Halloween Pics

Well, another year of getting more candy than we know what to do with is over! Jaxon is snoozing peacefully while Camron and Caden continue to play in their room rather than sleep. We trick-or-treated, we went to the Fall Festival at church, and of course, we let them eat WAY too much candy! But hey, it's not like they get to eat this much candy all year long! How funny that Camron told every person that gave them candy as we went door to door that he was the Lone Ranger. Caden immediately followed with "me Tonto". As you can see they were both Thomas the Train! How funny!

Jack-o-lantern FUN!

Here is our family of jack-o-lanterns as well as a few pics of us from tonight! Jaxon took the last one all by himself!

My son with the GINORMOUS heart!

This is short and sweet....
We saw a raccoon, dead on the side of the road on the way to prayer group yesterday. Jaxon pointed it out so I told him that it was sad that animals get hit by cars but that was part of life and they are living in heaven now. That was that. Well today, I was taking the boys to hang out with Poppi while I went to serve at the soup kitchen. The route is the same as the one taken yesterday. Jaxon informs me that while he was with Poppi, they were going to go get the raccoon and bury it. I told him there were people who do that for a living and he didn't need to worry about it...not to mention Poppi's back is hurt {badly} and he can't go move anything. He said {while fighting back tears} that he "didn't like to see the raccoon there and someone needed to move it and if Poppi can't do it then you or Nana can just put on some gloves and pick it up then your hands won't have to touch it and it won't be there on the side of the road anymore". I think it is great that at 5 years old he has such a huge heart and cares so much about all of God's creatures!
The poor raccoon is still there, btw.....hopefully those people who do that for a living will take care of it asap!

Pumpkin carving time!

We had a BUSY day today with 2 birthday parties! We came home and carved our pumpkins....all 5 of them! Each of us has our own! I actually had 2. I saw a little white pumpkin at the patch and just had to have it. It wasn't very "carvable" though. I tried but I think it may have been solid! Anyway, here are a few pics of our fun night!

A Fair is veritable smorgasbord!

We took our annual trip to the State Fair yesterday! Oh what fun we had! We were afraid it was going to be too chilly but it turned out to be a beautiful day! The boys had a great time riding rides and ponies, petting the animals, and riding in the wagon! Mommy enjoyed watching the boys and the few treats she allowed herself to eat (darn diet!!) Here are a few pics from our day!

Oh what a night!

We had a busy day today. We were getting home late and Jaxon went over to spend the night with Nana b/c we are going to the fair tomorrow. Daddy-O and I decided we were going to throw Camron and Caden in for a quick bath and put them to bed so we could catch up on all our DVR'd House episodes. Why did we even try?! The boys got in the bath and I said 5 minutes of playing then they were getting bathed and out. I got the okay and walked out of the bathroom only to hear them both FREAKING out. Now, when I say FREAKING out, I am not exaggerating. You would have thought there was a one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater coming after them or something. I run in to the bathroom only to find no purple people eater but none other than POOP chasing them out of the tub. They were scrambling just as hard as they could with a save yourself attitude (pushing each other to try and be the first out). I grab them both up ask who it was and put the guilty party on the pot to "finish" the job. He says he's all done and I believed him due to the amount of "doo" in the tub. SOOOO, Daddy-O takes them to the other tub to finish the bath while I clorox my tub. Ok, let's fast forward 5 minutes later. Screaming ensues yet again, while Daddy-O is watching, the guilty party who apparently really wasn't finished before poops AGAIN in the other tub. At this point it's funny so after we laugh over it for a minute, we get them out...AGAIN and put them in the shower. Both boys are in the bed now, hopefully heading off to slumber land! I have had enough poop for one night! At least my tubs are nice and clean!

T is for TURTLE!

