Could they be any cuter?

Thanks to Heidi for a wonderful job on the pictures!!

Halloween Playgroup

To start off,I just want to inform all that Olivia will soon be a terror on two feet. She is walking more every day, and while she isn't quite the master of it yet, I am afraid of the very near future. This was taken as she was walking after the ball hitting it with the stick. We are involved with a playgroup here and today was our Halloween Party. All the kids wore their costumes(so we got our moneys worth!) and we had pizza, a few games and played outside. It was very fun and the kids loved it. Here is Jed as a bat and his best friend Tate(Red Power Ranger) By the way, another child told Jed there was a cow on his head,

I guess it must be the nose?
Olivia, in what I have decided must be a bear. I wasn't sure if it was a bear or dog, but I do know she is the cutest baby no matter what animal it is. She isn't a big fan of the hat, but was okay long enough for a picture.

More to come of our fun filled Halloween week. I believe the kids go trick or treating 3 or 4 times. Mama wants chocolate!!

Fall!

Well, barely fall. This week has been the first cool week yet, and the trees are just starting to change. Last night the kids and I went out to play for a bit before dinner. I started raking what little leaves we have how and the kids wanted to help. While one was raking, the other one and I were playing T-ball. After a bit, they wanted to jump in the meager pile of leaves, and Jed was especially good. He would get a running start down a hill, and dive into them. After a while he started to do tricks and "fancy moves." The shadows were covering us so the pictures are not great, but good enough to show our fun.


By the way, Olivia was just watching and screeching.

"Bat"man

We went looking for Halloween costumes today, and Jed found one of a bat. He wanted it, so we brought it home and he put it on and went to look in the mirror. He came back and told me I was silly because he had a cow on his head, not a bat. So once we figured that out, he went to show Grace and she said "Jed, you are awesome!" and Jed said "Yes, I am." He then realized he could be batman and fly. He had a great time with it for about an hour. By the way, the costume is made of fleece, and it was 86 today. He finally gave up when he was too hot!

Sassy Girl

I am finally posting pictures of Olivia on her birthday. We had the Richmonds over and had brownies and ice cream. Not only was she not interested in either of them, she would just throw them on the ground, so I didn't even bother with pictures of her eating!
The kids and I were in Dothan again this weekend, and we are getting to feel like it is home. I think we will be living with Chris in the next few weeks. While there, we took the kids mini golfing and they did awesome. If Jed slowed down and took his time he was REALLY good. So good that he scored 2 hole in ones! It was a decently hard course too. He is so very proud and tells everyone he can.

Olivia's "Party"

Since it is Olivia's birthday tomorrow, I wanted to do something fun, but a party wasn't really what I wanted, so we decided to go to a farm with our good friends the Richmonds and play there as a "party." It was great, and they had tons of stuff for the kids and adults to do. This was a duck race, and the kids had to pump the water for the ducks to race to the other end. They all loved it.
Here is the corn shooter(not you dad). It would shoot dried ears of corn. It was pretty loud, so Tim had to cover the kids ears while they shot it. Jed talked about it the whole way home.
The pumpkin launcher. There was a target in the lake through the trees. It was fun, probably more so for the adults that the kids!
Our birthday girl going down the slide. She has been into them, and only likes to go down head first on her belly. She is a cute bug though.
I will post more pictures of our birthday girl tomorrow!

Good and Bad

Well, we found out the people chose the other house, but oh well, I guess it couldn't be that easy! That is the bad. The good is that we had the kids pictures taken again, and they are sure to be wonderful. I don't have the proofs yet, but am very excited for them. An old friend of ours from Gainesville took them, and she does fabulous work. Go to the John and Heidi link from my page and you will see a couple of Grace and their cute boy John. I can't wait for the rest! That is the REALLY good.

Counters!!!!

They are here!!! My counters were installed yesterday, so I have now had a full day with a real kitchen. I am very excited, and I think they look fantastic. This is kind of a close up so you can see what they look like, mainly just me being overly excited!
On a side note, someone came to look at the house yesterday and were here forever, I mean, over an hour! They told the agent it was between ours and another house, so we are just waiting. I think they are going to bring their parents back to take a look too, so lets hope it works out, and I can finally be with my hubby!