K3's Room Makeover...

Bryan painted K3's room a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I'd show you how it turned out. She was so excited and kept asking him when he was going to paint it. While it was being painted, she enjoyed sleeping in our room. She was very proud of her new room, once it was all finished. As usual, I think Bryan did a GREAT job! It looks even cuter in person...the colors are so pretty together!




Bryan, K3 and I went to lunch the other day and took a peek in the Dollar Tree that was next door to the restaurant. K3 picked out this little pillow to hang on her door. Bryan and I thought it was very appropriate for our house and wholeheartedly agree with its sentiments!


I had to post this next picture, as well. This morning when I was making my bed, K3 said she wanted to go make her bed (it's not something I make her do yet). After she was finished, she was anxious for me to check it out. I thought she did very well, especially considering she's never really made it by herself before. She was one proud kiddo after I "high-fived" her all over the place! We get very excited about the little things around here! :)

The Kindergarten Napper!

Learning can be exhausting...especially for our little K2. I've been taking a series of pictures of her since the beginning of the school year. These have been taken either during homework or shortly thereafter. The last two are from today.

Doesn't she look like a little angel when she sleeps? I'm not sure whose idea it was to make kindergarten full day instead of half a day, but I think it is a bit much for their first year of school. Granted, we did put K2 in a little early, but I can remember K1 being just as exhausted. While I'm posting pics of K2 sleeping, I had to post this next one, too. It was taken before we moved of her and her pal, Uncle Josh, catching a little nap.


These two have a special relationship and are two peas in a pod! They have fun no matter what they're doing and love to make others laugh! Love them both!

On a side note, we woke up to a whopping 24 degrees this morning! 'Tis the season to be FREEZING! This Texas girl can't handle the cold too well! :)

Fun at the Park with the Hibbards

Last Saturday, we went to a local park with our friends, the Hibbards. It was a beautiful day! The park, just like every other park we've been to in the area, was like a postcard. Lots of big trees and fallen leaves. K3 and BH (their youngest who is 3 months older than our youngest) had a good time trying to catch the falling leaves...for a time, it was literally snowing leaves. We had the privilege of watching "Elsie Belle" unexpectedly take about 5-6 steps without her walker. Here is a glimpse into the great time we had:

Our 1st Fall as a Family of 3...

I was just remembering our first fall here as a family of 3 and came across some of these old pictures. The quality is not the greatest thanks to our old camera...thank God for technological advances!
These are some of my all time favorites...

K1 and her daddy sitting on the front porch watching the leaves fall...


K1 in a massive pile of leaves that we raked from our beautiful backyard...the funny thing is, she mentioned the other day that she has always wanted to make a big pile of leaves and jump into them. I need to show her these pictures. She obviously has no recollection of this day!


Where's Waldo...I mean K1!


My, how the time has flown! I can't believe it's been 7 years since we took these. She is now enjoying a sleepover upstairs with one of her friends! They grow up way too fast!!! Hope you're all having a great fall weekend!

The best 13 years of my life and a few trick-or-treaters...

Happy Anniversary, Bryan! Lucky number 13! I looked for a recent picture of us and this is all I could come up with. Apparently, we have no recent pictures without kiddos. Thank you for 13 wonderful years. God has blessed us beyond measure! You are the most sensitive, patient and loving husband/father ever! You have made married life such a breeze and the girls could not have a better daddy! I could not say enough great things about Bryan, but then again, those of you reading this already know that! I love you, Bryan! Thanks for being the man that you are and for being my very best friend!!!


OK, enough of the mushy stuff! On to our trick-or-treaters...

Our little Tinkerbell...



Our little Cinderella...


Cinderella recovering after she ran her legs off...


Our little Rock Star (from Camp Rock)...



The girls out trick-or-treating...



We went trick-or-treating with some friends from church and we all had a lot of fun and got way too much candy!!!

Gotta go...I'm going on a hot date tonight with a really cute guy!!