Halloween

Simon did pretty good for his first real trick or treat. Last year we dressed him up for the tailgate since Halloween fell on a game day but that was about it.

Scrapbook pages from last halloween

This year we took him around to some of our friends houses so they could see him all dressed up then headed home to let him "help" hand out candy.



Carrying the pumpkin full of loot!



Do I really want to do this



Really mom more pictures

The whole family at the Jacksons

My sweet little lion

Gotta love the tail



playing in the leaves

I promise he put himself in the cage, he plays in there every time we go to the Nickens house.


Over all I think we had a pretty good evening, next year should be even more fun when he can actually ask for candy.

 

Pumpkin patch

This past sunday we got to go to Maxwells Pumpkin Farm. It was a blast, there are still quite a few things Simon is not big enough for but the things he could do he really enjoyed. Since we went at the end of their season most of the pumpkins were picke over so we had to stop at united on the way back to get some goos carving pumpkins. After we got the pumpkins we headed to the Nickens's home for dinner, carving pumpkins, and SMORES yummy! It was a great evening and defentially something we will have to do again int the future.

Lazy Rabbits

Thinking about feeding the rabbits

My little Cowboy

Really Mom?!?

It's a goard

What is this thing?

Loved feeding the goats

Going thru the obstical course

He made it about 3/4 of the way thru and stopped creating a traffic jam

And we made it out

Loved "driving" the tractor

Such a happy boy

By far the favorite playing in the corn box

Gotta get all the guts out!

Watchin how it's done, so he can give it a go next year

Kelsey's Baby Shower

All the hard work and time payed off, we had a great shower for Kelsey. She was pretty happy with how everything turned out I think. Here are a few pics of all the hard work.

Cute belly pic

Games and Advice

How big is her belly

Sweets

The Spread

Diaper Cake I made

Mommy to be and sister Keegan

Hostesses

Kelsey and her cake

Hospital bag stuffed with goodies from the hostesses

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Short Update

Life as always has been crazy and time is just speeding by me these days. I don't have much time to get this in but hopefully after this weekend I will have a chance for  a proper update. Simon and I began going to stroller strides and we love it! It is a great chance to get out and meet new mom's and other babies and for this mommie to get in a little workout. Most of my time though over the last few weeks has been devoted to getting things ready for a baby shower I am hosting at my house this saturday. For my type A personality this means lots of lists and things that have to get done. I am down to the wire so I got up early this morning to get a jump on things before the little man wakes up. So hopefully next week I will sit down and write a great update with lots of pics from the baby shower, stroller strides, and our little trip to the pumpkin farm the we plan to take on Sunday. Until then...

FOOTBALL!!!!!

Anyone who know us knows how much we look foreward to college football season. It truly is one of my most favorite times of year (although that seems to be changing as Simon grows and discovers new things that we get to do as a family). Our season tickets came in at the first of August this year and I think I was more excited about it that Saul was, time to start planning tailgates! Being the hostess that I am I really enjoy throwing great tailgates for all our friends to enjoy, and of course Saul thinks I plan way to much and should just relax about the whole thing, oh well what can I say that type A person I am shines in all its glory any time I get to plan a party.
This is the first season that we have had to pay to park but it has turned out to be a pretty good deal. There are only a few other people in our lot who tailgate and none of them get into it as much as we do. We have a great space to hang out before the game and since we are directly accross from the student union bldg. we have clean bathrooms!!!!! I don't know about anyone else but I think the bathroom situation was worth the money to park! Also our walk to the stadium is much shorter this year which is a plus. So far we have had a great tailgating season even though our team hasen't done their best. Here are a few pics of our first few tailgates.

newsletter for SMU game

The next tailgateing generation.

I've got the ball

This is how you do it...

Learning the art of PONG!

Dad doing his thing

"so son what you want to do is..."

Made it to the game, he only lasted about 5 min before he was done and wanted down.

Masked Rider!

So far we have had a great start to the season and there should be many great memories to be had.

Short update

Getting back into the swing of things has taken a little longer than I anticipated. Simon is having a harder time adjusting to Mothers Day Out this year, seperation anxiety is defentially getting the better of us. It it so hard to hand him over and have to listen to him cry as I walk down the hall, it breaks my heart every time. But it must be done I know I am a better mommy for him when I get a little time for me and to get things done that are not as easy with a 14 month old following you around.
Fourteen months, WOW, can't believe it has been that long. Why is it the older I get the fasted time flys? Who knows, guess I will have to add that to the list of questions that I must ask God when I get to heaven.
Tech football season has started which means many weekend trips to the lower 806 for game days making for a very busy weekend and not to much relaxing. But I love the game and couldn't imagine my fall with out it.
I am going to get to enjoy a weekend scrapbook retreat so I must cut this short and start page planning.
Until next time....

Lake Travis

One week after returning from Colorado and throwing the BEST 1st Birthday party (sometimes I feel the need to pat myself on the back) we took off with the Nickens Family for a little trip to the lake.

Deer that greated us the first morning we were there.

View from the deck

Patio

Not sure how but I didn't manage to get any other pics of the house.

We had the fortune of renting a great lake house that was AWESOME. We were able to take some time to relax and have a little fun.

Rented a boat for the day on saturday and had a little fun on the water. Simon did great hangin' out with everyone on the boat for about 8 hours. He even got to take a little swim.

Chillin' on the boat

First Lake swim

Fun Times

The trip was much to short as all vacations are but it was much needed and next time we must plan to stay a week and really get in some good relaxation time.