Sister Weekend

My sister Laura and I have the same birthday 6 years apart. As a kid, it really bothered me...but as we've gotten older the more and more I love it! I can't think of anyone better to share my special day with! This year for our birthday we got to "get away" for a weekend. We got a hotel stay from our brother Stephen, we got $$$ from our parents for pedicures & shopping, and a certificate for dinner from my wonderful hubby Dave. It was great! We went to Austin and had a great time! We went down town and explored- we saw the Capitol building, the bridge with the bats (when they weren't there cause the idea of that many bats kinda freaked us out), and even ventured down 6th street. I got a really fun shirt in a souvenir shop that says Austin where the weird things are, it has the creature from the where the wild things are, only he has bat wings, longhorns, and a guitar. Leaving down town we got a bit lost getting back to our hotel, so that was an adventure...but in the end we made it. Oh and since Laura is in massage school she needed to get in a practice massage...I LOVED it! Between the time with her, the sleeping through the night, the massage, the pedicure, the shopping, and the great food I felt thoroughly spoiled and relaxed! Our Toes, mine are the green ones...A super YUMMY chocolaty dessert.One of the many cool guitars in down town Austin.

The Capitol Building.

Addy's Birthday

Addy turned 6 on November 8th. I can't believe it, she is growing up so fast!

I made a slide show with her new 6 year pictures, but slide.com and/or blogger is being LAME and I keep getting a message saying tag is broken in the code... so if you want to see it click here: http://www.slide.com/r/CoZNG2Jt3T-G0Dc5eJPtuQ7dUH4RUDNn?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

This year we had her party at a great little place called Wee World. We figured it would be best to have the party somewhere other than home just in case the house had a showing. It was our first time to do a party at a location, and I must say it was quite nice! I didn't have to clean and decorate, I didn't have to plan party games, and there wasn't much "clean up" at the end. The best part was the lovely ladies at Wee World that agreed to a barter. I made them an awesome baby gift basket for a promotional give away, and they gave me 2 hours use of the party room. Gotta love the barter system!!!

Addy LOVED having her party there! She played and played and played! She loved having her friends there! She had a princess crown cake, and all the girls got sparkly pink cr0wns. Thanks to everyone who helped make her day so special!

Katelyn in the castle. Addy & Marianne doing presents.

Charlotte in the log cabin.

November...

WOW! I got through a whole month, now I'm only 3 months behind! HAHA! First big happening in November was my birthday. I turned 29 this year, the funny thing is all week I thought I was turning 30... yep I forgot my age! HAHA! I'm very scattered brain these days. But it made it that more exciting when it was pointed out to me that I was only 29! Dave got me an external hard drive, which I REALLY wanted! I am a picture person, and well I had locked up the memory on our family computer with all my pictures. Of course I didn't want to delete them, and so I needed somewhere to move them to, so our computer could function once again. He also got me Letters to Juliet- which I love! Thanks honey! A very good friend (Jenae) offered to watch the kids so we could go on a birthday date. It was the best date we had in a LONG time! I wanted to do something out of the norm for us... so we headed down town! We went on the river boat tour, browsed a few shops, got some silly souvenirs (think pink cowboy hat with tiara, and coon skin cap), then walked a few blocks to a nice place for dinner. We had never been to the place but had found it on restaurant.com you know me, I had to have a coupon :o). The place was deserted... they told us to pick our seats anywhere in the 2 rooms, or on the patio. We chose the patio, but the patio light was out, and it was dark... just when we thought we'd have to move in the waiter came with a candle! So we had a private candle lit dinner on the patio! It was awesome! The food was yummy, and I really LOVED the one-on-one time with my hubby! After dinner we set out to find our car...HAHA we were so turned around, and walked the wrong way many times and finally an hour and a half later found it. Getting lost/turned around just added to the night! More time to walk holding hands, and to talk! It really was the best birthday present of all!!! Thanks for taking me out Dave!!!

Halloween

Halloween was pretty simple this year. We attended the church trunk or treat party the night before. Then on Halloween I took the big kids trick or treating on our street. Dave & Elly stayed home to pass out candy. We had Addy as Princess Belle (Goodwill find! Actual Disney store costume in perfect condition!!!) Jimmy as Spider Man (one of the many costumes from his dress up bag) and Timmy as a Dinosaur, although if you asked him he'd say he was a dragon (also a Goodwill find! Also a Disney store costume in perfect condition!). The kids of course got TONS of candy, and LOVED it!