Halloween Festivities

Halloween was busy this year, and a lot of fun. Although I really had wanted Noah to be a cute cowboy for Halloween and put together his costume, he was VERY persistant on being Tigger. I tried and tried for about a month trying to change his mind, but finally Tigger won. And I'm so glad because he had a blast "bouncing" and playing the part. He started off a little grumpy on Saturday for the Monster Mile and really didn't even want to wear his costume. But as soon as he saw Winnie the Pooh and then Tigger, he was SOOOO excited.

Noah helping Levi carve a pumpkin

Brooke and Madison

Briggs and Brooks

Walking the Monster Mile

Getting some candy

Noah is still unsure of the big characters. Here is

Brooks giving Barney a high five!

When Noah saw Pooh up ahead (I think Brooks
actually pointed him out), he took of running

and yelled "I'm coming Pooh!!"

I love his little hand up to his face in this

picture, and Brooks' face

Checking out their goods

This is my favorite picture of the whole weekend!

Noah running up to Tigger as he is saying "I'm Tigger, too!!!"
Bouncing for Tigger

My parents and Kelly came up

On Sunday evening before we went around

our neighborhood we went to see Riley and Hudson

at a party. Here is Hudson as Buz!

Ladybug Riley

Then we headed to our neighborhood to hand out

candy and stop by a few houses.

We went around to about 6 houses and then

he was ready to head back home. What a fun weekend!

Girl time and THIRTY!

A couple of weekends ago I got together with some friends from college for our 3rd annual girl's trip. Although I know Whit from elementary and Marcy is from Mansfield, we all became close as Tridelts in college. We met up at Lakeway Resort in Austin for a weekend of relaxing, talking, and celebrating. We celebrated 30th bdays for the year, specifically Marcy's since it was the week before. I think we all surprised ourselves the first night out.....maybe we were trying to prove that 30 didn't mean we were old!! ;) I won't embarass any of us with those pictures! It was a great weekend and I'm so glad we got to spend time together and catch up.

Big Boy Bed

Noah has been sleeping in his little toddler bed, but we finally got a mattress and put him in his full bed. He was very excited to help Levi put it together. Of course he quickly figured out that we can now lie down with him after reading.....and he definitely uses that to keep us in there as long as he can! Oh - and ignore the red sheets. We have not figured out his bedding yet, but I at least got some brown sheets the next day!

He hates being under blankets or covers...but

for some reason doesn't mind 800 stuffed animals on him!

Pictures

A couple of months ago we had a friend from church attempt to take some pictures of Noah and his cousins, Riley and Hudson. Well, once we would get one kiddo focused, the other would be upset about something or running off to the other side. We tried, and got a few cute ones of the boys playing in water.

It went by WAY too fast!!

This summer has flown by! We have done so many fun things and made some great memories. It was tough most of the summer with Levi working and then having school at night 4 times a week, but Noah and I found plenty to do thanks to wonderful family and friends. Playdates, swimming, the zoo, Hawaiin Falls, The Children's Museum, a trip to Illinois, Going Bonkers, Lake Whitney, and Potty Training are just a few of the things that we filled our summer days with. But some of our best days were just at home, relaxing, napping and spending time together.

Once Levi finished up with school, my parents kept Noah for a few days while Levi and I spent some much needed time together. He then spent the night with Granna while we took a short trip to Shreveport with some friends. Since then, we have had the entire week off at home as a family before we all get back to work/school/schedules on Monday. We have played at the pool, had our first family movie night (Planet 51), and went to the Children's Museum. This is by far Noah's favorite thing to do, and he wanted to show Levi what it was all about. Here are some pictures from the last few days!! A little sad to return back to work, but SO thankful to have my summers!!

Swimming!!!

Putting on Daddy's shoes
Trying out P90X

Doesn't everyone work out in their underwear and shoes only???

Digging for dinosaur bones

art time with Mommy

Hmmmm....what should I buy....

Apples are always good!

Oh, and I knew this day would come. After Levi read the Noah's Ark story to Noah out of his bible the other night, Noah told me "I build that boat Mommy. I built that big boat!"