Halloween!

As you can see - both of my boys were pirates! They were cute little pirates. Last year, photos were so much easier because you could just put Samuel in a basket... This year, he could possibly outweigh his brother so he was hard to control. Not to mention the fact that he grew out of his Halloween costume in three weeks. His shirt was a "belly top". I had to improvise and turn a pajama shirt inside out to keep his "midriff" from showing. I think he has a carb addiction but that's another post.

Finally - a descent shot. It was hard to get both of them to look at the camera. Sammy isn't much for hats so you can only imagine how long that lasted.

Here we are! Yes - I am wearing rubber boots and a witches hat... It was muddy people... Really muddy! We did have fun! Drew has more candy than the law should allow. And Sammy, well he got what mommy likes!

Big Brother... Little Brother - Lessons in Life by Children

My boys love each other... Yes - at their young ages they already show differences but for the most part they love. In both of these photos, Drew was helping Sam while all of the bigger kids played. It makes me happy to see these images. Drew is patient and kind and I hope that he will always handle his brother with this kind of care.

Happy Birthday Preston!

Baby Preston turned one in the beginning of October! What a big boy he is getting to be! His little red head is sooo cute - I could just eat him up!

Way to go Preston! Here's to another GREAT year!

Sammy & Rachel

Some folks may think that having two godmothers is strange - but I don't. My Sammy has two godmothers, Rachel and Regina and they are both very special ladies who LOVE both of our boys very much. I usually always get a photo of both of them with Sam but we were at a birthday party and things were quite hectic. I love this photo of them. She truly loves him and even though you can't see their actual facial expressions - you can feel her love for him by the way she looks at him. I am confident that both Rachel and Regina consider my boys to be "precious cargo" and I know that they will guide Sammy through his life as involved and willing Godparents.

Rachel and Regina, you both mean so much to us! We love you and are so proud that you agreed to be Sam's Godparents!

My Birthday!

First of all, my husband bought me this beautiful painting. I picked it out at a peddlers mall - that's just our style! I LOVE it! I don't really know where I'm going to put it but I can't wait to hang her!

My mother and father in law gave me this precious picture in a distressed barnwood frame! It says, "If I could have chosen a wife for my son, without a doubt it would have been you". It is handmade by a woman in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. This will probably have permanent home on our dresser.

Here's my boy Sammy. He's teething really bad so there is tons of drool and snot. Bless his heart, he was such a little champ today.

Look, there's my dear husband. Even though it was my birthday we went to a little town called Celestine, Indiana where they had their annual "turkey shoot". No - they aren't shooting real turkeys, as a matter of fact there aren't even any turkey's involved. They shoot targets to try to win meat. My hubby won a 20lb country ham in the first round!

There were "jumpies" at Celestine this year so that's where Drew decided to spend the majority of his time. His socks are disgusting because the ground was damp... Not that I've never put dirty socks on my kids---that would just be an outright lie!

Thanks to all of my sweet friends for the birthday wishes! I had a great day - Here's to another wonderful year!

Punkin...

Drew got to pick a "punkin" off of the truck in the church parking lot a couple of weeks ago. We didn't carve it because we are going to wait until the Halloween celebration at the campground this coming Saturday. We did however, let him draw on it with a sharpie and he loved the whole idea!

Here is his masterpiece... Displayed on our front porch.... Scary teeth and all!

Raviolli???

Anyone hungry???