Trick or Treat Please

 

I love dressing the kids for Halloween! I always spend the time to find the cutest costumes. I was looking for a wolf costume for Trey and Hannah to be Red Riding Hood. But I was unable to find a wolf big enough to fit Trey that wasn't a scary wolf. So I asked them what they wanted to be. They are both old enough now to have a say in what they want to be. Hannah said at first she wanted to be Tinkerbell. This suited me just fine since she already had the outfit for dress up! Trey said a pirate like Jake and the Neverland Pirates.

 

So we took them to the dress up shop in search for Trey's costume. Well, they both found something different! But it all worked out to be cute anyway. Trey wanted to be Buzz and Hannah wanted to be Jessie (Buzz's girlfriend in the latest film). Lexi still doesn't have a say in what she gets to dress up as. You can't tell by this picture, but she was not very excited about my choice of Wonder Woman/Dog for her! She would just stand there and refuse to move until I took the costume off. Silly puppy!

 

The kids had a great time going around our neighbor hood and getting candy. They brought home a good haul this year! I have been letting them eat a little more candy this year than last, but in moderation. They definitely have their favorites!

Happy 6th Birthday Aaron

My nephew turned 6. We had him a little family party at my house. He really likes Mickey Mouse so I made him a Mickey cake. He was super excited about the presents. He got his very own DS game system. Being the youngest of three boys, he usually doesn't get the cool toys. So he was pretty happy!

 

Hannah showing off her black icing teeth!

 



Trey is such a nut sometimes! I told him to smile and he did. Then just as I snapped the picture he changed his expression to this! Love this little guy!

 



Welcome Home Taylor

My youngest brother, Taylor, also graduated from basic training in the Army recently. He was able to come home to visit for a few weeks too. His next stop is Virgina, but he will be leaving in December to go to Afghanistan for about 9 months. My oldest brother and mom went to his graduation and the following pictures are from that day.

 

 

We are very proud of you Taylor! The sacrifice you have made and will make to serve our country! We love you!

Hannah's New Bible

Our church has an awesome children's ministry. In the first grade the kids get a bible presented to them with their name engraved on it and everything! Hannah has been asking for her own bible for some time now, so we were very excited to tell her the church was giving her one! All the first graders got to go up on stage and were given the bible in front of the whole church. Pastor Jeff was the presenter and Hannah just thought that was so awesome.

 Waiting patiently for her new bible!

 

 Very excited to shake Pastor Jeff's hand and get her new bible!

 

 

After the service, the church had a little reception for the kids and their family. Pastor Jeff took pictures with all the kids too.

 

A sad note on this subject....Hannah left her bible outside in the neighbors garden and it got rained on. It is not totally damaged, but it looks dirty and the pages have water damage. She needs to learn to take care of her things better! An ongoing battle!

Arkansas vs. Alabama

We love our Hogs! This year has been a pretty yucky year for them, but we still love them and cheer them on. A friend of ours gave us some tickets to the Alabama game. Normally we don't spend the money to go to the Fayetteville games, unless they are cheap and we know it will be a game worth going to. But since these were free, we couldn't pass them up! The weather was just terrible! It rained off and on the whole time. The hogs lost, badly! But the best part was getting to spend time with my husband sans kids! We had a great time in that aspect and that really was all that mattered!

 

 

 Good seats too!

 

 Calling the hogs!

 

Woo Pig Sooie!

Little Rock Air Show

We took the kids to the LR Air Force Base for their annual air show. They loved it! This was their first time. Trey had a few issues with the noise at first, but soon got over it. I should have found some ear plugs for them. Next time we will be a little more prepared.

 

 Excited to see the airplanes up close!

 

 Going through the belly of a big cargo plane. They thought this was pretty cool!

 

 Trey really didn't like the noise at first!

 

 Hannah was extremely interested in how the smoke came out of the back of the air plane. This fighter pilot was super nice and took the time to answer all her question, all 100 of them!

 

 Looking at the F16

 

 

The following pictures are of the Blue Angels and Big Bertha.

 

Just some random things...

Lexi, begging for food.

She does this a lot! I promise I don't starve her, despite what she will tell you!

 

The next photos are from a storm that came through. It was a lightening storm, and although I didn't get a picture of actual lightening, the sky was still pretty. (Sorry for the blurry photos, I didn't have my tripod with me and I was holding the camera while using a delayed timer to get enough light to expose the film.)

 

There is a God!

 

 DJ playing in the state chess tournament. I love my dork!!!

 

DJ at a pharmacy conference with some co-workers.

 

 Me and little man hanging outside on a nice day!

 

Lexi just being lazy. She has become quite the little lap dog.

 

Trey being silly with Daddy's hat.

 

Hannah cut her hair, again! Grrr! (This actually happened before school started!)

 

before

 

 after

 

 Can you tell they are Father and Son?

 

 I guess he was comfortable!

 

 There is a new sheriff in town!

 

 She must have had some fun, because she looks worn out.

 

 This is just Hannah being Hannah! It was like 90 degrees out this day, but she wanted to wear this!

 

Trey "playing" daddy in chess. It was pretty cute. He kept calling the bishop a space ship!