Trick or Treat bags

My kids have never had trick or treat bags so this year I decided to make them. It was really cheap and my kids are excited to use them!

Cabin!!

Another trip to the cabin is always in the forefront of our minds as we approach a long weekend. On
the second week in October it just so happened that I had a few days off and Jeremy was able to get Friday off so we decided to head on up to the cabin (our favorite getaway). We went with my parents and my sister and her husband. We had a lot of fun sitting around the campfire in the middle of the day, watching the kids throw rocks and pinecones in the river, collecting pinecones for Christmas craft projects, playing many games of Settlers of Cataan and enjoying the yummy fall food (pumpkin bread, baked apple doughnuts, caramel apples, roast and potatoes and carrots, etc . . . )

We had so much fun and look forward to another trip hopefully sometime soon before it's closed up for the winter!

Happy Birthday Rhett!!!

Two years ago on October 3rd I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy - what a blessing he was right from the start. He was born big and has always been a big boy which has claimed him a wide array of nicknames from all of our friends and family, the most common name being Bruiser which seems to fit him perfectly. He walked at an early age and is now talking in complete sentences - I still can't believe that my two year old can carry a conversation with me like he was five. He has such a loving personality and lights up our lives more than you can know. I'm so grateful that God gave us Rhett - he is such a wonderful addition to our family and I look forward to watching him grow into a young boy, a carefree teenager, and then one day into adulthood, and I pray consistently that he will grow up to be a light for Jesus to those around him.

For his birthday this year we decided to have a Mickey Mouse birthday. He kinda chose it while wandering around at Zurchers. Grandma Nancy made him a Mickey Mouse birthday cake which was super cute and we had a good time eating and opening gifts. His favorite gifts were his Toy Story toys, His brown bear book, His weebles play toy and his Mickey Mouse racetrack.

Right now Rhett likes:
* Anything Toy Story
* Watching movies like Doodlebops (much to dad's dismay), The Jungle Book, Monster's Inc. and Shrek.
* He is beginning to enjoy coloring
* He likes playing with his cars and balls
* He LOVES to read and will sit and listen for a VERY long time. His favorite books are "Brown Bear" and the snap-snap books
* He loves to eat Macaroni and cheese, pickles, grapes, olives, grilled mushrooms and suckers
* He likes to climb into our bed in the middle of the night - and being the tired working parents that we are we usually just let him - something that will definately change in the near future.
* He enjoys being outside and swinging on the swingset

He is such a blessing!!

Happy Birthday Baby Boy - We love you bunches!!