HaLLoWeEn PaRtY!!!

Well Halloween time has come to an end and boy am I glad it is over. What a crazy busy month I have had. November will not be any better but we still had a ton of fun! Lots of Halloween events this year. Trunk or Treatin at the church, a battalion Fall Festival full of trick or treating, haunted houses, hay rides, jumping castles for the kids, food, games, face painting, it goes on and on. We had a bunch of our closest friends over for a halloween bash on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. We had lots of yummy food like witches brew and garlic soup (to keep the vampires away) and spooky desserts. We played a few games with the kiddies, and then went trick or treating. The kids had a blast. We made costumes out of toilet paper. Braydon was really not very happy about his costume, haha. We are such mean parents. Here's Ambria enjoying the festivities.

The kids are searching for clues that took them around the house on a "ghost hunt" to find all the ghosts that were inhabiting our home. Luckily they found them all!!

They had to walk like Frankenstein in this relay race.

We also played pin the spider on the web, then we had a "monster mash", where the kids had to stomp on all the balloons to get the prize inside and Kristin told some scary ghost stories. Then headed out into the freezing wind and rain to trick or treat! Ambria was such a trooper, she went to every house and said "shrick O tweet!" She loved trick or treating! She caught very quickly to how it works. Thanks everyone for coming and making this a great Halloween. Now onto Thanksgiving! Yum.

Carving Pumpkins and Such....

Here is the fam in our Halooween "get up" this year. Jason (breifly) dressed as a ninja, and when I say breifly I mean just long enough to take the picture. I was cupid, Braydon was SWAT, and Ambria was an angel. Pulling the guts out of the pumpkin. I love the look on Braydon's face. He thought it was SO gross, he got totally grossed out and couldn't even finish so Jason ended up doing the rest, but with a spoon, haha. And here is the finished product. Braydon designed it on paper and then they carved it. He was so proud of his JAck o lantern.

AIRBORNE!

These pictures didn't upload in the right order, but here is Jason's airborne graduation and his final jump. It was so awesome to go and see! Braydon got to pin daddy's jump wings on him. He was a little nervous, but he did an awesome job! It was so cute!

Here is the fam after graduation. It was so windy and cold out that day, we were all bundled up. (well at least as bundled up as you ever have to be out here in Alabama, haha)

This is Jason taking off his parachute and gear that he jumped with.

Run, Jason run! Running in from the feild he jumped in. They land pretty far off from where they have to come, so I think they ended up having to run a mile to get to us, with ALL their gear and 2 parachutes.

All in all Jason really liked this training. He had so much fun. He was home practicing his landings off the bed and couch, and showing us all how to exit the airplane! It was a lot of fun! He was able to go through airborne with a couple of his friends, Aaron and James, they didn't get put in the same "stick" but he made some other friends and really had a fun time! I am so thankful that he had no injuries after the whole experience. Way to go Jason! I am so proud of you! Airborne!!

Bria

Here are just a couple pics of little Ambria. Her hair is finally getting long enough to juct put a clip in. I sure can't wait for it to grow so I can do her hair. So here is her first "official" hairdo. It's all I could do with what I had to work with, ok! I love this picture! She went and got her little baby (that Uncle Dave and Aunt Betsey gave to her when she was a little baby) and wrapped it up in a burp cloth that was in her room and was carrying her baby around and "shooshing" her and rocking her. It was stinkin' precious!

SiLLy AmBrIA

Ambria is so funny here. She was just being silly playing in Braydon's room last night. Her newest trick is doing a flip. She just started doing this a couple days ago, but it was kinda hard to get her to focus and do it. hahaha! She got distracted. Please pay no attention to Braydon's messy bedroom.

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Random Extras

I love these pictures. Just thought I'd share. Ambria loves hats, shoes purses, any and everything girlie. We went to Target and she found these helmets and put it on her head. After a bath she demands that we wrap her up like this, she likes to just walk around for a while all wrapped up like a burrito.

This was too cute! She is holding her little purse and pushing her stroller around. It was funny cause at one point she had the purse hanging on the handles of the stroller like I do with her diaper bag when I push her in her stroller. And lately she thinks it's hilarious to chase the poor dog around the house with the stroller..........what a little stinker!

Braydon wasn't feeling very good this weekend and Ambria just climbed up onto the couch to snuggle with "Bway-dawn".

This is a daily occurance here. She is ALWAYS pulling shoes out of my closet and walking around the house in them. I'm actually pretty amazed that she can walk around in the heels with no problems!!

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Bird's Eye Veiw

I just thought these were pretty cool photos. Jason took these from the air while he was away this week. I believe this one is Atlanta, he said there was a big fair going on that they could see. This is Callaway Gardens beach. If you scroll down a ways, there are pics of us playing in the water and the sand, this is where we were.

This is the Atlanta airport from the sky. I just thought this was way cool to see this veiw. They had to fly right through the airport's airspace. If you look closely, you can see all the jets lined up at the terminals.......pretty neat.

This one is freakin' awesome. This is one of the missions they did while up in the "mountains". The soldiers are hooking themselves up to the rope and are gonna be lifted off the ground by the helicopter. I just thought this was a really cool veiwpoint.

