Just call me Forrest...

I'm not necessarily calling myself a runner, but today was a first for me....I ran 4.5 miles in a local race called the Drumstick Dash. With very little training, it may have been a little ambitious, but I'm feeling very proud of myself for hanging in there for the whole 4.5 miles (thanks to my last minute running partner, and sis-in-law, Jenni. I even kept a respectable pace (10 min. mile the whole way). What a great way to start this Thanksgiving Day! I might even do it again next year.

Fall fun!

Why do kids love fallen leaves so much?.....

Happy kids make for a happy fall!

Halloween

So Halloween 2009 was a little bit of a bust...Em wasn't feeling so good, so she missed out on all the fun. And that means that one or the other of us parental-types had to miss out too. But we managed to squeeze in a little bit of fun....

First of all....I stared noticing something strange happening to my pumpkins...something was snacking on them....

I took this shot today....some squirrel is sitting pretty fat and satisfied! I'll probably have a pumpkin patch in my front yard next fall....

J wanted to go as Darth Vader this year. On Halloween, he and daddy watched the first 2 episodes to get him into character....

J and I went to a Halloween party while daddy and Em stayed home. J sure showed off his mad dance skills.....

So, I made Em a kitty cat costume, which she didn't get to wear on Halloween because she's got a cold...but Gam and Papaw came trick or treating the next night...so I got her all dressed...pretty cute.

Diving into her trick or treat goody bag...yummy stuff in there.

Lot's of fun things in J's bag too....

J did get to go out trick or treating with daddy on Halloween, but it seems he's the first trick or treater this neighborhood has seen in years....next year we'll probably have to scope out a nearby, more trick or treat friendly neighborhood....oh well.

Leaves, leaves, leaves....it's Fall...literally!

So, now that we've got mature trees, (which everyone always says they want) we are realizing again why we call it "Fall"...

At least the kids are still at an age when it's fun to help dad with the leaves.

Fill the bag....

Smash it down....Em's gonna use her booty.

Happy Fall!

Make up artist?

That's okay, sis. I always find it hard to get the eye liner just right....

Again, my apologies for not blogging....We've been super busy this late summer/fall. But we're happy to say that we are now mostly settled in our new home and loving it. We've got a great big yard, which the kids love, and a cozy little ranch. I've posted a couple of pictures. We are so happy to be here, closer to Trinity and many of our new friends that we've met at Trinity.

We celebrated Em's 2nd birthday in September. She's getting so big. It's crazy to look at pictures of her from 1 year ago compared to now....

Here she is at her 1st birthday party.....

And now that she's 2.....it's the hair.
J lost his first tooth in September! He was pretty excited and handled it like a champ. The Tooth Fairy gave him $1.
Showing off his gap....it's the one on the bottom. The gap on the top is just the way God made him. :)

Em being cute at her birthday party.....

We got to stay with Gam and Papaw for about 3 weeks after we sold our house and waited for our new house to be available.....we were doing the exact same thing 2 years ago at this time! Maybe it's a new tradition? No. But we had a great time there. Thanks for the hospitality!

Bath time....

Girls getting ready....

Since moving into "the city" we've had a chance to make some great friends too. We went to a birthday party in a cute park last week for a new friend....

I love Em in her Peyton Manning jersey...which used to be J's. Gotta love a gender-neutral hand-me-down!

I LOVED these shots of J in the tree....

Playing together, in black and white, on the teeter-totter.

More Em cuteness....

I'll be trying to be better about blogging, but you can always look at my Facebook page (if you're my friend) and see pictures posted.

Sorry for the lack of blogging lately, folks. We've had a kind of busy summer, but here are a few posts to let you know what we've been up to....enjoy.

Splash Park Fun

We went to one of J's pre-school friend's birthday party at a local splash park. Our previous experiences with splash parks has not been great, but this time J really enjoyed it. He even make a little friend. They never exchanged names, just ran around calling each other Buddy. It was pretty cute and amusing to watch.

Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese

Went to a birthday party at Chuck-E-Cheese....it was pretty fun....there were a lot of kids there and I must say that a few hours after we got home my tummy wasn't feeling too hot...

Oh well, the kids had fun anyway.