Must be fall!

Andy was ready to fire up the smoker so we loaded it up and called the family over. YaYa, Granddaddy, Aunt Debbie & Uncle Jay joined us for a fall rib feast! They were delicious! After dinner we decided it was time to carve our pumpkin. Someone had the great idea to make a polka dot pumpkin...but first...Alli took a poll to see who could guess the number of seeds in the pumpkin. This sounded like a great idea until we realized we then had to count them all! Would you believe 386 seeds! While Andy drilled perfect holes in our pumpkin we roasted the seeds. The seeds were ok but the ribs were certainly the star of the evening! But our pumpkin was pretty adorable too!

Birthdays

Andy and I are blessed to have birthdays only 4 days apart. For Andy's birthday we went out to lunch with our friends the Treichlers. Andy had his favorite she-crab soup! We gave him a new game for his x-box & new rubic puzzle. We went to Outback for a joint celebration with our family. On my birthday we went to the Cheesecake Factory with my parents. When the kids got home from school they gave me a Comfy (Brookstones version of the Snugglie) , and my favorite pumpkin bread mix from Williams Sonoma. The festivities continued as the Treichlers joined us for dinner at Vincents, followed by my favorite Ben & Jerrys cake. Rachel gave me this adorable metal tree...oh the possibilities! Can't wait to have fun with this! Ornaments for christmas, eggs for Easter, shamrocks, flags...

No Fair....no fair!

It was time for another visit to the doctor and we got the news. Andy was doing better but the doc said no fair! What...did I hear him correctly...no fair...NO FAIR! (of course we are grateful his was getting better...it is just he loves going to the fair). Well the fair must go on! & so must we since I prebought our tickets! So YaYa, Susan, Maddie, Caden, Alli & I were fair bound! We saw cakes, cookies and some amazing legos! We rode rides...Madeline went on her first roller-coaster...and we ate! Before we left we got a turkey leg for the road. I think our patient was thankful!

Early Birthday

Andy gave me a new camera for my birthday! I was so excited! We typically use our digital SLR but it is big and sometimes too heavy to take out daily. So my sweet hubby made a very special trip to surprise me! Let me share that Andy had been sick with pneumonia for three weeks. Not able to walk more than 50 feet without getting winded. He hadn't been behind a wheel for weeks! So of course I was shocked when he handed me an early present! Come to find out he took the car out when the kids & I were at church! He was so sneaky he even heated up some chili and left it in the sink so I would think he ate that for dinner! All this effort to suprise little old me! Yes I did say old me....I am getting older but thankful for each day! Thank you Andy...I love you! and my new camera too!

Fall Photos

Fire burning...

on the dance floor! The kids' school has a fundraiser that used to be a fun run. However after years of having to postpone due to weather, the PTA changed it to a dance party! Caden had a great time dancing & Alli enjoyed all of the games.

Mr. Fixit!

For those of you that have been to our home you may remember the bench that is in our family room. It was built by my great- uncle long before I was born. Well on Wednesday night I saw that said bench had been moved & was upside down on the floor. The kids love to play tent and often use this bench so I thought nothing of it. In fact I also overlooked a few other things on the floor before heading up to tuck them into bed. When I made my way back down stairs and tried to turn over the bench...the leg fell off! Right into my hand. So I headed to confront the two children that might know what happened & to be honest I wasn't too happy that they had kept it from me! Then Caden said "Don't be mad mom, I knew you would be upset so I already fixed it!" How? I thanked him & reassured him he was not in trouble for keeping this from me & headed down stairs to investigate! In the midst of hurrying up stairs I stepped over the purple glue stick & fan! So sweet he was trying to glue the leg back on the bench with a glue stick! At least he tried! Maybe some wood glue will be in order!