Busy Busy Bee

Helping me with a million sugar cookies. He ate soooo much doe that he wouldn't eat lunch. I know I'm horrible, but when your trying to finish a quadruple batch, all rules go out the window. Not that this picture does it justice, but he was covered head to toe in flour. Fun times for mom.About to get our grub on Thanksgiving day.
We met Tasha and her son Giovanny at the Dallas Arboretum. We were college roommates, and it is so much fun to get together now with our boys. They played great together


Nana had a birthday and of course Gavin opened all the presents, and blew out the candles. I'm so very blessed to have such an amazing mom, and unbelievable Nana. Gavin adores her.
Shawn had a birthday too this month. He turned 33 and told me all he wanted were the petit fours from Linsey's wedding. He got his wish, They were heavenly!!!!


We have been very busy lately. Getting ready for the Holidays is so much fun. I love this time of year and all the activities there are for kids. Throw in a couple of birthdays and Thanksgiving and we have had a busy month.

Halloween and Fall Carnival

Whats not to love about a elementary school carnival for a two year old??? Train ride, bounce slide, pony ride, and park, all for a total of 5 dollars. Sign us up!!!! He loved every minute at the carnival. Not a happy camper when it came time to go home. That's what I should really get a picture of. (black mail for later in his life)


Pony ride.... I mean HUGE horse ride.

Seriously, this kid has no fear. He would jump 3 or 4 times at the top and then bounce down the slide. Everyone around us kept asking how old he was. "Oh you know... 2 1/2 !!!!!"

Look at the air he is getting.


After a good long nap we got ready for Trunk or Treat at the church. This basically was Gavin's Halloween. On Monday, we got all dressed up again, and went around the neighbor hood Trick or Treating. POINTLESS!!!!! All Gavin wanted to do was run around, and eat the candy that was all ready in his bucket. I mean really, who needs more candy when you have a huge sucker waiting to be opened. Anyways, back to Saturday night. I loved Gavin's costume this year. His father thought it was a little girly, but this is coming from a man that only wore blue, black, and white when I first met him. Shhhhh our little secret. I just wanted/needed one more year where I chose the costume. Gavin actually loved his costume this year. Why, you ask???? It's all about the wings. With those owl wings he could FLY!!!!! I can't even count how many times Shawn threw Gavin up in the air and let him "fly". Such a great dad. We had a fun night collecting candy and passing it out too.


The first time I asked Gavin if he wanted to be an owl for Halloween his response was, "what about.......a cicada?" (the insect that make all the noise on summer nights. A lot of people call them locust.) Silly boy. That costume was obviously out of the question, so an owl he became. A mighty cute one too.
Just hangin out in his tree where he belongs. I know he looks a little distressed, but he is in the middle of saying "cheese."

BYU Football

In between all of our Halloween fun, we went to the BYU vs. TCU football game. It was held at Texas Stadium in Arlington. It is such a nice stadium. Soooo impressive!!! Gavin has become quite the football fan and really does great at the games. Any time BYU plays close to us, we have to go support our team. The weather and our seats were perfect, just couldn't pull off a win. Maybe next year!?!?!?

Pumpkin Patch/Carving Pumpkins

This child is fearless
Love this face!!!!



We had our annual pumpkin patch visit. Gavin loves this place. This year he was old enough to play on all of the bouncy houses and slides. I am so glad we just went to play and not get family pictures. Made the day completely stress free. That night we ( Shawn) carved a pumpkin. Gavin blew the candle out 100 times. He is going to be a pro by his birthday.

Football and Fall

Football and Fall go hand and hand for us lately. We spent almost every weekend in Sept and October traveling to football games. Gavin has become a pro traveler. We have loved seeing Jordan and Linsey so often. One of the weekends Jordan was playing in New Orleans, so we jumped in the car with my parents and headed out.


Gavin's favorite part of the entire weekend.... riding the Ferry across the river


We ate lunch at the cutest cafe in the french quarters.


My favorite part... Eating at Cafe Du Monte.... We had these little babies 3 times while in New Orleans. Yummy!!!!!


Asleep with his new train whistle from Aunt Linsey.
New Orleans Saints stadium.


After the game, and while we were waiting for Jordan, Gavin rode on a Police motorcycle. The officer was so sweet to let Gavin on, wear his helmet, and turn on the lights and sirens. Gavin was in HEAVEN.
We had such a GREAT weekend. Thank you Nana and Papa!!!!

Hair

I love this kids hair right now. He has so much curl in the back. I have been debating for awhile if I should cut it and I'm so glad I did. Yes, it is still long, but we put more layers to bring out the curl. I'm not sure if I love the side part, but it's not in his eyes anymore. Thank goodness!!!! My heart melst for him. Ps. This is after story time at the library, and we are eating at McDonald's. It's our new Wednesday tradition. Good thing all Gavin likes at McDonald's is the yogurt parfait. That's right, my child doesn't like hamburgers, or fries. Weirdo!!!!

Grammamama's House

One of the first days they starting working on Grandmothers house. This soon will become a parking lot and playground





It's gone, it's really really gone.

Gavin playing on "Grammamama's park"



Back in December by Grandmother died. She was 98 years old. What a wonderful life she lived. Gavin loved going to see "Granmamama" as he called her. My dad was raised in that house, and I spent hours upon hours in that house too. My grandmother's house was right next to the elementary school we all attended, and only 3 blocks from our house.

I have so many fond memories of her. Everyday after school she would have a snack for us, and sometimes I would stay and play cards with her. Or we would go in her back yard and play for hours. We spent many Christmas Eve nights snuggled on her floor. She was at every Holiday, and ate at our house almost every Sunday. Yes, she was much older, and couldn't do some things, but she had story after story to tell. She lived through a lot. She loved Gavin. It made her extremely happy to see her great grandchildren.

Once she passed, the school district wanted to buy her property. It's so weird to see a parking lot and playground where I use to help weed my grandmothers rock garden. She was a wonderful woman, and raised an amazing son (my dad.) I am so grateful to her. My life has been eternally blessed being apart of his family.

Gavin loved going to "Grammamama's park." I so glad that my family can still enjoy this property. I have some many great memories and now Gavin can have them too.