Another Fall Favorite

Pumpkin Carving...

They did a GREAT job because they had a GREAT helper...Daddy! Way to go David!

Having Fun

We have just been having so much fun and staying so busy these days! I love FALL so much that I really want time to just slow down! We have been doing all of the fun Fall things from Fall Festivals to pumpkin patches to Fall Break to leaves and much, much more. I have pictures to prove it! Just scroll down and keep on scrolling. They are endless...


Lipscomb Elementary Fall Festival...
I, along with some other teachers, camped out ALL NIGHT at school because we have the best students and PTO. Oh yes...it was a long night but we made it fun!

We were only up to a little bit of mischief in the halls around midnight or so...

Moving right along...

We had fun hanging out with our church family at a local farm. Please look closely at this picture with Sam at the bottom looking up at Addie and Logan. It makes me laugh! He did make his way all the way up.

3 cute kiddos...

Cutest 1 1/2 year old on the planet...

Sam and I went down the BIG slide together and he was hooked. He kept running back for more, more, more. David wasn't able to go with us so I was totally worn out before we even went on the hayride to the campfire.

The kids roasted their hot dogs and thought they were yummy but they especially loved the red kool-aid. Oh to be a kid again...

And then we got to make s'mores...

Sam was a big fan...

Logan too...

Addie three...

Addie has a super sweet friend whom she was so happy to sit with on the hayride. I just love this picture with their sweet, happy faces and Addie's kool-aid mustache just tops it off...

And now for another free outing at Touch A Truck with lots of big trucks, buses, and more. It's fun but I was totally done with the loud horns by the time we left!

For Fall Break, the kids and I visited Grammy and Papa Skip. It was a much needed GREAT time!

Fishing with a princess pole...shhh...don't tell David...

He looks JUST LIKE HIS DADDY in this picture...

We went on a nature walk and collected acorns and pine cones. This little guy loved it. He called the acorns "ball". Too cute!

We were super happy to spend the weekend with Aunt Jenn and Claire.

It just wouldn't be a complete trip without my FAVORITE SPAGHETTI! I LOVE MY MOM'S SPAGHETTI and you can see that Sam does too!

So do the big kids...

Of course, Fall brings lots and lots of leaves to our yard. Instead of the traditional leaf pile pictures, I got these funny ones of them having fun with the bags of leaves. This leaf bag was blown away 2 houses down from us. Logan and Addie went to the rescue and laughed the whole time doing it.

The kids especially loved hiding between these leaf bags and spying on cars and walkers. Addie's face makes me laugh. This is just like our Addie!!!

And...somehow I actually found a little bit of girl time too! These are some of my sweet friends from school. We went to a fun little concert and I kind of now have a secret crush on Keith Urban!!!!!

Hope your Fall has been as great as ours! It isn't over yet and that makes me SMILE! I LOVE FALL!

Howdy Folks!

We know some very special people in Texas who keep us stocked with real Texas cowboy and cowgirl accessories. We just wanted to say to PawDaddy, Aunt Sally, and the rest of the gang...

"We love you and think of you all the time, especially when we get all cowboyed and cowgirled up!"

One and a HALF

Our Sam-Man is 18 months (well almost 19 now but just pretend I blogged this on September 20) and he is fun as ever!
He will jump without actually leaving the floor! He tries to run faster than the big kids and he laughs hysterically and runs faster if you say you are going to get him. He also really loves music and dancing. It is too cute to see him dance and he does it all by shrugging his shoulders and moving his cute booty side to side or up and down. It's too cute!!!

He loves hugs and kisses, even from a scarecrow! He is still loving his pacifier and burp cloth as his blanky but we are limiting the pacifier for bedtime only.

He only wants to eat if he thinks he is 100% in charge of the process and you can forget it if he sees you cutting something he is going to eat.

He is a picky eater and a messy eater but we love him all the same!

He is trying to talk. He has several words or sounds for things, such as mama, dada, ball, bye-bye, uh-uh for uh-oh, na for snack, ca-ca for cracker, mo for more and a few others. However, we are going to have to step up with teaching him some animal sounds and other important speech things like that. He is definitely a 3rd child as he just goes with the flow. We love him and will do anything for him but we just haven't really thought about teaching him some very simple, yet important things...oops!!! Plus, he has 2 big kids around the house that are making more than enough noise and keeping his parents a little preoccupied!!! (His doctor thinks he may have a speech delay. At this point, I believe he is fine but we are stepping it up in the speech department just to be sure.)

He is still sweet as ever but he can pitch some very entertaining and loud temper tantrums. He is doing great and we love him to pieces!

It's been a LOVELY year and a half with our Sam-Man, Sam I Am, Sam Coop, or just Sweet Sam.