Happy Halloween!

"Firefigher Man" Carter

 

He LOVES his firefighter man costume! He is wearing it as I type. He has put out a fire in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. He told me to come get him if the police call and say they need his help with a fire! So adorable!

 

Isn't she precious! We had to dress-up the dalmatian...it looked a little too boyish. For all my friends that have never seen her without a bow...we just can't break tradition!

 

 

The horse ride was Carter's FAV at the Fall Festival last night!

We love dressing up around our house. Adam is the most into it! He loves to dress-up. One of these days I will have to post him as a 10 year-old Hulk Hogan. He wore his sister's yellow bikini bottom, white headband, and wristbands. Yep...that's all! I tried to get him to do that again this year!

The next president!!!

Introducing John McCain

 

And Sarah Palin

 

Being very professional

 

And a little frisky!

 

You have GOT to check out my brother's page (Waldrips). He and Ashley went as Rob & Big. It is hilarious! And one of their friends went as Borat. I've been laughing so hard!

Tickets for sale!

Well...the tickets are for sale! We will see if anyone bites the hook. Thanks for all the votes! Adam's happy again...he's going to sit with Wes. So all is well at our house! GO RED RAIDERS! Beat those Longhorns! I'll post my shopping spree finds if someone buys the tickets!

gag..gag..gag..puke

What a crazy experience...one I would like to forget! (But had to share.) Carter decided he needed to go to the bathroom today while we were outside playing baseball. He went over in the corner and pulled his pants down (Like most guys, he thinks going outside is lots of fun!). I was kind of watching him then all of the sudden I see poop coming out. How does that happen, standing up! I start saying "Carter, don't move, stay right there"...thinking he was about to step in it. I run inside to get some tissue, come back out and he has it all over his hands. I start gagging. I'm trying to clean him up and I am so grossed out plus the smell..I gag some more. So I cover my nose and mouth with my shirt. I strip him down as I'm holding my breath, look over, Raider is eating the poop. That's when I totally lost it! Yuck..yuck...yuck!
The moral of this story: Don't let a dog lick you in the face!
Now that everyone is bleached and showered, Carter gives me a hug and says you're the best mommy. I said yes...I am!

Does life get any better than this?!

 

 

 

 

This has been the BEST week! We are all feeling great...yippee! The best part is that some of our friends, Kris and Tina, who have been waiting for a baby for a couple of years got a beautiful baby girl! She is so precious and I just keep thinking about them and how God has anwsered a prayer that so many people have been praying for so long. How wonderful it is to see God at work! What a lucky little girl Miss Kate is!
My kiddos have filled me with so much joy this week! Watching them play and learn and just the simple things of everyday is so much fun. Carter is so witty and enjoyable to be around. He gets so excited about everything. Averi is so cute with her little prissy walk. She is becoming Little Miss Personality too. At the park they played, climbed, laughed. It was fun! I love watching them interact with each other.
May God bless you this week! And may you enjoy some of the simple things!

Fun Pics

 

 

 

 

Carter wore his tie to Red Lobster! He got so many compliments on it!

Household Debate

Adam and I have been having a little discussion and we are trying to settle it. We are BIG Red Raider fans...go to all the home games, etc. Anyway, Texas Tech is playing UT in a few weeks and the tickets are going for $300-$400. I told Adam that I am going to sell my ticket and watch the game on TV then go eat a steak and shop with my $$$. He thinks I am insane and can't imagine selling that ticket. He even told me that he wouldn't let me sit by him the rest of the season if I sold my ticket. So I told him I was going to take a poll to see what the rest of you think. SO...VOTE!!!

3 year-old

We have had SOME week! We have had round 2 of the stomach bug. Carter started it out on Sunday at my brothers house, Adam had the middle of the week, and I (hopefully) ended it yesterday. Pray for us!!!
So we all have cabin fever! Carter definitely does! Today we have been going round and round. I think we need a break from each other! He's gotten lots of spankings and spent a big portion of the morning in his room after pouring shampoo on the rug and waking Averi up. I wanted to share a few things he has said this morning just because they were hilarious. First I heard him singing this over and over in his room...
"God is so good. God is so good. We're going to put mommy in the trashcan"

Then he told me this a little while ago...
"I'm going to call Christmas (aka Santa) and tell him to put you in the chimney."
It is so hard not to crack up when they say these things!

Wrestlin'

 

 

Carter loves to wrestle and Averi has become very fond of it too! He can do just about anything to her and she just laughs. She will fall down, get rolled over, and be right back ready to wrestle some more! It is very entertaining to watch. Look at Carter's undies (inside-out)...he likes to do everything himself.

 

 

Averi in my favorite dress. We just got home after getting pics taken and I had to take some more. You can never have too many pictures?! Right?!

Concert

 

Adam & I met Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the Children's Miracle Network Concert. They put on a great concert! We had a blast! Adam said I was standing a little too close to Blake!

2007 Halloween

 

 

 

I can't believe this was a whole year ago! Peter Pan and Tinkerbell! Averi was 1 month old...she slept through the whole Fall Festival. Carter still thinks that Halloween is all about Peter Pan. When we go in a store that has Halloween decorations he says, "Look, Peter Pan stuff!" You just never know what they are thinking! He calls Santa, Christmas...He says, "Does Christmas have a car?" I think it's so cute. One more...he calls McDonalds, Old McDonalds. And instead of "on his farm" it's "Elmo's farm". He keeps us laughing!

2006 Halloween

 

 

 

Bam Bam!! Isn't he adorable!

2005 Halloween

 

 

 

 

Looking back...isn't it fun! I made this costume and I can't believe I made my 3 month old wear it! It's suppose to be a turtle...if you can't tell! He actually only wore it for some pictures and then we put his Halloween pjs on to go to the Fall Festival. It makes me crack up looking at it now!

New FAV easy DESSERT!

If you like pears even just a little...you will LOVE this! I make it then Carter, Adam, and I sit down with a spoon and eat the whole thing!

1 pie crust (refridgerated, already made kind)
4 pears (peeled & sliced thick)
cinnamon
sugar
lemon juice
butter

Spread the pie crust to cover the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Put the pears on top. Sprinkle cinnamon, sugar, & lemon juice. Dot with butter. Bake at 350 for 40 min. Cover w/ foil for part of the time.