Veteran's Day

Sarah and Georgia

Lovin those moon boots, James!

a little white trash

Scoutin out treasures.


So adorable.
Ava is gently nudging Luke to remind him that the driver's seat is her spot.
It seems like just yesterday when we were out at this same place and Ava was just tiny and sitting in her bouncy seat and Luke was loving on her.


Luke LOVED riding!


Except when it wasn't his turn.

Take me! Take me!

Now that's more like it!

I loved how he just snuggled back into our bellys as we drove him around.

Heaven.

Sarah made the most divine oatmeal cookies which made the kids so happy (me too!)

Love Macie's lollipop!

Georgia and Macie were sooo nice to let Jake and Bree ride as much as they wanted.

And they always let them drive. Such sweet girls!

We are so lucky to have such awesome friends!!

This is actually the day before at the school's Veteran's Day Assembly. Jake and Bree both sang in it. Jake's friend, Jordan, sang the most amazing solo. He did an incredible job. It was a great tribute to all our veterans.

Check out Jake's angry scowl. He said it was because he had to sit by girls.

Oh theTorture!

The Improv

Before the show, we stopped off for a yummy dinner and I asked one of the workers to take our pic. I don't think she was too happy about it because she pointed the camera straight at the brick wall behind us. And, she cut out these two:

I would've photoshopped them in, but that's just not one of my talents.

They are one cute couple though eh!

Free candy (thanks to James' fancy phone), good laughs and great friends!

Tasty Toes, Luke's New Woman and Lemon Showers

Breanna came home from school today and she asked me what the best part of my day was. So I showed her this: We took a little roadie to do some shopping and turned back to see Luke with a mouthful of toes. Who would've thought toe jam could be so yummy???
Luke grabbed Nikki's hand and chatted her ear off all the way to the elevator. Lookin pretty flirtatious to me....Patrick better hurry home.

Luke was completely out of control at lunch. He grabbed the lemons off the salsa bar and thought it was awesome to watch the water splatter all over Nikki and Carter when he threw them in his plate of water. Nikki laughing out loud did not exactly help the situation. I think the good people at Rubios were about to show us to the door. Good thing the other children were behaving like perfect angels!

Veteran's Day Parade

Sweet group of parade onlookers.

(I had to steal this pic from Jamie because Jeromy thought my camera would be put to better use on the float- hmph!)

Jake and Jake F.


Jake walked the entire 1.6 mile route carrying this banner with his fellow Webelos.






I think our scouts had the best float in the whole parade. And it's not just because their only competition was garabage trucks and RVs.
We loved the parade!

Carnival!

Just a few pics from the most anticipated night of the season!

Bree and Dahlia

Jake Jordan Andrew

Being brave on the kiddie rides!

There's nothing like a carnival with your friends!

Jackie and Mike

We are so happy for Jackie and Mike and all of the amazing things that are ahead for them!

Two of my most favorite people in the world!
And tell me is she not the most beautiful bride ever?

This is Jackie's cousin, Madison, with Breanna. They took one look at each other and it was as if they were had been friends forever. They played together the whole night.


Grandma and Grandpa met us there!

We had a long drive home and couldn't find Mike as we were leaving, so we were sad to snap a quick picture without him. We're so glad he's part of the family now!

So much of the happiness in my life is due to Jackie's incredible heart and I just can't even begin to say how ecstatic I am that she and Mike have each other!

I wish them happiness beyond the imaginable!
XOXOXOXOXOXO

Halloween

Snow Princess, Giraffe, Darth Vader
1st favorite pic of the night.

The gang chowing down. Thanks for the yummy grub!

Deelish!

Did I mention my friend Amber is a pastry chef? Divine!

Check out these pecs, baby!

Harry kept asking me if his mouth was clean.

Heidi (the black widow) was telling lol funny stories the entire night.

2nd favorite pic of the night: Jeromy and Amber bustin a gut over Heidi's stories. I wish I could give you the audio on this one. Seriously funny stuff!

Lookin spooky!

Score #1!

He kept saying, "Mom, where we going?"

I would say, to get more candy.

He'd say, "Okay, let's go!"

He said the cutest "Trick or Treat" and "Happy Halloween" ever!

One of the many decked out houses along the way.

Couldn't resist posting this one.

3rd and final favorite pic of the night.

Gee Heidi, Luke must really love you!

Heidi made me laugh the entire night. She is BFF's with a roommate I had while Jer and I were dating and she reminds us so much of her. I'm so glad we got to hang out. My cheeks hurt when I got home from laughing so hard. I just love her!

Time to go snitch a snickers from someone's bucket!

Happy Halloween!

Scoopin the Goop

Only got 2 pumpkins, one for Jake and one for Bree because

Luke is just a baby and won't need one.

Silly me.

Hot chocolate made it better.
Jake workin' it.


Bree really workin' it.

Ta-da!

New Bike

Bree made a deal with her dad that if she would save 1/2 the money, he'd kick in the rest and she could get a new bike. She worked her tushey off and was finally able to get some new wheels. She woke up Halloween morning and going to get her new bike was all she could talk about. I said, "Bree, it's Halloween!" She said, "Oh yeah. When can we go get my bike?"

Luke + Cornstarch

luke + cornstarch = at least an hour of clean up that I had not scheduled into my already excruciatingly busy day

But those little white footprints all over my wood floors were mighty cute.