Baby Carly

Just wanted to share some pictures of my sweet baby niece Carly. This is my brothers little girl. I took a short trip to Texas and was able to spend some time with some family. It was so good to see all of my nieces and nephews. Can't wait till the next time I see them again.

"All I want for Chistmas"

Jake lost, with help from me and some serious kicking and screaming, his two front bottom teeth tonight. Grandpa gave us some of his "special" numbing medication that allowed me to twist them out almost simultaneously. Jake was so scared but now he is so proud. He thinks it is cool that he talks a little funny and he can spit through the hole in his mouth. These teeth HAD to come out. His permanent teeth are already about a 1/4 of the way in and have been on the verge of falling out for about 4 weeks.

Another memory and milestone reached. The only question left: How nice is the Tooth Fairy going to be? I think Jake and the Tooth Fairy have a different idea on how much those teeth are worth.

Happy Halloween!!!

What a Halloween weekend we had. So many thing going on it was just great. On Halloween we went to an engagement party for Brandon and Caitlin at the Hicks house. Kirby cooked his amazing fajitas. All the Hicks friends were there to celebrate. After a couple of hours at the party we went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. Mandy and the girls went with us to some houses so Jake really enjoyed that. After they left, just our family went to some more homes. It was so nice to be with our small family and just enjoy walking around together. Haven just loved going from house to house and get num nums. She was a little over whelmed with the fact that you can go to anyone's house and they would let her get some candy. And let me tell you she loves the candy. I am having a hard time getting her to eat anything but candy. Jake, of course, had a great time with it all. We ran into some kids that go to his school and he thought that was cool. After our fun walk around the neighborhood we went back to the Hicks and sat around the fire while Brandon played his guitar and sang. Brandon even played Haven her Birthday song. She loves to hear it. Thanks Brandon! Here are some pictures from that fun Halloween night. Jake is a pirate and Haven is a fairy. They both looked great. Haven just loved her tutu, wings, and boots. She did not want to take any of it off.

Pumpkin carving

Carving Pumpkins was fun this year. Jake really never has anything to do with it. He hates the smell and looks of the stuff inside. We make him pretend to help Regan just for a picture every year. Haven was interested in what was going on but really just wanted to look at it all. Jake wanted a vampire pumpkin and Haven got the bright light one. They both had fun looking at the for a couple of day but now they both have mold in them so they are outside. I hate to trash them when they still look good so till the mold starts growing on the outside of them I will keep them outside.

Jake and Regan

Haven and Regan

Yummy. Jake did not want to get to close

Haven looking to see what I just put in the trash

The end result. They loved them