Happy Halloween

This year we decided to carve some pumpkins. Justin, Papa and the boys got to work after lunch on these. Papa did the werewolf and daddy did the Rangers and the bat. The boys were so excited to do this. Jonah was not a big fan of sticking his hands in the pumpkin and pulling out the guts but Luke did not mind.

Uncle Nic and Aunt Carlie came out and brought the boys goodie bags full of erasures, smelly's and a yo yo. They were pretty impressed when they saw what Papa could do with the yo yo :)

It was a typical Texas Halloween and when the boys got home from trick or treating they were soaked in sweat and were so stinky they got a quick shower before eating candy.

Sleepy Sophia

I put Sophia down for a nap and she did not make a peep. A few minutes later I checked the monitor and she just fell where she was... she eventually laid down.

Sweetest little punkin

Little Red Raiders

Today was wear your favorite school shirt for Red Ribbon week. Sophia joined in. Jonah and his double barrel and of course Luke being Luke.

Cousins... meeting Harper

Harper had her photo shoot with Aunt Carlie today. We did it at our house because of the lighting. When the boys got home from school we did a cousin shot.

Sawyer (3) Luke (5) Sophia (8 months) Jonah (7) Marinn (1) Harper (12 days)

Eight months old

Sophia turned eight months old today! She started crawling three days ago and is a girl on the go. This makes it a little hard to get a picture of her now. She also has a couple of teeth coming in.

7 year well visit

Jonah had his 7 year well visit today. He is wearing this shirt for Texas Ranger Day at school. GO RANGERS beat the YANKEES!

Weight: 58 pounds

Height: 49.5 inches

He grew 3 inches in a year!

He has 20/20 vision AND perfect hearing... which I just don't get :) I told him that since he has such great hearing he needs to start listening now... I will get back to you on that one!

Rangers into World Series for first time

Justin got invited to the Ranger game with his boss and got to see the Rangers win game four vs. the Yankees, which put them in the World Series for the first time! So glad that he got to be there for that.

Sophia meets Harper

Julie came over today so we could work on birthday invitations for Sawyer and Marinn. Sophia got to meet Harper.

5:43AM

5:43 am WHY are all three children awake at this time? Awake and smiling at that!

Since the boys were up so early and ready to go they could not figure out why on earth the bus was not here... so they decided to relax in the entry for a while.

It's camo!

This morning while Luke was getting dressed he very proudly said, "mommy, when I pooped upstairs it was camo, green and brown". I think I busted a gut.

Busted

I put Sophia down for a nap and after she got quite I decided to look at the monitor. As I turned it on I see it moving and then go black. I decide to go and investigate and this is what I find... Little turkey.

Haunted Ginger house

Daddy and the boys made a haunted ginger cookie house. I do not know if there were more candies put on the house or in their bellies.

Harper Mckena Cameron

The newest addition to the family. Harper Mckena Cameron October 16th.

8 pounds 2 ounces, 20 inches long

Congratulations Ranick, Julie, Sawyer and Marinn.

Lukes first field trip: Pumpkin Patch

Luke had his first field trip today to the Pumpkin Patch. He was so excited. I did not get to go so Autumn sent me these pictures of Luke.

Batman, a poodle and Darth Vader

Landon had his birthday party today and it was a costume party. The boys were so excited to dress up.

Luke and Barrett

Luke and Asher

FOR SALE oh... the boat

Not many of you may know this but about 5 years ago my life as well as Daphne's would be forever changed. Justin and Brian decided to buy a boat. Not just any boat, a duck huntin' boat. They were so excited, they brought it home and sanded it down and put a fresh coat of paint on it and did some fine tuning, heck, Daph even sewed them a blind to use on it.

Little did we know that EVERY single time the guys would take the boat out for a hunt they would have to "work on the boat" to get it ready of the hunt. It got to the point where Daph and I would joke about it every time they would go hunting.

At first the boat stayed in our driveway for a while then it moved down to Holly Lake and then to McKinney into a storage place where it would sit and sit and sit. As a matter of fact I think we paid for storage for 2 years without moving that thing.

time passing, crickets chirping...

more time

more time

more time

News came that the Vella's were moving to CO so the guys decided to sell the boat. Justin and I load up the boys and head to get the boat. We get the boat hooked to the truck and head out. Well, out a few hundred feet until we heard this funny noise. Justin gets out of the car and makes me hop in the drivers seat and drive really slow. This trailer is NOT road safe! The wheel bearing or something was not going to make it. Of course Justin can't find the part so he has to order it, it comes in and Justin goes out and fixes it but yet the boat stayed there :)

So now the Vella's are in CO and the boat still sits and the bank accounts are being hit every month for storage fees... FINALLY we are heading to get the boat and bring it to the house to get it ready to sell... or so we thought!

After the soccer games we head to storage, get to the boat and it has about 300 gallons of water sitting in it and 8 million crickets. That is what clogged the drain so it was full of water. Oh and did I mention the flat tire on the trailer??? So Justin sticks a stick up the plug to get it unclogged and let the 300 gallons of water drain, we head to Home Depot to get some Fix A Flat, they are out, of course they are... so we head to CVS and get some. Get back to the boat and Justin asks for the keys. I say, "what keys", he replies ,"the boat keys". " I don't have them", "yes, you do, they are in the glovebox", "no, they are not", "yes, that is where they were". "No dear, that was in the Expedition but when we sold it I emptied the glovebox". "why do we need them"??? So long story short, we leave AGAIN without the boat.

The next weekend we get the keys to the boat and head back out to storage. Justin airs up the tire with the portable air compressor and we are ready to roll... WOOHOOOOOO the boat is MOVING!

Now, we just need to get the thing running so we can put a nice FOR SALE sign on that bad boy and according to Brian he said that Daph and I get the money to shop with. I hope Justin did not erase that text, that is my only proof.

Thanks for the memories... oh wait, you are sitting in my driveway and I get to see you every time I pull in and out of the garage.