62nd Birthday!

November 7th was my Mommy’s 62nd birthday. She was super excited because it means the beginning of social security!  My parents were gracious enough to drive once again to Altus and they even stopped and picked up Nick at the OKC airport from his week long New Mexico Safety class. This means they didn’t arrive into Altus until after midnight. What a way to start a trip!  The next morning we celebrated all day. Lots of chocolate cake, card playing, and Madeline chasing. Nick smoked out 2 huge pork shoulders. One of Mom’s birthday presents was a big thing of yummy meat to take home. We are so blessed to have such a great family. Yes, I will brag. Our parents have always made sacrifices to provide the best for us our entire life. Even now they put our comfort and happiness before their own. Nick and I were both blessed to grow up in homes that desired to do what is right… even when it was not popular or easy.  We have families that pray for us and with us, love to talk about God and what they are learning in the Bible and even admit what they are struggling with. I think Nick and I have the best families in the world and no I won’t trade or share them!  Nick and I are sure blessed to look to our families as examples for raising our Madeline.

Psalm 112: 1-2

Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands. His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

There were lots of kisses this weekend!

Here is an after wagon ride high-five.

A walk to check out the tractor behind the house.

A quick stop to wave at Mommy and Grandma.

A good looking set of Grandparents. Which Madeline called Grandma Me me but she called Grandpa Pee Pee… I think we will find a new name for ole’ Grandpa!

Snuggles with Grandma and Grandpa on a beautiful day!

THE FAMILY

Mom and Dad thanks for driving down and spending the weekend with us. The time just goes too fast.  6 weeks until Christmas!! WOO HOO!!  Can’t wait to see you again and this time I think the girls might win at cards. 

PS… While you are shopping remember all the nice things I just said about you. :)

Halloween 2009

Here are some pictures of our Halloween adventure. It all started with some curly hair and a cheesy smile.

Every Tinker Bell needs her shoes!

Finally it is time to hit the streets.

Madeline was a pro at the door knocking part!

But we can tell what her favorite part is…

THE CANDY!!!

Now to start thinking about the next costume…..

Pumpkin Patch

My how things change in just a year!  It was just one year ago that Natalie and I set up our own photo shoot at a local business here in Altus. 

One year ago we had a little skunk and little pumpkin.

What a happy little one!

 

So this year we headed to Chillicothe, Texas to Valley Pecans. They have a cute pumpkin patch area set up with fun photo backdrops. Here is what our little skunk and pumpkin have grown into in just one year!

They still like to give each other the stare down.

Madeline still has her huge smile. She just has a few more teeth. THANK GOODNESS!

We had a fun day but it is sure is harder to get them to hold still for pictures!

Finished Project

Here are a few pictures of the finished playroom. I wish I had pictures of what it looked like before. Just imagine a not good yellow on all the walls and ceiling, toys piled in the middle of the ugly tile floor, broken blinds, and a crazy looking ceiling fan. This is what it looked like when our Sunday School class was all finished. I think HGTV would be proud!

(How great is the curtain Amy made????)

This is the view standing in the doorway.

The floor are rubber tiles that just snap into place. They are nice and cushy and we even got extra incase there is a spill or two.

Yes, I painted the seaweed..thank you clip art and overhead projector!

Natalie painted this seaweed and I guy in our class (Brett) made the toy shelves.

The rules painted free hand by Mandy Fish!

I think the fish looked pretty great in the room. It really helped that the ladies added bubbles on the wall around the fish and drops of water on the jumping fish. I even have about 5 extra fish. Sooooo….if anybody has a need for some wooden fish.

Tinker Bell

Tonight Madeline actually got to wear her Halloween Costume. It was the squadron Trick-or-Treat party. The children went office to office and the parents enjoyed all the snacks in the lounge. It was very fun! I took a few pictures of Madeline before we headed to the big party.  After the party we dropped Madeline off at the churches babysitting and went to our Sunday School mission project. I have never seen Nick clean so many toys. We sorted and organized and scrubbed and scrubbed. We will head back up tomorrow to put everything in the painted room. What a busy weekend.

 

 

Fish,Fish,Fish

It all began on a cold Saturday…. Our Sunday school class is redoing the playroom at a local women’s shelter. We decided on a fish and ocean theme so I whipped out the clip art (love clip art), the overhead projector, and  big piece of wood. After I traced the fish, Nick cut them out. I sanded and sanded and then Tara and Natalie helped me paint them all. Who knew it would take so many coats of paint. I think they came out pretty cute! Great job team. I can’t wait to see the finished room with the new bookcases the guys in class made, the curtains they made, and new flooring! It is going to be a busy weekend and I am going to pretend the whole time that we are on HGTV!

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Four Years Ago Today….

Today was the big 4th anniversary for Nick and I!  Sometimes it seems like we have been together forever and other times I can’t believe four years have already come and gone. 

Here we were on our special day.

 

Tonight we spent in a very romantic way. It all started with a fabulous trip to Lawton with a chatty Madeline in the backseat. Then we headed to Sam’s for a quick tire rotation and snack supply refill.  We had hors d'oeuvres at Sam’s. YUM! Then we headed to Chick-fil-a and enjoyed two free sandwiches with our coupon and one yummy children’s meal. Then there was ice cream and play land time.  We finished with a yummy Starbucks treat and quiet drive home with a sleeping Madeline. Who knew so many things in our life would change in just four years. I would have never imagined all that has happened. We both talked about how blessed we are right here in Altus with fabulous friends, a great baby, and family that loves us. Seriously, I couldn’t imagine a more fun and relaxing way to spend our anniversary.

I forgot our camera for our fun evening..rats!

Here is our most recent picture.

Do we look 4 years older?