This week we studied turtles. As you can see the boys had a great time on their field trip to the Natural Science Center where they got to look at, touch, and BE turtles! They also learned about perseverance. Jaxon's "words to remember" this week where "I don't quit. I persevere!" We read books about perseverance and talked about famous stories such as "The Tortoise and the Hare". You just don't realize how much kids take in until they apply it to the real world. Yesterday, Jaxon was at Nana's and he wanted to play with the Lincoln Logs. She couldnt' find them and was about to give up when Jaxon says to her...."C'mon Nana, PERSEVERE!" How cute is that?!

Mistaken Identity

Most of you know that we have a few pets in our house. Bailey, the cat, was the first. He has always been a smart cat who loves to play fetch with aluminum foil balls. We have Arnold the fish and Sam the frog. Our newest is Maggie, the dog. Bailey was always king of the castle until Maggie came along. Now, Maggie runs Bailey off from his favorite hot spots so Bailey has resorted to higher places...such as on top of dressers, kitchen cabinets, and such. In the past, we have run him off but we usually feel bad for him now and let him stay put for a little while. Let me just tell you what the nut of a dog did yesterday. Caden let her out (after being told NOT to) and it was pouring down rain. Mommy didn't know Maggie was outside for a while and when I came to the rescue, Maggie was cold and wet and NOT very happy. I brought her in and dried her off but locked her in the kitchen until she was completely dry. Then I went back upstairs to finish school. Much to my surprise when I came back down, Maggie had found a nice warm place to dry off....SEE PICTURE BELOW

Yes, this is Maggie. Curled in a ball ON MY KITCHEN TABLE. Don't ask me how she got there. I am guessing she climbed into a chair then onto the table. All I know is that she was ON MY KITCHEN TABLE. YUCK! And it has been brought to my attention that rather than getting her off immediately, I grabbed the camera for a photo op first! She is cute, though, isn't she!

While I was in Texas, my DARLING husband took the boys to a "photo shoot" since I couldn't be there to do it! The picture you see to the right is the only one I have seen as a sneak peak and I LOVE IT and can't wait to see the rest! I should get them in the next 2 weeks so I will share when I do! I don't know who this lady is but we WILL be using her MORE and soon!

Boo to shots!

The boys had their 3 and 5 year check ups yesterday. They all did great. Camron and Caden are in the 25th percentile for height and between the 25th and 50th for weight. Jaxon is between the 75th and 90th percentile for height and close to the 90th for weight! Camron and Caden had to get their fingers pricked and they both got the flu shot. They only cried for a minute then the sucker I brought for them calmed them right down. Jaxon had to get 5 shots and his finger pricked. It would have been 4 and the flu mist but after being given the choice, Jaxon CHOSE the shot over the mist! Boy was I surprised! Now, let me just tell you that last year when Jax got the flu shot, he had to be physically restrained by like 3 adults. This year I was afraid it would take way more than that being he had to get so many. We talked to him before his appointment and told him everything to expect.(I scheduled them separately so I wouldn't have all 3 getting shots together!) He did AWESOME! He sat right on my lap and I held him still while she gave him all 5 shots! 2 in one arm, 3 in the other! Needless to say, he got a reward afterwards! GO DUKE BOYS!

Don't Mess With Texas!

We had the MOPS convention this weekend in Grapevine, Texas. It was GREAT! Here are a few pics. The first one is Julia and myself with Kim Hill who was a performer the entire weekend! She has a phenomenal voice! The second picture is the 4 of us (Julia, Jessica, Leigh, and me) in one of the general sessions. The third is Jessica and Leigh in the courtyard inside the Gaylord Texan Resort where we stayed and the last one is the 4 of us with the giraffe outside the Rainforest Cafe!
There were LOTS of great performers there. We saw the lead singer of El Salvador, Jaci Velasquez, Go Fish, Plumb, and Avalon. There were very inspirational speakers throughout the weekend. Lynne Spears even made a surprise appearance! We did so much, saw so much and heard so much that I can't even begin to put it all on here! We all came back with lots of great ideas and we can't wait to get started implementing some of them!
SDWSC!!