A Little Bit of Everything

Here is what's been going on since the last time I posted. My sister had her little girl "Peyton" on October 13th. This is a picture of mom, Katie and me pre-Peyton.

Mom and Peyton doing well.

Me and little Peyton. So cute!!

I was afraid I wouldn't get to hold her much with all the grand parents there but I think I actually held her more than they did.

Jacob had crazy hair day at school. This is how he wanted to wear his hair.

Jacob playing soccer. I only brought my camera to one game.

Courtney playing during the game.

Courtney was playing outside one afternoon and was making Tex a very nice dinner.

Is she really going to make me eat this?

This is Miss Courtney pretty much all the time. She is ALWAYS dressing up. This picture actually reminds me of a picture of my sister when she was little dressed up with a hat like this, glasses and pushing a stroller. What do you think Katie?

Aaron and Jacob carving our pumpkin.

Courtney was a cheerleader for halloween.

Jacob was a ninja.

Courtney calling the Hogs!!!!!

Vacation

We took the kids to the beach at Perdido Key this year. It was actually the first trip we have taken with just the four of us. We drove half way and spent the night in Mississippi. The next day we got up and drove a few hours to Mobile and went through the battleship. Jacob really had a great time. He really enjoyed seeing the guns, planes and the submarine. Courtney, not so much. It was very hot and she had to be carried through the whole thing. Needless to say Courtney and mama were very tired by the end.

That was the wrong shirt for her that day. She was hot, tired and needed food. Thank goodness for our chill pills(smarties)!

We stayed at a place called Beach Colony. Very nice!!!!

Poor Jacob! His job was to go fill buckets for his little sister.

You can't get a good picture of this kid. She won't ever look at the camera.

Washing the sand off. What a good brother.

Just hanging out in the condo.

Jacob playing catch with a little boy. Doesn't he look like a little stud here? Look out ladies!

I had gone to fill a bucket up with water for her and came back and this is what I found in my chair.

We took Jacob to ride go carts one night.

On our last day we got the kids ice cream. There was actually an ice cream man that came around. I thought that was pretty neat.

Courtney turned 2!!!!!

Courtney's birthday was July 23rd. We were leaving for vacation the next day so I just had a small party for her. We had the grandparents over for dinner and cake. My thought was, "I'm not going to have a big party this year beacause she won't even remember it and we are leaving the next day and I'll go crazy trying to get everything done." So....everything turned out really cute and we had a great time.

She did really good blowing out her candles. I didn't really know how she would do.

The grandparents!

My mom and dad got her a backpack. She loves it!!!

Jacob got her a baby bag for her babies. What a good brother!

In one of her gifts I put some smarties. We call these are chill pills. They really come in handy when we are having a melt down.

Aaron's parents got her this. Needless to say it was the favorite.

The Old Man!!!!!

Well, I'm now married to a 30 year old!!! I know GROSS, right?(I'm just kidding) Aaron turned 30 on June 21st. We were on vacation at the beach with Jared and Angie. We got him a cookie cake with 30 on it and decorated the condo the best we could. We had to do something for him. You only turn 30 once (thank goodness). I have been giving him a hard time:) I have to because I only have about 6 more months until it's my turn. I hope he'll be nicer to me than I am to him.