Up and away!

Well today I was cleaning up around my house when I ran across a helium tank that had a little bit of helium left in it so I used the rest of it to blow up Morgan a small bouquet of balloons. I have never seen a kid who loves balloons as much as she does. She carried those balloons around with her all day. It was the cutest thing. She even paused for a moment in front of the christmas tree to check it out when I snapped this really cute picture of her. Oh, to be young again.

One more down!

Finally got some pictures of Stephen's second buck he killed downloaded. He has killed three pretty good size bucks this season. I don't have any really good pictures of the third yet but will see what I can find on his camera. As Stephen always says, "If arrows are flying, something is dying."

I so pwetty!

Well it has been a crazy weekend. Stephen is off hunting so Morgan and me just hung out round the house and believe it or not started decorating for Christmas. Yes, we even put the tree up. That was a real chore with my little miss helper wanting to be right in the middle of it. Funny how all the really cute Disney ornaments are all at the bottom because that is where she wanted them to go. And of course we all know she's the boss! Well on Saturday while I was picking up around the house Morgan comes running into the living room all dressed up. She even managed to get her play jewelry on. She waves her magic wand yelling "Mommy, mommy, I so pwetty. " I just looked at her and gave her a big hug and told her she was the prettiest girl I had ever seen. She waved her wand at me and told me I was pwetty to. I needed much more than a magic wand considering it was Saturday morning around 9:30 and my hair had yet to see a brush. Wouldn't it be nice if the whole world could see us as our children do, beautiful no matter what! I have also included some pictures of Shelbie's tree out in front of our house. It just changed colors over the weekend and this year it is more beautiful than ever. When you are driving up the drive way it is as if it where glowing orange, almost like it is on fire. Well in case I don't have time to post again before turkey day, may all you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Another Year Older!

Well Stephen turned to big 36 on Monday! We went out to dinner with Jessica and and his dad. We had a really good time. It was great to see Jessica. She really is growing up. She is headed to Seattle for a big band concert. Her middle school was the only one in the entire nation that got invited. She also has a clarinet solo. She really is excited about it, and so are we. Great job Jessica! Morgan had fun climbing on the rocks outside the resturant. On Tuesday we went to Cabela's in Fort Worth. Morgan had a blast checking out all the different animals, especially the big elephant. She also had a blast feeding the fish. We had to carry her out kicking and screaming because she wanted to feed them more. That is about it on the home front. Oh, my best friend from high school, Jennifer found out the she is having a girl and she is thinking about naming her Lauren Grace. I thought that was really neat since my nieces name is Lauren and Morgan's middle name is Grace! Please keep my sitter in your prayers. She is having her surgery on Dec 5th.

Where a kid can be a kid!

Well after working for the past three days, Morgan and me decided to have a little fun today. First we went to Rembrandt Florist over at Restland Cemetery to order Shelbie's grave blanket for christmas. Once we ordered it we drove around for a moment. I think it is such a beautiful cemetery. It is so peaceful driving through it with all it's beautiful trees and statues. As we were driving we saw the most amazing thing. All I saw was something dash in front of my car. I stopped and looked and to my surprise it was a coyote chasing a squirell! He was huge. I see coyote's all the time running near our house, but this was different. It was so funny to see these two animals playing with each other, and in the middle of the city! I grabbed my camera and took a picture of him real quick. So after our little wildlife adventure we headed to Chuck E Cheese, the place where a kid can be a kid! It was fun to just get out of the house and spend time with Morgan doing silly things. We played all the games and road the rides. We even walked away with four bracelets and a ring, which she got by cashing in her tickets. So to say the least it was a fun day and now it's back to the grid again tomorrow.

Will hunt for food!

I forgot to post Stephen's first buck of the 2008 season. He killed this buck last week on his good friend David's ranch. Not to bad!

The joy of dry ease markers!

Morgan used her dry ease markers for the first time this past weekend and all Ihave to save is thank God for Spray n Wash!

My first posting!

Well this is the first posting on our new blog. I am so excited about sharing our every busy lives with all our friends and family. Well since not much has happened since Halloween I will start there. Mom once again out did herself again this year. She made Morgan and Lauren's, my niece, Halloween costumes. Morgan went as Minnie Mouse and Lauren as a bumble bee. I think she did an excellent job and the girls loved them. Thanks again mom and great job! The girls had a wonderful time trick or treating together. Morgan is not a candy eater so that left lots of treats for mommy and daddy. Yeah! Got to love Halloween.