Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Brody's side of the family this year. We traveled to Fredericksburg and spent time with Brody's parents, aunt & uncle, and his aunts brother and family. 

 They collected pine cones, or "cine cones" as Clark called them. :)

 Scarlett and Clark had a great time with Patience (aunt Susan's niece) playing in the creek!

It was a nice, relaxing day...and to top the whole day off: the Horns won!! HOOK 'EM! :)

Halloween

Do these kids look happy for the weekend festivities, or what?!

 Friday night, Scarlett's school had a carnival. It was lots of fun and the kids had a blast with all the moon bounces and games. Mom and Dad even got to enjoy the night with us.

 But the fun didn't stop there! The next day, we went to Trunk of Treats at church. The weather was beautiful this weekend. The kids got so much more candy than they could ever eat and it was fun walking around, seeing the creativity of everyone that decorated their cars.

 look at sweet Miss Jemma Jane!

 One of the kids favorite trunks was the "mad scientist" car. 

 Then Halloween night finally rolled around. We didn't actually NEED to do any trick or treating, but the tradition is fun. Brody's sweet grandma passed away and the funeral was this day, so he was in Dallas. So, the kids and I tagged along with the Bailey's.

 The whole gang. 

It was a great weekend and I love the memories we're making...these kids are growing up TOO fast!!!

Halloween decorations

This is a picture heavy post, but I don't think there's any other way to show decorations! :) It's our first year in this house, so I've had fun finding places for old decor along with making new things. I have found a TON of darling things on pinterest...my new addiction. 

new front door wreath

I've wanted a burlap banner forever. A few people have teased me that the "L's" look funny, but I really liked this font.

I made these containers a couple of years ago, and they've held up pretty well!

This little guy has been with me since my teaching days. He was a gift from one of my students.

I am loving my chalkboard!

These aren't my decorations, but I made them for the kids teachers. Again...pinterest! I also made the caramel apples and I can vouch for them...they were delish!

This is a new find from Junior League's Marketplace Ole. He has candy inside his head...but I think Brody would grab a hershey bar every night on his way to bed, so you can't actually tell there's anything in there.

And, my mom made the cute little pumpkin for me :)

Finally, my fun bats. They really didn't take long to make and add a lot to the entry.

Hope you're all having a fun and safe Halloween. More pictures to come soon of all the things we've been up to this weekend!!

Play date

Scarlett loves her brother. And, she adores her boy cousins. But sometimes a girl just wants to play with another GIRL! Jemma is a doll, but still a bit too young to play games the way Scarlett has in mind. 

One of Scarlett's best friends is Bella. We met Bella at Mother's Day Out when Scarlett was barely 3 and Bella was still 2. They were the only girls in a class full of boys! I don't have any pictures from that first year, but here they are the next year at their Christmas program. Bella is the cutie on the right.

They've taken dance together

(Scarlett has the headband on and Bella is all the way on the left with the bun)

They've enjoyed parties together

They graduated from Parkhills together

 And they are still friends today! We don't see Bella as much as we'd like now that they're in school, but last week since there was no school she came to play. They were SO quiet, I didn't think to take any pictures until the end of her stay. She brought over necklaces to make and they wanted me to take pictures of them as "twins".

Cute twinkies...even wearing matching skirts!

being "pirates"

I am so thankful for friendships. I know how important it is to have great girls in your life and Bella is such a doll...I pray they are friends forever!!

Date night

Saturday night, Brody and I had a date night with friends from church. It's been a while since we've all been out together and I'm hoping it doesn't take us as long to do it again!! We ate at Rosario's (their white queso is to DIE.for!!), and then everyone came back to our house for dessert and the movie "The Burbs". It's a funny movie, but watching it with Brody makes it hilarious...he cracks UP!

the guys

 the gals

 the gang 

(minus Ben, our photographer)

Thanks to Jaime for the pictures! Let's do it again soon guys!!!

End of Summer Fun

The last week before school started, Jaime and I decided to take the kids to the children's museum in New Braunfels. It is a great museum, and the kids had a wonderful time!

building with Beck

she's happy to be in control of all that money!!

painting

these costumes cracked me up!

We had a great time. Unfortunately when we got home I realized Clark had fever...it was later discovered he had Hand, Foot and Mouth virus. Scarlett got it a week later but thankfully all of Jaime's kids stayed well. I'm just happy we got a chance to have one final summer outing!

Clark's day

Clark started back at his Mother's Day Out last week. He doesn't look super excited in this picture, but he was actually happy to go and see his friends and meet his new teachers. One of his teachers had Scarlett when she was at this school and she is the BEST. I'm so excited for Clark's year.

The good thing about this school is that the classes are by "old, middle, young". Clark is in the "old 3's" meaning that all of the kids in the class will be 4 by December. The only bad thing about doing things that way is that there about a million birthday parties before December...at least it feels that way! So...since Clark is already four, he got to bring cupcakes for snack on the first day of school. He's in the owl class and I saw these on pinterest and thought they'd be perfect!