So you think you can dance!!!!!

Sorry ladies! I officially have the best husband in the world! I love surprises, and Kevin got me good the other day. He told me that we were going to his friend Chris's bday party at Dave and Busters. He arranged for the girls to stay the night at Kristi's house so we could stay out late. While we were eating dinner he handed me an envelope with So you think you can Dance tickets in it. I am obviously a huge fan of the show and really wanted to go, but when I saw the price of tickets I just forgot about it. Well, Kevin didn't so he found some great seats for a great price on Ebay and surprised me for my birthday (it isn't until Dec. 16th).

We had a BLAST!!! When we got there the show was just starting. I got so emotional!! I was literally star struck. I was tearing up with excitement. So much so that I couldn't even talk!! (I am blaming my reaction on pregnancy hormones, because I have never acted this way).

The entire show was fantastic. It was so fun to revisit all the dances and dancers I saw months ago. I hope we will get to go again next year.

Fall Photo's

Who doesn't LOVE the fall? Perfect weather, gorgeous scenery, kids playing in the fallen leaves. So of course, we took our girls
out to capture the memories. We really got some great shots.
These are just a few. It is wonderful having a photographer for a
husband, but it is hard to have to wait for all the editing and
transferring to be done before I can get my hands on the pictures.

Halloween Night

The Good witch and the bad witch
Mark is a Jail Warden. I guess these two cuties are his prisoners.
Glinda the "Grumpy Witch"



Kristi the Prisoner, Laurie the Wicked witch of the West, Kenzie the Hippie

The Wizard of Oz crew

Every year I pull out my sewing maching to test my slowly improving skills. This year I decided to do do the wizard of Oz. I chose this theme mainly because I thought Asa would make such a cute little scarecrow. Was I right? or was I right!!!

Glinda the Good witch
Dorothy in her little red chair
Reese looked so stinking cute as Dorothy. She loved her shiny red shoes and she carried toto around all night long. This dress looked so cute on her, I want her to wear it to church (Would that be weird?). My favorite thing about this picture is how well you can see her one snaggle tooth. What a sweet little girl!
Leah would look cute in a potato sac, so I shouldn't worry. But when I first made this costume, I made it according to the pattern. And I just didn't like how it turned out. The sleeves weren't puffy and the skirt was flat. I tried to ignore my distaste because I still had to make Dorothy and the scarecrow costumes. She wore it the original way to the church Trunk or Treat party and everyone kept saying "what a pretty little princess" even with Dorothy and the Scarecrow next to her.
That convinced me I needed to Vamp up the Glinda costume! So I added the big puffy sleeves and added more fullness to the skirt. My efforts were rewarded when she went to a house all by herself and the people said "Here comes Glinda! You look so beautiful" Then of course Leah had to get into a big discussion with the lady about how Reese is Dorothy and Asa is the scarecrow and her mommy was the Bad witch.....
This year, My Vote goes to Asa for the best Halloween costume! He was born to be the scarecrow. His cute little face and unstable walk just fit the character perfectly. He was such a trooper too, he didn't even try to pull off the hood! (well maybe a few failed attempts).


Group shot. Nobody is smiling, but it shows the costumes off (and that is what is important right!? We had such a great Halloween. The kids loved going from house to house getting candy. Whoever came up with Halloween trick or treating should get an award for making so many kids happy at one time!

Leah's Survey

My sister Stacy did this survey with her son, so I did it with Leah.

When is your birthday?
Leah: July Sevent

What is your favorite thing to do?
Leah: Play wis some toys

What is your favorite thing to wear?
Leah: Jammies!

What is your favorite food?
Leah: Pizza, pizza is shaped like a triangle

What is your favorite treat?
Leah: Lolly pops wis a stick and lots of colors

What is Mommy's job?
Leah: To take care of Reesie and to help me not let Reesie take my things when I want to snuggle them.

What is Daddy's job?
Leah: To clean the dishes

What is Reese's job?
Leah: Play wis toys

What is your job?
Leah: to share my toys wis Reesie

What do you want to be when you grow up?
Leah: a Fire fighter. fire fighters have a hose wis water in it.

Will you have any more brothers or sisters?
Leah: SISTERS! lots of sisters!
1-Reesie
2-Remi Lynne
3- Leah
4- i don't know yet

What are you good at?
Leah: I am a good girl to everybody

How old will you be when you get married?
Leah: Eight. I know how to draw an Eight.

What do people do in Heaven
Leah: Pray

What is your favorite song?
Leah: I am a child of God

Who is your best friend?
Leah: Alex. Can I go to Alex's house?

Who is your Boyfriend?
Leah: Thomas and Carson are both boy friends. Carson is my favorite boy friend.

What food don't you like?
Leah: Nasty old Rootbeer and Nasty old pizza. That's Yuck.

medical journal worthy

AHHHH! This has been such an awful couple of days!

My poor baby is miserable. My heart just aches for her, because I can't do anything to help her feel better.
Reese (obviously) had a horrible reaction to the Amoxicillan She was taking for an ear infection. She finished her 10 day dose and then broke out. The doctor called it Erythema Multiforme. and it is an external reaction.. meaning that it isn't effecting her breathing or anything life threatening. She is just Miserable!! They burn and itch uncontrollably.
Poor baby! Benedryl doesn't seem to do much.
If anyone has had this happen to one of their kids, please let me know what to expect next!!! Every day seems to get worse. The first day she has a few small spots on her arms and legs and diaper area. The last picture was taken this morning. She is so swollen, She looks like a different kid.

No more penicillin for this baby!!

Reese's crazy laugh

This little girl is so funny to me! She does this laugh when she wants to get you going. She will do it at grocery stores to complete strangers.
If you look closely you will be able to see her one upper tooth. She is 17 months old and only has two bottom and one top tooth. This makes her laugh even funnier with her one snaggle tooth!