Halloween!

For Halloween we celebrated at our church's Fall Fest. It was fun, but very busy. We stayed there for about an hour and then came home. Nathan and Clay went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood and Abby went to bed. Abby decided it would be fun to be in the group of Naughty No-nappers at school that day. So she was practically walking in her sleep the whole evening. We had a great time that night anyway with our soccer player and little black kitty cat.

Walking in her sleep!

Poor Abby

Abby is better! She's not 100% yet, but better. She finally made it through all day yesterday without throwing up. So she and I are staying home today to let her eat and rest and get her strength back. 3 days of throwing up when you only weigh about 24 pounds is rough!!! She and I did have to miss Marcia's shower, but Nathan went and represented us. From what I hear he was quite the mingler/welcomer/helper at the shower. As bad as our weekend was Nathan was precious. He had a great time playing with Parsh, Maf, & Dee while I was holding Abby. I am so blessed that he is such an easy going kid who just rolls with whatever comes up.

I am not completely psycho that I make her wear bows even when she is sick. She asked to have her hair done on Sunday morning when she saw me getting Nathan ready for church. I thought that might mean she was getting better, but I was WRONG!

Don't think we condone doing shots at the age of 2. This little glass was the perfect size for her tiny sips of Gatorade that she was able to keep down.

Houston!

Well, I would love to have gotten to posting the Halloween pics before we left town on Thursday after school, but it just didn't happen. I would also love to say that we are in Houston for Marcia's baby shower for our sweet baby Mallory having a great time, but it's not happening either. Our sweet baby Abby has the stomach bug!!! This is her first time to experience the true stomach virus and it is so sad. She has this horrible expression on her face, like why is this happening to me? She started throwing up last night at the mall. Which was so much fun. I think she's on the tail end of it, but please pray that she recovers quickly. We want to go to the shower for baby Mallory tomorrow! Hopefully my next post will have some fun pics and Abby will be all better.

Crazy Nathan!

Nathan has totally settled into the kindergarten routine at school. He has been very busy with birthday parties, playdates, field trips, and traveling around with us. He is doing a great job in school and we are so proud of all he is learning. It's amazing how much they are soaking in at this age. He continues to be so sweet and considerate of others. He really loves his baby sister and I think he's pretty excited about his cousing Mallory coming, too. He has commented several times when we've been out shopping that we should get something for Mallory. These are some of the high points of the last 2 months in Nathan's life.

Riding in the new go-cart with dad.

Nathan loves red velvet cake or velvet cake, as he calls it. I made him one a few weeks ago and he was so excited about his heart-shaped velvet cake.

Riding in the ACU homecoming parade with Grandad.
Jammin' out in the car on the way home from Abilene during the Johnson family dance party. We're not sure where these moves came from, but they are awesome!

Pumpkin Patch!!!

Okay, all you friends who have anxiously been awaiting my next post, here you go. Today we went to the pumpkin patch. It was a beautiful day and we had so much fun there with our friends. Here are some of our favorite photos from our day of fun.

Kendall, Nathan, Abby, and Kaitlyn

Abby having some running fun with Maylen.

Abby spotting an airplane!

Nathan lonely at the top of the haystack this year without Ansley.

Nathan, Kaitlyn, Abby, & Kendall

I got tagged!

10 years ago... we were living in Abilene, Texas. We had been married 3 months. I was student teaching at Bowie Elementary in 2nd grade. Clay had just started working for ABM Janitorial as an Operations Manager.

5 years ago... I was enjoying my baby boy being 7 months old. We were living in Fort Worth and we were having a great time making new friendships. Clay was working for Homeland Security training at the airport security screeners.

1 year ago.... I was enjoying my 4 year old son and my sweet 1 year old princess. I was staying at home taking care of my family while Clay forged ahead with our custom home building business.

Yesterday I was... Still loving my sweet babies, but getting to love 8 other 5 year olds at my new job I have teaching this year. Also doing laundry, cooking dinner, giving baths, changing diapers and all that fun stuff.

Snacks I enjoy... most any snack. Ice cream (i'm about to go have some), guacamole and chips, peanut m&m's.

What I would do with a $100 Million... pay off kidney stone bills, and other fun medical bills, take the kids on lots of fun trips to make memories, college for my kids and niece,

Location I would run to... any warm beach resort....

Bad Habit....Trying to control things I can't, disorganization, watching TV

Things I like to do.... movies, read, do fun things with my kids: zoo, fair, pumpkin patch, bake, cook, be with my sister.

Biggest Joy of the Moment... I am pretty joyful about my life. I have so many blessings. What's not to be joyful about?

I tag Holly Davis.

Treasures from another Garage Sale!

As I mentioned in my last post, garage sales are a hot spot for our family. Especially Nathan and Clay. Saturday morning was our neighborhood garage sale. The boys left here at 7:30 and were back 30 minutes later. They had bought a kitchen set for Abby, a bunk bed frame for Nathan, and a go cart!!! After a tune-up out in our garage, the go cart had it's first run tonight.