Facelift

This blog is in the middle of a Christmas facelift...it's not finished yet! Avery is requiring my immediate attention right now, so please don't judge! I'll finish it sometime before December 25th! :)

Monica's Bow Give Away-ends at Midnight tonight!!!

Bow Giveaway!!!

My cousin's sister-in-law, Lori, is hosting a giveaway of stuff from my cousin's bow blog (Monica's Creative Corner).

If you're interested in FREE bows, check out Lori's blog at
http://loris411.blogspot.com to find out what is being given away, and how to enter and win!!

Monica's bows are awesome..if you have seen Avery's Halloween and Tech bows, those are from her hands!

Our Special Day!

This blog entry is dedicated to my loving husband!!

Four years ago today I married, you, my very best friend! I wanted to take some time today to share some of my favorite things about being married to you!

I absolutely love...

*sharing the joys of having a daughter with you

*having someone to tuck me in each night

*watching you take care of Avery, and making sure her needs are met
(even at 2:00 a.m. in the morning)

*letting mommy sleep when Avery is wanting to be up at 2:00 a.m.
in the morning

*having someone fill up my car when it's VERY close to empty

*knowing you will go and get me an ice-cream or Dr. Pepper
(whatever my vice is that day) as late or as early as I may need it

*long car rides listening to you sing Johnny Cash, or whatever
else you are in the mood for :) as I try to sleep on the passenger side :)

*how you can make me laugh even when I want to cry

*your keen sense of humor

*your "Pollyanna" attitude :)

*that you asked me to marry you

*YOU!

There are so many other things I could list as I think about the last six years (including dating) that we have spent together. You are such a wondeful person and precious gift to me. I love you more each day. Thank you for being my husband and best friend all in one.

I love you!

P.S. If I can find a scanner and some time, I'll post some pictures of us from the past!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween (a few weeks late again...sorry...I can't keep up!)

This year Avery was a Texas Tech cheerleader for Halloween! Very fitting considering that our big game versus U.T. was the next day! Go Tech! I had lots of fun getting her dressed up...my personal costume favorite was the socks! Lots of fun...Avery thought so too! I'm amazed the little, dangling footballs and beads survived the hands of a very busy toddler! On Halloween, we had a very busy night! First, we met Nana and Papa at Nonnie's assisted living house. This was Avery's first time to trick-or-treat, and by the time we left she was an old pro!! Yeah right! Our biggest problem was that she wanted to hold on to her candy rather than put it in her sack. She couldn't understand why we would give it to her, and then make her put it away! Who can blame her?!



After trick-or-treating at Nonnie's, Avery opened her Halloween surprise from Nana and Papa. This pumpkin is one of the surprises she loved the most!



The balloons were a pretty big hit too!



We also went to our church Trunk-Or-Treat at the Civic Center. Apparently we should have gone there first because it was PACKED! We did manage to find Raider Red and take a few pictures with some friends! Unfortunatly our pics. with Raider Red are a little blurry...Mommy had the camera on the wrong setting...Oops again! Mommy was tired!

Get Your Guns Up!



Yea! Avery found her friend, Aiden, in the mass of people! He looked so cute as a little pumpkin!
(Cropping courtesy of Regina Penney..thanks so much Regina!)



We hope you all had a fabulous Halloween! Now Thanksgiving is like what...two weeks away?! :) Maybe I'll get that post up before Christmas...we'll see!!

The Fair

OOPS...this blog is about a month overdue, but oh well...I wanted to share Avery's first experience on the merry-go-round! It's the first time that we heard her say "Whhhoooa!" I think she was trying to say "Wow", but it came out "Whoa"! Good times!! Unfortunately, the rest of our pics. from the fair are on my mom's camera. I haven't had a chance to download them to my computer yet...maybe next month! :)

Apple Country Festival

Last Sunday Avery and I went with some of our good friends (Amber and her sweet boys) to the Apple Festival in Idalou! We had such a great time, and Avery got to know her boyfriends a little better! Here are some fun pics. that I took while we were there...

Braydon, Bryson, and Avery off to Idalou!
Avery had never sat by a car window before...she kept sticking her head under the pull down shade to get a better view!



Who would've thought there were so many fun things to do in Idalou, Texas? :)

The kids got their faces painted-they were so good! They didn't even touch their art work after it was applied!





We got our picture taken by a pretty, but kind of stinky waterfall....



We saw sheep (tried to pet them, but the sheep didn't like us very much...we were too cheap to buy food for them!)



We met Johnny Appleseed!!



We went on a hayride (my personal favorite even though I got swiped in the head by an apple tree!) :) Oh, and by the way, these are my back-up sunglasses...my other upteen pairs of sunglasses have either been broken, hidden, or ran over by Avery! These are not my favorite...so embarrassing!



And...last but not least, we picked out baby pumpkins (which the stem on ours has been biten off by a teething toddler)a pumpkin is a type of vegetable right?!

Gigi and Mu

Last weekend Ben's mom and grandmother (A.K.A. Gigi and Mu)came for a visit! We had a great time chilling at our house, and managed to get a few pictures...Avery's getting very hard to keep still during picture time!

Avery and Gigi


Come with me, Gigi!


Look what I can do, Gigi!


Unfortunatly I didn't get any pictures of Mu-Mu :( Sorry Mu-I'll do better next time! What's important is that Avery had a great time bonding with her grandmother and great grandmother! We were sad to see them leave.