovered talent of balloon creations.
Of course, no carnival is complete without a bunch of cheap, junky prizes! Addie tried on her silly glasses.
Mal and Reese showed off their little cars.
By then, Carter was ready for some cake. Once again, Grandma outdid herself with an awesome carnival cake--complete with an alligator roller coaster, ferris wheel and carousel. Thanks Grandma...it was YUMMY!
Blowing out the candles!
Yummy alligator cake = green tongue! 
Then it was time to open presents! He was truly spoiled and we're getting 1-2 new gifts out each day to spread out the fun.
And after most of the kids left, Carter had to try out his big gifts. Thanks for the car, Grandma and Papa!
He loves his new scooter, now he can cruise with Mal. Thanks Grammy and Crappaw!
And one last cute picture of Asher and Brynn--just because they're so darn cute. They had their own little party inside.
A HUGE THANK YOU to Grammy, Crappaw, Aunt Lou and Unc for all of their help in the weeks leading up to and the day of the party. They sewed bean bags, cut out games, painted, drilled, stapled, babysat, learned to make balloon animals, the list goes on and on. We couldn't have done it without you all, thanks a million! We love you!
Little brother supervised the unwrapping.
And Carter got to enjoy a very special birthday donut with sprinkles. It's good to be three!
Happy birthday, little man. We love you bunches!
Next, we moved on to something new for Sunnyside this year. They built up a big dirt hill and layed some really slick plastic down all four sides of the hill making some really fast slides! Carter was all about the slides. I helped him up the big hill once and after that, he was scurrying up it all by himself.
Mom, dad and Asher all took trips down the slide as well...so much fun!
After dragging Carter away from the slides, we moved on to the corn maze. They have a mini maze for little people, so we started there. Carter was our leader and blazed his way through the whipping stalks. More than once we had to holler at Mr. Independent to wait up for pokey mom and dad. 
Somehow we crossed over into the big maze and Carter led us really deep into it...Read: We were LOST!! Daddy took over being the leader and we finally found our way back out. 
Next we headed out for a hayrack ride around the patch. Asher got really vocal on the ride, so mommy had to ask the nice horseys to stop so we could exit the ride and get Mr. Grouchy a bottle. Lovely. 
Once the baby's belly was full, we took a wagon out to the patch to hunt for a pumpkin. We've come to realize that Carter equates Asher's ears to handles. Every time he "holds" his baby brother, he holds him by the ears. Ash will thank him for that later. 
As my luck would run, my camera stopped working while we were out in the patch. So I missed out on pics of Carter picking and cutting his prized pumpkin off the vine. Momma was not a happy camper about the camera, but Carter did find a winner and the camera somehow fixed itself when we got out of the patch. Here it is!
Pumpkin in tow, we stopped off at a few more activities before heading home. 
Putt-putt.
Mini pumpkin and gourd slingshot.
And a corn crib!! What a genious idea! They filled this sandbox with corn kernels and nailed a bunch of funnels and gadgets to the wall and the kids had a hay-day scooping and dumping corn. 
Ash even got in on the fun.
And finally, a family pic before we leave. Asher is hiding under daddy's coat...BRRRR!
Carter on the front porch.
Nate & Ashley had originally wanted to get married at sunrise on Saturday morning--outside by the lake. We are very thankful they pushed that back a little bit to 10am...even at that time, I think the temps were in the 30's! Brrrrrr. Luckily it was a quick 10 minute ceremony, and we were back inside for a delicious, warm brunch. Here's the happy couple...
Asher snuggled up with Aunt Lou.
My grandparents inside the lodge.
Mom and Aunt Deb.
There was a pool table in the lodge and Carter was fascinated by it. I think he sat and stared at the table for close to an hour while the big boys were playing.
After brunch, we all took naps and Great Grandma and Great Grandpa stopped by to play with the kids.
Asher thought they were pretty funny.
Then we ventured back outside to the HUGE playground at the resort. It was still chilly, but never too chilly to play!
Aunt Lou and Carter racing down the slides.
Saturday evening we had a BBQ back at the lodge and enjoyed some more quality time with the family.
Sisters!
Carter and Asher both trying to fit on Great Grandma's tiny lap.
Four beautiful ladies: Aunt Deb, Aunt Mary, cousin Niki and her daughter Naia.
Ash partied 'til his pants fell off!
Before we left on Sunday, we took a few family pics. Here's our whole fam inside our cabin.
