Pumpkin Time 2008

Time to carve a pumpkin for our front porch for Halloween. Usually, we would have done this two weeks ago. This year I'm a little slow. Colby and Big John did a really, really great job with it! I love it!

Buddy (aka nasty dog) spent the entire time trying to sneak in and eat pieces of the pumpkin.
He doesn't even like pumpkin. Doesn't matter when you're a nasty dog.
This is the face Colby drew out that she wanted on her pumpkin. Then she apparently felt the need to demonstrate.

And the final result. It looks really great! We're too busy tonight, but tomorrow night we'll light it up
and take some pictures of it! I love it!

Yep, that's scary. Very scary. Who's kid is that anyway? Auntie K's?

Fire Chief Christian

His school had a little fire-man thing. Not real sure what the babies did during it. I'm pretty sure Christian just rolled on the floor like a beached whale and leaving a pile of drool where ever he rolled. But the picutres are cute. lol.

I french braided!!!

I have always wanted to be able to do this! I just sat her down and did what I thought might work - and it did!
It actually looked really great! Woooooo Hooooo!

By all means, make yourself comfortable.

Are you comfortable?

No?

Well, please, stretch out on the couch that's made for people.

Where ever makes you the most comfortable.

No, no problem at all.

By all means, make yourself comfortable.

Don't even ask.

All I can say is, free. I don't think they'll be here long. . . yep. There are two of them.
I'm pretty sure they're not as fun as she thinks they are. . . but I want her to have the opportunity to find that out for herself.
So she is.
Yep.
Ok.

McKinley is gone. Forever.

We are taking the large animal trap back today. Caught nothing. Correction - caught nothing stupid enough to stay in the crate. Caught something big, tore up inside of crate getting out. There hasn't been a sign of her for several days now. I was so stressed about it, that a few days ago, I just let it go. I hope someone finds her and feeds her. I hope she is ok. If she's not hungry or hurt, then I'm sure she's probably happy just roaming. She doesn't like people anyway. I miss her. I really tried to help her.

Surprise! You're going on a Disney Cruise!

Mom and Dad called Colby on Skype the night before the cruise. She didn't know anything about it. When they told her, I think she was a little bit in shock. She was very quiet, until a couple of hours later when it sunk in.

"I'm going to scream so loud inside my head! I'm not going to scream out loud, because the baby". lol.

Dad came and got her from the Nashville Airport and took her to Atlanta where they picked up Mimi and went to Florida.

She was so excited every time I spoke to her on the phone.



Five days later, I picked her up from Papa at the airport again. The stories haven't stopped coming. At least three times now, she's started crying saying that she just wants to be back on the cruise with Mimi and Papa. I've tried not to laugh to much. I told her that every vacation she'll ever go on, when she gets home, she'll wish she were still there. lol.

What an amazing gift they gave my kid. Memories with them that she'll have forever.