Wyatt's 6th Birthday!!

On Oct. 20th Wyatt turned 6!!!

It's hard for me to believe that my baby is 6 and in kindergarten :(
As much as I try to baby him--he won't have it...he is very independent! He loves to try everything, and has the greatest attitude. He is always happy and smiling and has a fun sense of humor!! We are so blessed to have our little Wyatt!!--Our true Texan! :)

He was very excited to have a "Halloween Birthday" and asked that I make him a "skull cake"


Blowing out his candles!

He wanted to have a "Halloween Costume Birthday Party"
So all of his friends came all dressed up!



We started out with a creepy lunch of:

Mummy fingers

Monster Mouths

and creepy crawly cheese shapes


Then they played Ghost, Ghost, Bat!!


Made candy bracelets
(which Wyatt and Chloe are modeling...but you can't see them...)

Then they played a gripping game of "Pass the Pumpkin",

where you pass the pumpkin around the circle until the music stops, and if you're holding it when it stops, you get to pick a prize out of it!

The vampire teeth were a favorite


We ended it all with "Decorate your own Haunted House"!

I know you are thinking that I'm crazy for making that many houses out of graham crackers...but I've got two words for you....HOT GLUE!! :)
don't eat it though :)

Ta da!!
I think it's safe to say they got PLENTY of sugar!...Just in time for Halloween!!!

Hans and Erika's Wedding

My cousin Erika got married to her honey Hans!

I got to do the flowers for them!
Erika picked Calla Lillys--"Black" and White, which turned out beautiful!

Groom's Boutonniere

Groomsmen's Boutonniere
...I forgot to take pictures of the corsages...


Bridesmaid's Bouquet


Bride's Bouquet



They got Sealed in the San Antonio Temple, then had a ring ceremony and reception at
Star Hill Ranch
which is the coolest place EVER!
Main street -Star Hill Ranch

It even has it's own little white chapel


Hans, the best men, bridesmaid, flower girl...waiting for the ring ceremony to begin


Here comes the Bride!
Beautiful!

Erika's Dad and Grandparents
( my cousin and Aunt and Uncle)

The Toast

The First Dance

cutting the cake
It was a beautiful wedding!

Congrats to you guys!!!!

Pumpkin Patch

On our way home from Houston, we stopped at the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm.

????? you say?

They also have a fun Pumpkin Patch this time of year
complete with...

Hay rides...for riding...

..and hay stacks for jumping...


Cool old tractors...

and a maze...where CLEARLY lance is lost....and apparently blind since he's got his hands out feeling his way around....

And of course lots of pumpkins!!!

Chase and Conor find their perfect pumpkins right away....Conor likes to imitate his...

Madi finds hers...

Lauren finds hers....

Then they compare... mine's bigger than yours!

Wyatt was by FAR the pickiest pumpkin picker.
He dragged Lance all over the pumpkin Patch...

He had to check every square inch of each one...

Success!!
Everyone has one!

Day 2 :Terra Cotta Warriors

Day 2: Terra Cotta Soldier Exhibit at the Houston Museum of Science
Here we are striking our archer poses like the dude on the poster....except we're not made of Terra Cotta....

We were really excited to be able to go see these dudes. This is the first and last time they will ever leave China. They are only going to 4 cities in the U.S. ...and Houston was one of them!! They are now in their final city before they head back on a slow boat to China--Washington,D.C., so any of you folks live out there, you HAVE to go check these guys out!
They are cool.


Here we are by one of the warriors...right before my kids knocked it over and shattered it to pieces.... Just kidding...it's a replica....and they really didn't break it....at least I don't THINK it was my kids that did that...
This is "the General"
I'm not quite sure what Conor was planning to do to him....
Right before we entered the exhibit, a lady who apparently works at the museum asked if we came to see "The Boys"-- as she informed us that she likes to call them--when we said yes, she showed us a picture on her iphone of a full scale replica of one of "the boys" that she has sitting on her front porch guarding her front door.

????

That lady needs to get out more.....I think she's watched night at the museum too many times...I think she thinks they all come to life at night....

Apparently I've seen too many Indiana Jones movies though...because I always pictured this little Chinaman out digging in his field and voila! Would you lookey here! It is an army of Terra Cotta soldiers!!

Like this.


I should call Dr. Jones and tell him of my marvelous find!!

nope.

they looked like this when that little Chinaman farmer found them

and this...
Dang.
It's going to take all the kings horses and all the kings men for this one...


...but I don't think they'll be much help...

The detail on these guys is amazing!
Their heads were put on the bodies very last, then they individualized every one of them---and they figure there are about 6,000 of these dudes-- with different noses, facial features, hair, etc....wow!!!!

They have already put 1,000 of them back together.
This must have been one of their first ones...ya know, before they really got the hang of it...

Simon says, face front!!!
OK, Joe...yeah you---third one back....you're out buddy..

The famous kneeling archer, although, without his bow, he just looks like he's getting ready to karate chop someone to me...probably a short person since he's kneeling...probably the naughty kid who broke all of the statues.
Hi-Yaaaah!

Apparently they were all painted at one time and holding actual weapons too! The Emperor must have thought all of those guys come to life at night too, cuz, dang! Or he's just really vain and superstitious...
It was a really cool exhibit-one my kids are still talking about. I'm glad we got to see them while they were so close by!