Playing Catch-Up

I'm going to try and play catch-up, which seems to be what my blogging experience is lately. These pictures are going to work backwards, so get in rewind mode!

Do you really need to see any other pictures??!!!....... This picture was taken at the Ft. Worth Zoo this past weekend while we were riding the train. You can see the admiration in Hannah's face. I think I'm going to keep this picture and pull it out when they are 17 and 13 and they are arguing about something!


Here we are standing by the eagle at the zoo. We had a much-needed getaway this past weekend.

At the zoo they have parakeets that you can feed and even let perch on your finger. The boys loved this exhibit. Hannah just kept crinkling her little nose out of excitement every time a bird would fly by.

Enjoying all the animals. We had perfect weather - about 75 degrees and the zoo was not crowded at all.

We stopped by to see my sister in Ft. Worth and had fun playing with the cousins. Adam and I even went out on a little date - another much-needed excursion!

Hannah enjoying the slide! She has NO FEAR! This is not a good combination for a baby that follows her climbing, energetic brothers everywhere. She is going to be a tough one - which I love about her!

Jonah had to dress up like a Nursery Rhyme Character at school. He chose Humpty Dumpty. Here he is wearing his character well. I actually got to see him ham it up and perform his Nursery Rhyme in his class - he is SO much like his daddy in that way. He just lit up when the class laughed at his dramatic interpretation.

This is "crazy face"! Hannah began making this crazy stressed out looking face a couple of weeks ago and now she'll do it on cue when you say "do crazy face".

I threw this picture in just for my Dad! He picked this dress out and bought it for Hannah, so I wanted to show him how precious she looked for church wearing it!

Caleb dressed as Woody from Toy Story at the petting Zoo at our annual Lightfest. We had an awesome year - we had about 1200 people, awesome drama, and a man got saved! You could totally sense the Lord's presence there the whole night, which is so awesome for Halloween night.

Jonah dressed as a Karate kid and climbing the blow-up Rock wall. Jonah has just shot-up taller these past few months. The other day he ran out of the bathroom from taking his bath and excitedly informed me , "Mom did you know I'm a lot taller when I'm naked!"...you learn something new at our house every day.

My mom and dad came up to see LightFest - It was nice to have the help, because it's a little hard to keep up with 3 mobile kids with 1200 people around and Adam is always busy keeping everything going smoothly at LightFest.

The cutest little bumble bee!

Dad and the boys went up to Halloween on the Square to pass out Lightfest tickets. Of course the boys had to dress up, along with Adam dressed up as Captain Lightfest! I don't think my husband will ever grow up...which I love about him!

This Gus and Max our friends. We went to their house and played some games and had a little Fall Party. Here they are decorating cookies, which actually entailed Caleb dumping as many sprinkles as possible on the cookies!

This is a picture of a puppet show that my third grade class did about a month ago. They each made their own unique puppet and we turned a story into a play, decorated the scenery, made invitations and performed the play for parents and other classes. I have such an amazing class, they make it so fun and rewarding to teach!(you don't hear that much?) It's such an awesome feeling to be so exhausted, and have crazy schedules, and not get enough sleep most of the time...but still know your are right where the Lord wants you. I feel so blessed to do something that I absolutely love and contribute to other children, and still get to be a major part of my own children's education and upbringing...so blessed.

Jonah and Caleb dressed in their Tae Kwon Do uniforms.

Jonah belt tested and received this new belt. This is his Tae Kwon Do instructor, Andrea Williams. She is also our principal at our school...don't mess with this principal!

This is a picture of my thirtieth birthday scavenger hunt. And yes, I'm wearng a diaper! My husband organized a scavenger hunt with some of my wonderful friends - who took me around and tortured me! It was all out of love...and to get to laught at me!

This was one of the stops - Chik-Fil-A french fry eating contest. The worst part was that I'd just finished a big mexican meal, so eating french fries was not that enjoyable. This is my friend Andi who came up for the party. I'm dressed like an old lady (since I did turn 30)! Andi "won" the contest, but I'm actually contesting the results because I was looking at the video and I ate about twice as many fries as she did! Andi - I want a rematch!

This was another stop...the Halloween costume shop. My husband specifically asked that they make me try on this costume. I think it was called Funky, Groovy something. I had to put it on and do a dance in front of everyone.

I also had to pick out a cake at Sam's and read the ingredients in a loud, annoying voice. I had a crowd gathered around watching me...now don't you feel bad for me?

Here is the actual surprise party at a a restaurant. I thought we were just going out to eat with a couple friend, but we ended up at the restaurant with 45 people! I was so taken aback by all the people who came to wish me a happy birthday. What a fun time!

Some more of the friends....

And more... After the party and the scavenger hunt we ended up at a Tanglewood Resort where my friend Tammy did manicures and pedicures and we watched movies and stayed up way too late! I felt like I was in college again. Then the next day, I remembered why I don't stay up until 3:00 a.m....and I felt 30 again! The next day we went shopping and ate at Olive Garden. It was just an awesome weekend. When I got home, my husband had even painted our bedroom and gotten a new bedspread for our bed. He went way overboard this year...but I don't mind! You only turn 30 once right?

Field trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Picking out our pumpkins!