Braydon's Tooth

Poor Braydon had to have a tooth pulled at the dentist last week. His adult tooth was growing in behind his baby tooth and the baby tooth wasn't budgin'. So he had to make the trip to the dentist and have it pulled. He was such a trooper though. They gave him the laughing gas to relax him and numbed him up real good. This photo makes my tooth hurt! It just looks painful.

The poor kid had no idea either. We went to pick him up at school that day to go to the dentist and he had apparently forgotten where we were going and so he was so happy and excited thinking we were going somewhere fun (Jason was telling him it was a surprise). It brought back memories of when my parents told my brother and me that we were going to get ice cream and they really took us to get shots! We were so mad. So because I felt bad after remembering that we stopped and got Braydon some ice cream afterwards.

aNoTHeR PRoJeCT

Here is something else I have been working on. This was my practice one, I am making some Halloween ones for prizes for a chili cook-off next month.

ProJecTs i HaVe BeeN wOrKiNg On

I made this chore chart for Braydon. The little peices with the chores will have velcro on them so we can take them off and on and move them around. Hopefully it will work out. I have been on a "cricut craze" lately and have been trying my hand at being creative. It's not working all that well, but these turned out ok, I think.

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BaTh TiMe & PoTTiEs!

The little stinker-winker. She loves bath time. She lays herself flat in the tub so the water is on her whole little body.

This is a new thing. (yes, I know her skirt is still on, I guess you can call this a dry-run, haha) She has been asking to go "potty!" So we put her on the potty and let her try. Yes, we take her pants and diaper off (unlike THIS pic) so she can actually try. I have no idea why they are on this time.

She thinks she is so big!

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oDDs & eNDs

A few random pics.....Last saturday we went to Callaway Beach with our friends. It was a blast. The kids loved digging in the sand. Not the best of pics, but whatever.

I love this one though!

Braydon building a sand fort with his best bud!

This was just too funny not to throw in here. Braydon has his adult teeth in in the front, so they are a little bigger than his baby teeth.

And just to clarify, Braydon's teeth don't really look like that. He put corn on them.....I realized after I posted this that you might not be able to tell from the picture. Hahaha!!!

AmBrIA's RanDoMnEsS

Here is what little Ambria has been up to lately. Putting any and ALL clothes she finds on her legs. She will just keep on layering until she can't possibly fit anymore. Once I even found her with about 4 swim diapers on, needless to say she couldn't walk to well.

She thinks she is SO computer savvy. I wonder how old she thinks she is in her mind?? We catch her here all the time, it's pretty funny. She will put her little hand on the mouse and "click".

More mischeif. We were all in the front yard one evening and we turn around and Ambria has wondered off, so we go around the house searching for her and this is where we found her. The little stinker! She loves the pool, and just decided to jump right in, clothes on and all. so now obviously we have to keep and even closer "eye" on her outside.

What? 3rd Grade?? Already?!?!?!

Today, my little boy started THIRD grade!! Wasn't he JUST in Kindergarten??? I was able to get a few pictures of the event, however, VERY few because I was specifically told what was and wasn't allowed so as not to embarrass him this year. He has never let me forget about the first day of 2nd grade so I had very specific guidelines that I was required to stay within. First, any hugging in the car (before we enter the school) was acceptable, granted, there were no other kids looking. Second, I was to get all my "I love you's" and "I'll miss you's " out before entering the school where his friends would, in fact, be. Third, If I MUST say goodbye while he is in his classroom, there is no hugging or TOUCHING, just a goodbye and then LEAVE. And above all, do a quick check around the room to make sure no other kids were looking before attempting anything!! So here is the "on the way to school" picture...... Here he is waiting to go to the classroom. The other kids were all talking and destracted so I was allowed to take this photo.

When we got to the classroom, he went and found a seat right next to his best bud, Kaden. And proceeded to empty his backpack. Now, he WAS with me when we bought all his school supplies, but apparently paid absolutley NO attention to what I was putting in the cart, because he opened up his backpack full of the supplies and it was like Christmas morning. He was so excited and surprised at everything he pulled out of there, you'de think he'd never before seen a pencil case, or index cards.........silly kid!

I asked them to both look at me and smile for the picture and they, of course, were too cool for school so this is what I got. But, hey I guess I should just be happy with I did get, because this was, in fact, an unauthorized photo outside the designated "picture time" window. My, how kids change right before our eyes!!!!

Dallas Or Bust, Baby!

So my sister in law, Marqae, and I spent a week in Dallas for the annual Mary Kay Seminar and we had a blast. It was awesome just to spend a week of "Marqae Time", but the seminar was very good also. We learned SO much and they had some really fun entertainment, like for instance, the "man angels" as shown below. Aren't they graceful??? He he he! Marqae and I all dressed up for Awards Night. Sure wish I was one of the lucky random winners from the audience who won the trip to Disney World or the $1000 cash or countless other prizes.

This is Day 1 and we got to tour the Mary Kay corprate Office. It is HUGE!!! and super NICE. We even got to see Mary Kay's office.

This was taken on our tour of the manufacturing building where they make all the products. It was actually a very intersting tour, and of course so fun. It probably would have been better if we didn't have to be in skirts and heals the ENTIRE time. Needless to say we both have very tight leg muscles now....Thanks Marqae for an awesome time!!! It seems like it went by too fast though.