Trick or Treat?

Tonight we went Trick or Treating with the kids. We first started at some of our neighbors houses. One was so startled by our arrival that the kids got Capri Suns from them. For some reason our neighborhood has very little houses with their lights on so we headed to Dean and Julie's house to visit their neighbors. It was actually pretty fun going house to house. The kids' bags were so full of candy that I don't know what we are going to do with all of it.

Here is how the kids looked as we were heading out.


Here they are in mid run.

What you don't see if me behind Jackson with the bag. He wanted his flashlight more than the bag. Half way through the neighborhood he lost his astronaut hat, then his air tubes and then he attempted to disrobe. I guess it is a boy thing.

We ended the day with 25 cent ice cream cones from Sonic and 99 cent Route 44's. What a fun Halloween!

The Rest of the Weekend

On Saturday Jason and our friend Brian went to the Texas - Oklahoma State game in Austin. It was a battle of the oranges. Brian went to Oklahoma State and I was afraid that after attending a game with Jason that they wouldn't be friends anymore. Here is a picture of Brian enjoying the game.



While Jason was at the game I spent the day doing things around the house. Later that afternoon Jason's parents came up to vote. They had registered in Houston but some clerical error happened so they took advantage of early voting.

On Sunday after church we went to the American Girl store with Grandma and PaPa. Jenna asked for Mia for Christmas but she wanted to spend her Disney World money to purchase a dress for her doll. She used her own money and then she mentioned she wanted her birthday party there. I know that it isn't cheap so we will have to see what the world holds for all of us in March.

Halloween a Week Early

Our church small group had our first annual Halloween Costume party. It was an opportunity to wear that costume more than once. Even some of the adults dressed up. We painted pumpkins, played pin the nose on the Jack-O-Lantern, bobbed for apples and balloon animals. Here are some pictures of the evening. Jenna is Gabriella from High School Musical 2 and Jackson is an astronaut.





Here are group shots of the kids and the adults. At this point everyone asked how we take family pictures as my son is on the floor doing his own thing.




Some of the moms of older boys promised it would get better at 4 years old.

Night Game

There's nothing like a night game in Austin. Yes, we were there and it was a great game. Jason smoozed with the Orange Bowl representatives, we watch the sidelines flock to Derek Jeter and completely pass over Roger Clemens. There were several other celebrities there as there is for a big game. It was fun and really captured the excitement of being #1. At least for another week!

College Game Day

Saturday morning ESPN College Game Day was in Austin before the Texas - Missouri game. All four of us trekked out to the South Mall to participate. We picked up some Chick-fil-A goodies and Jenna even got to paint a sign. All in all we had a good time.





This is one of my favorite signs at GameDay - although the one next one to it says "We're here cuz GameDay couldn't find Waco." Just a shout out to all my Baylor friends.

Field Day

Friday was Field Day at Jenna's school. Her team was the Jamaica team. They only won the Tug of War but she had a great time!

Photo Tag

I didn't officially get tagged for this photo tag but thought it would be interesting to see what pops up. I went to the sixth folder in my picture folders, six folder (because I have everything organized) and the sixth photo. Here is a picture of Jason and Jackson right after Jackson's 2nd birthday party. It was a cowboy / cowgirl theme. This is familiar sight around our house - like Father, like Son.