Random Pictures

Crazy Kids!

Oh, he is definitely three!

Keaton got his face painted at the Thrasher's game! I think he breathed in a lot of paint fumes that night when the lady was doing it.

Kayla and her friend HAllie got into the festivities too!

Kayla modeling her ear muffs!

This is the dusting of snow that GA got. It was enough for a day off school!

The new tramp with snow!

Kaden wanted to taste. Hopefully there wasn't any yellow snow around.

Poor kids couldn't even make a snowball out of this stuff. It just fell apart immediately.

Kaden's Birthday!

The Birthday Boy!

Before his party we took our kids and Patrick's kids to the Christmas Parade in Atlanta.

It was freezing! We almost backed out of going because of how cold it was but we decided to be troopers.

Notice how bundled up Kaden is, he refused to move at all.

Kaden wanted a Mickey Mouse Cake so mommy had to deliver.

Happy Birthday Kaden!

Cook Out

This fire pit was my birthday present from Jason. We've had lots of fun roasting hotdogs and marshmallows.

The boys helping daddy get the fire started!

Kaden is waiting patiently!

Keaton is having a great time being a crazy man.

Mmm! Roasted marshmallows are my favorite! Roasted starbursts aren't too bad either Jo and Robert!!

Virginia / D.C. Trip

This is Kaden on his "pony" ride. When I scheduled I was told the boys would ride ponies. This is the biggest pony I've ever seen! It took a little convincing to get him on and daddy had to walk right beside him.

As cautious as Keaton has always been it amazes me that he is so willing to get on these huge horses. He loves them though! Jason, Kayla and I went on an hour long ride and we didn't get pics of that but poor Kayla had to ride behind Jason's horse that kept having to go to the bathroom and it smelled horrendous! Poor Kayla and how fitting that it was Jason's horse!!

These are the caverns that we toured

Aerospace Museum - we had to take the boys here while we were in D.C. They are in a big airplane / jet phase right now.

Cheese!!!

We hit D.C. at the perfect time. Not too crowded and the weather was perfect for sight seeing

Overlooking Arlington. We got to see the changing of the guards which was pretty cool.

Our hiking trip. There were lots of national parks near the condo where we stayed. Keaton wanted to keep going and going. He really enjoys hiking and takes after his daddy with that.

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!