Halloween Fun!

Our pumpkin carvings this year!

Kaden decorating his halloween cookies.

Keaton has his all finished and is ready to watch Charlie Brown's The Great Pumpkin. Keaton just giggles when he is watching it and loves snoopy. He has his dad's humor!

Bumblebee!

Who are you? I'm batman!

All the cousins are going trick or treating. Now you may be wondering why I don't have any picture of Kayla dressed up. She wanted to get ready with a friend of hers at her house. I agreed but I told her to come by and let me get some pictures. Well, she came by but after she was done trick or treating and she was soaked because it was raining that night. So I have not one picture of her on Halloween this year :(

Keaton showing off his loot. He did not eat one single piece of his candy for weeks. He would eat out of our leftover candy but wouldn't touch the stuff in his bucket. He was saving it and then I finally convinced him it was okay to eat it.

Kaden had no problem eating his candy!!

Hives, Hives, Hives

Poor Kaden broken out in hives. Another first for me as a mom. The kids all had a day off of school about a month ago. We were headed to my mom's house to ride the golfcart. When I went to get Kaden out of his carseat I noticed he had 3 bumps on his face that looked like somehting had bitten him. A little weird because by this time mosquito season was pretty much over. By the time I got him inside and was showing my mom he was getting several more and the ones he had were getting bigger. I decided we better go to the doctor. I loaded the kids back in the car and we headed for th doctor's office.

On the way there it became apparent that he was having an allergic reaction to something. His whole face was covered now and the welts were huge. It was very scary because it was just me and the kids and I was obviously driving. I was alarmed at the rate he was getting these things and was scared he may start to have trouble breathing. I was having Kayla make sure and talk to him and see that he was okay while I flew down the road.

We still aren't sure what caused it. The doctor said it could be something viral that kids get that causes hives for about a week or it could have been a reaction to something. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks later he did it again after getting the flu vaccine. Within minutes he got all red and was breaking out in hives again. This time the doctor said that was definitely not a viral thing and that he should not ever have any more flu vaccines. Poor Kaden will just have to take his chances on not getting the flu. Apparently allergic reactions can get more severe everytime they come in contact with the thing they are allergic to. If he keeps breaking out then he will have to see an allergist to try to figure out what it is. So far he has been great and no more breakouts.

Boys Day Out!

Jason took the boys to the airshow in Peachtree City. They are now really into jets and airplanes of all kinds.

They were having a great time exploring the jets and airplanes and watching the show.

That is until the F-18s flew over and then they were both ready to go. They were so loud and Jason said it even hurt his ears. They had a great day spending time with their daddy!

11 Years Together!

Today is our 11th anniversary! I can't believe it has really been that long for us! I don't know where the time has gone. I look forward to many more years together and watching our kids grow. We have to put off celebrating till next weekend though. Jason is on call this weekend and we have some friends coming in to visit. This is how it works sometimes. We would like to go to a nice place to eat down town to celebrate!

Back to School!!

The new middle schooler!! We had to beg her to let us take a picture on the first day! Look converse are back!!

So Jason has promised Kayla that he will get her a cell phone if she makes A's all year long. It will be tough for her, she has a pretty hard schedule and some demanding teachers but we know she can do it. Then she will make her dad eat his words. It is kind of hard to believe but she is in the small minority of kids in her grade that do not have a cell phone already.

Kindergarten Rocks!!

Keaton is showing off his new what else Transformer bookbag! He was actually very excited to start and he has really enjoyed it! He loves P.E. and going to computer lab.

Kayla studying to make those A's

I had to throw in this sweet picture of Kaden blowing a kiss. He will be going to school two days a week for a couple hours but he doesn't start for a little while longer.

Keaton's 6!

We celebrated Keaton's Birthday with just family this year. It is kind of unfortunate that he has a summer birthday because at this age the friends at school don't keep in touch over the summer usually. So we had a family party and took him bowling with his cousins!

He really wanted a transformer cake! Luckily I was able to find a pan in the shape of Optimus Prime!

Kaden loves birthday parties and he is always excited to celebrate.

This was Keaton's big present for his birthday. He picked this bike out himself! Now we have to convince him to try to ride without the training wheels!

Joey is two!!

This is my nephew Joey! He is Patrick and Karen's middle son. We were out of town for his real birthday party so we threw him another one so we wouldn't miss it!

The kids had fun playing on the slip in slide at my parent's house. Kaden is 6 months older than Joey so they will be having lots of fun together being cousins!

I made these cupcakes for him and they turned out really cute! I mostly put this picture on for my sister in law that I think is having an elmo party for her son!!

I think Joey really enjoyed them!!

Cloudland Canyon

Over the summer we went to Cloudland Canyon for a picnic and some hiking. It is goregous and we would really like to do some camping there this fall.

Taking a little break on our way down to the waterfalls! All the kids did really well on the hike but we were amazed by Kaden. He kept up with us and did most of the walk himself. There were a ton of stairs down!! Some of you may recognize this because we did a family trip with Jason's side a while back.

Jason throwing rocks with the kids. Any boys favorite past time!! He was teaching Kayla how to skip the rocks across the top of the water!! We had a great family day!

California Dreamin

Overlooking San Diego!

Kayla is excited to be here.

This is from inside the light house we toured.

This light house is so small. I am use to seeing the really tall ones.

Jason wanted to show the boys the aircraft carrier in San Diego. This is the USS Midway.

Beach Time!!

Someone had dug a huge hole on the beach and Keaton and Kaden loved jumping in it. Kept them entertained for a while.

Kayla loved the pacific ocean. The waves were a lot of fun.

Kaden chasing the pigeons. I think every child has to give this a try.

Kaden didn't love the water too much but he loved playing in the sand!

Building a sand castle

This pier was right across the street from our condo. It was a fun place to stay. There was also an outdoor ampitheater that always had something going on on the weekends.

Kayla relaxing in the sand!!

Disneyland

Daddy and Kaden enjoying It's A Small World.

The kids and I on Alice In Wonderland. I don't think they have this one at Disney World.

Grandma and Kaden taking a break in the tea cup. Notice Grandma wearing her jacket in June. Bet you wouldn't see that at Disney World!! The weather was gorgeous and so comfortable for being in an amusement park.

Keaton on the merry-go-round!

We had to wait a while to see Mickey and have our picture taken but we stuck it out. There weren't too many characters out in the park. That seems to be a bigger thing in Florida.

On It's a Small World again. Can't get too much of that can you? Actually I think you can but the boys seemed to like this ride the best.

Kaden looking so enthralled by the music and everything going on.