Halloween

This year Paul was spiderman, Preston was a fireman, Peyton was pooh bear, and Toby was a fire dog! Paul said he couldn't breathe with his mask on, so Mommy painted his face for him and he was laughing so hard at himself in the mirror at first! He loved it! We went trick-or-treating in the neighborhood again, but this time Mommy dressed up with them, well, "dressed up" just a little by wearing pink hair and going for a "rocker" woman look! Paul said, "Mommy you look pretty with your pink hair. I like your pink hair." Preston said, "Mommy looks beautiful." How sweet is that!?! I love my boys! We had a great time and Paul was the one who was so shy to say anything, but Preston was so comfortable and so good this year about saying, "happy halloween," "thank you," and "trick-or-treat." It was cute! And, before we left to go trick-or-treat, Daddy carved a pumpkin with the boys and they LOVED it!

Paul and Preston's Halloween parties at school!

The boys had their halloween parties on Friday, October 30. It was different this year because their parties were at the same time in 2 different classrooms. I guess it will continue to be like this since we now have 2 kids back to back at the same school! Mommy and Daddy kept switching rooms back and forth so we could both see both of the boys! Paul's class was singing, while Preston's class had their treats handed out to them, then they both were eating at the same time in the different rooms. Even Peyton had a great time playing with the toys in Preston's classroom! They came home with a lot of candy and treats and had a great time!

Landon Connor Wade has arrived!

My cousin Kristen and her husband Sean welcomed their first child, a boy, on Monday, October 26. Landon Wade was born at 8:30 pm and weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 3/4" long. Both Mommy and baby are doing great! We are all so excited to add another little handsome baby boy to our family. Grandma and Grandpa are now the proud great-grandparents of 5 great-grandsons and 1 great-granddaughter! I had watched Brooke the day her little cousin was born and she was so excited, but of course she didn't want to express that as much when I grabbed the camera! Here is a video I shot on Monday as we awaited the news of Landon's arrival! (Yes, apparently to my kids Aunt Kristen is "Aunt Christmas!" And, please excuse the shaky video, but Preston was all over me while I was filming!)

Landon Connor Wade

Landon and his daddy

Congratulations to Kristen and Sean on the arrival of your beautiful baby boy Landon Connor Wade!!! We can't wait to meet him!

Boo at the Zoo

Yesterday we went to "Boo at the Zoo" with Aunt Nikki, Brock, and Brooke! The kids got to wear their costumes and go through different areas to "trick-or-treat" and get candy as we walked through the zoo and saw all the animals. It was really fun for them and so cute to watch! This was our first year we were able to go and we are all so glad we did! Thank you for inviting us Aunt Nikki!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

This past Monday on October 19, Paul & Preston's school took a field trip to the pumpkin patch in Hammond. It was just like last year, but not as crowded this time, so they got to do a few more activities, like racing the ducks in the water, jumping on the big blow up jumper thing, and swinging on the swings! They still got to "milk" the cow, pick out their pumpkins, get their faces painted, pet the animals in the petting zoo, and basically run wild and let out some energy! And this year, Peyton was able to play in the pumpkin patch too, so that was so cute to see at his age! Keely and Kate joined us again which is always so nice for us. Thank you for coming and we hope you had a great time! Here are some pictures of our fun day with the pumpkins:

My Little Sister's 21st Birthday

Well, my "baby" sister turned 21 on Saturday, October 17! There is nothing like your younger, little, baby sister turning 21 to make you feel so old! I think I'm still in shock by it to be honest. I remember the day she was born, I mean the events even, of the day she was born! It seems so crazy! We celebrated it pretty big with the family. We went to Harrah's Casino, even grandma and grandpa joined us there, which was so incredibly awesome! It was my mom, Barry, Glenn, Racheal, Kyle, Me, Paul, Chris, Theresa, grandma, grandpa, and of course, the birthday girl Amy! Barry won about $100 on one of the slot machines and gave it to Amy for her birthday! So sweet! There he is on his "winning" slot machine!

After the casino, Grandma and grandpa, mom, Barry, and Kyle headed back to Slidell while Paul, Chris, and Glenn went out. Racheal, Theresa, Me, and Amy headed back to Racheal's apartment to celebrate with decorations and cupcakes! We played mad gab and had a wonderful time!

Then, it was time to head out! We started at Pat O's and got Amy her first hurricane and the guys showed up, so we all hung out together somewhere else I think.

Then, the guys were hungry and went to Racheal's apt and Chris and Theresa headed home, while Amy, Me, and Racheal went to the gold mine! I was really DONE, but since it was Amy's 21st birthday, I was instructed to go along. We really did end up having a great time, but it was rough getting home! All in all, I'm pretty sure we did a good job giving Amy a great 21st birthday and she did indeed, celebrate it in the best way possible!

10 Years Already...My Reunion!

I cannot believe that I just had my 10 year high school renunion! We had it on Saturday, October 3 at the Salmen- Fritchie House where Paul and I got married. It was our first time back since then! I went to Sadie's house to get ready, while Paul and her husband Justin went to Sadie's mom's house to watch the game. I had such a great time catching up with Sadie and gettting ready with her just like the good 'ole days! Paul and I rode with her and Justin to the reunion also, which was so much fun! It was absolutely awesome to see my classmates, many of them that I hadn't seen since we graduated! It was weird though....I could not believe that I could recognize so many faces and actually not know their names without looking at their name tags and it was only 10 years...and I usually have a great memory! Craziness that 10 years can make you forget some people when I went to a school where everyone knew each other...literallly.... I mean I only graduated with 99 people in my class! There was actually one girl who I not only didn't recognize, but even after reading her name tag, I still had no idea who she was....now, that is sad! But, I did what I thought was the decent thing, walked over, said hello asked how she was and told her it was great to see her! No idea who she was! That's horrible!

After the reunion, we all went to Old Town in Slidell to hang out some more and some people who weren't at the reunion were there, so it was awesome! My brother and sister came out there too, so that was great of course! Julie, I am soooooo glad that you made it out that night and tell Lindey I was absolutely thrilled to see her; it had been too long (though judging by the hug I gave her, I'm sure she knows...haha!) It was also awesome to hang out with Jennie and Sadie and a few more of my good friends that I don't get to see often enough! And, Jennie, you cracked me up! You are so freaking funny; loved it. Well, I must've had a lot of fun because apparently Paul had to practically carry me inside when we got home! I literally have not been like that in over 5 years, so I guess I was due! I would like to add that I did not throw up that night, nor the next morning, so Renee, be proud!!! Overall, I think we all enjoyed seeing each other again...I guess that is one of the positives of going to a small school!!!

Me and Sadie

Me and Paul Tim, Sadie, Jonathan, & Me Lindsey (Julie's sis), Julie, & Me Julie, Me, Lisa, & Jennie Julie, Me, & Paul Julie, Amy, Kyle, Me, & Paul Amy, Me, & Kyle Me & Julie Me, Jennie, Julie, & Sadie