Clint Small Middle School Homecoming!!

Cougars Homecoming Pep Rally!

2!-4!-6!-8!
Watching Madi's really GREAT!!!

As I have mentioned maybe just a few times before :) .... Madi is Lt. Captain of the dance team at Clint Small Middle School!
They helped put on the pep rally for the Homecoming game!

Ready?
OK!!!!

Give me an "L"!!!
..not really...it just looks like an "L" to me....
They were cheering on the Football team as they came running into the gym....but I didn't get any pictures of the football team....why? Cuz I don't care about them...

I just LOVE to watch Madi do her thing!

She has so much spunk and emotion when she dances...she does when she's NOT dancing.... but it really shines through when she's doing the thing she loves the most!

She's always front and center when they perform, which I LOVE cuz I can see her!!! :)

I am not a proud mom AT ALL!

They performed two Hip Hop dances
VERY fun!!

I don't think there is anything more rewarding for a mom, than to see her kids doing what they love!

...and having the time of their life!!!
Living life to the fullest!

LOVE. THIS. GIRL.

Way to go Madi!!!

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!