Friday, November 28, 2008

November 17, 2008

Well today is the official day so...
Happy 3rd Birthday Gavin!!!
We stopped over to give Gavin some balloons and to enjoy some "dirt cups" that Jill made..the boys weren't too impressed with them, so Jill and I helped finish them off ;)



Sunday, November 23, 2008

November 16, 2008

Gavin's 3rd Birthday Party was today! It was Fire Truck Themed and Jill even got the Ambulance and Fire Truck to come to the party! I think the kids had a great time!!

November 15, 2008

"Mom, quit taking my picture already, would ya?"

November 14, 2008

Playing a little dress up as Yoda today!

November 13, 2008

One of my cravings this week - cheap Tortino's cheese pizza! Thanks a lot to my friend Jaclyn who mentioned it at 10:30pm last night when I didn't have any in my house - I went out first thing this morning and got a few - best dinner for $1.00!!!

November 12, 2008

Braden pretending to fall asleep -- and then actually falling asleep for awhile - he was TIRED!

November 11, 2008

The only time in the last 3 hours that I could get them to sit still :) I put on a little "Monkey George" to get them to calm down before Gavin's dad comes to pick him up!

November 10, 2008

Braden has really been into cooking with me lately. He always wants to help put in the "ingredients"! Here he is making tomato soup for our lunch!

Monday, November 17, 2008

November 09, 2008

Well I just couldn't be in Kansas City and not stop by to see the newest addition to the family! Chris's cousin Megan and her hubby Ben had this beautiful little guy on Oct. 30th! William Kale has the blondest hair and long fingers like his daddy! I snuggled him for quite awhile before we had to get on the road again! I can't wait to snuggle some more over Thanksgiving!!!
Congrats Megan and Ben - he is truly beautiful!!

November 08, 2008

Today Jill and I headed down to Kansas City for some serious Christmas shopping. We did get a lot accomplished and it was a fun girls outing! My good friend Denise graciously let us crash at her house for the night and her hubby Charlie grilled us some steaks and we had an awesome dinner!!
Here is Jill with Denise's daughter L - they hit it off right away!

And here is Smudge - she curled right up on my tummy and fell asleep right on top of *Cookie* (for those of you that don't know - Braden has named the baby Cookie) it was very cute and she was so comfy right there - I'm sure Cookie loved the warmth!

November 07, 2008


One month ago today I posted that gas had fell below $3.00 a gallon - one month later here is where we are! Our budget is loving it, I just hope it stays around for awhile!!

November 06, 2008

Today we got a new garage door installed. The installer was super sweet to Braden and let him *help* put up the new one! He was all set with his tools and work gloves :)

And he brought his 9 week old puppy Maddie along - Braden loved when she would chase him around the garage and play with him!!

Saturday, November 15, 2008

November 05, 2008











Just a beautiful day at the park with our neighbors! The kids were having a blast on the swings...unfortunately I think it will be one of our last really nice days!

November 04, 2008

November 03, 2008


Wild man taking a bath!

November 02, 2008


Just a small patch of our new grass! It's so fluffy and green!!

November 01, 2008


Just one of two rainbows we saw today - just makes me smile!

Friday, October 31, 2008

October 31, 2008 - Happy Halloween


October 30, 2008

Well tonight was Trick-or-Treating around here! It was a beautiful night for it, thank goodness! The kids had a lot of fun and now we have way too much candy in our house! Thankfully we got cleaned out of the candy we bought - but now we have a spiderman bucketfull ;)

My little Farmer boy

Most of the neighborhood gang

Gavin and Braden
Fireman and Farmer
Best Friends


October 29, 2008

Just a little Halloween preparation! We are cutting it close since here in our silly Midwest town we trick-or-treat on the 30th - so we needed to get them done!!

This is the only handful of 'gunk' Braden was willing to touch - it was too yucky for him (still doesn't like dirty, gooey hands so much)
He spent the rest of the night mixing up the gunk in the bowl with a spoon!
The finished products...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

October 28, 2008

After school today I took Braden and Gavin to a park that has a ton of huge trees - so they could play in the leaves! They had a blast and worked off some energy in the process = bonus!!




October 27, 2008

Today was Lindsay's first day back to work and we got the priveledge of watching Gracie! Braden was so excited to see her. He did wonderful with her all day and was really sweet to her, but still at the end said he only wanted a brother..oh man..




October 26, 2008

While I was busy trying to do some laundry etc. around the house, this is how I found Braden. Chilling in his lawn chair with his pillow and blanket and watching tv in my room - I can't even remember what he was watching, but it must have been good!

October 25, 2008

Today Daddy drove down to Columbia for the Mizzou game and Braden and I got some quality time together :) After a Husker win he decided that we'd watch the Mizzou game, but only if we popped popcorn and made grape juice (thanks a lot Matt - can't have any other) what a treat!

October 24, 2008

Tonight was the Family Fun Night fundraiser for Braden's preschool! He had a blast!


Shooting hoops...

Doing the cake walk...


playing skee ball...

fishing...


and posing for mommy :)

October 23, 2008

After school today we ran to Earl May to pick a few pumpkins out. Now if we get them carved will be another story!