Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with lots of food, family, and friends.  We were fortunate enough this year to be able to travel to Mississippi for the holiday and visit with our families.  The boys loved playing with all of their cousins while the adults enjoyed good food, conversation, and shopping.  The boys loved making pilgrim hats at Aunt Tracie's house, but enjoyed eating them even more.

Fall Football

Our fall has been incredible busy with football practice and games. Both boys played football this fall and had so much fun.

This was Daniel's first year of football, but he learned very quickly. In his words, he was the "hiker" for the team and he was also a great "flag puller". Daniel's team had lots of fun playing together and they really became great friends. Daniel's coach was so patient and did a great job teaching the boys and working with a group of 4-6 year olds. They had a really good season, and even though no one "keeps score" we finished the season with more wins than loses. Daniel managed to score a couple of touch-downs for his team and stopped the other teams from scoring several times. What a fun fall he had.

 This fall was Isaac's first year for tackle football. He has been looking forward to putting on pads for years. I could hardly believe how big he looked when he put the pads on. My baby has grown up so much in the last few years. Isaac learned a lot of football rules and plays this year. It was so much fun to watch his team work play together and improve over the season. They managed to win all of their games. It was a really fun season.

Cake Pops

Just wanted to share a few of my latest cake pop creations.  Thanks again to my friend Kim for introducing me to cake balls and bakerella's website.

A Jedi and A Pirate Oh My

This year Halloween found our home invaded by Jack Sparrow and Obi Won Knobi. I know the years of Halloween costumes and trick or treating will soon come to an end at our house, so I try to appreciate the moments as they come. This year the boys chose Jack Sparrow and Obi Won for their costumes. They looked really great. Isaac let me fix his face with make-up to look like a beard and we found an eye patch. He could easily run away and become a pirate if he wanted to. Daniel still loves Star Wars and chose Obi Won (last year he was Anakin). I think we now have all the light sabers that a family could use. They had so much fun "trunk or treating" at the local churches and came home with quite a stash of candy. It was even more special this year because Mam-maw and Pap-paw were here to trick-or-treat with us.Another year of great memories and fun.