Happy Halloween!

We've had a blast this weekend celebrating Halloween.  I kicked off Saturday with the Monster Mash 15K.  It was a beautiful morning and a great run. There were lots of runners in costume. I could have really done without seeing the man running in only a bib and a diaper.

Yesterday afternoon me and my little Kitty Cat went to church for our fall festival. Mallory had a blast. She loved the bounce houses, getting candy at the trunk or treat, digging for treasure and even petted a snake!

Where's the cat?

Here she is!

Digging for treasure

Tonight we went over to our friends house for some Halloween fun.  The kids had a blast playing and Trick or Treating together!

Cheyenne, Mallory, Brandon, Blake, Corbin, Bryant

Which way to the next house?

Trick or treating is hard work, good thing Daddy was there for a ride home!

Cousins and Pumpkins

Anita, Abby, and Nathan came to see us over their long weekend. It was pretty much non stop fun! Even when we weren't really doing anything, Mallory, Abby, and Nathan managed to find some fun.

When the mommies go running, you never know what will happen. This used to be a ball. Clearly, its MUCH better as a hat!

Yeah, Abby's a tad bit entertaining!

We went to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday. It was a bit hot, but what kid doesn't love climbing on a big ol' mound of pumpkins?

Even Matthew got in on the fun!

Mallory LOVED the big slide and obstacle course.

So did Abby and Nathan!

When I saw the slide ladder I wondered it Mallory could make it up by herself.  Obviously, it was not a problem.

Yep, she pretty much has her daddy right where she wants him!

Yep, We're Still Alive

I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that its been 2 months since my last post.  We've been busy with getting settled in the new house, 2 trips to Ft. Worth, birthdays, visitors from Ft. Worth, a half marathon, marathon training, and the every day world of working and the craziness of Mallory Joy Joy!  Here are a few pictures documenting the Mallory craziness part, for everything else you'll just have to use your imagination.

Tiff, you can tell your mom that Mallory is getting lots of use out of the bag she made.

This picture is why I check on Mallory before I go to bed. Her head was just barely hanging on the bed, so I carefully turned her around and tucked her in. When I gave her a little kiss, she mumbled in her sleep "need hug too!"  How sweet is she?!?

I promise, this is not how Mallory moved to the new house.

Making PaPaw proud!

I guess she spent a lot of time in boxes?

Mallory was a BIG fan of the coffee table jungle gym before we found the glass top pieces for it.

These two kind of like each other!

Mal has been perfecting her "silly face".

Sara taught her how to get her guns up this summer. Too bad there hasn't been a whole lot for us Red Raiders to cheer about this season.

When you're this cute, someone's got to take your picture!

Mallory is VERY into her 'noculars these days. I think this time she pulled them out and told me she was looking for Chick-Fil-A.

Moving, isn't it fun?

In the middle of packing and getting everything else taken care of for moving our washing machine broke. Great timing, right? On our way home from buying a new one yesterday morning, we started talking about how many times that washer had moved and Matthew decided I needed to blog about all of the places we've lived in the 8 years we've been married.  So, here goes:

• Apartment 1 - little 2 bedroom apartment near the Heights.  Only 2 things make me miss that place. Close to Memorial Park and across the street from Star Pizza
• Apartment 2 - much bigger 2 bedroom apartment in the suburbs.  As apartments go, it was great except for being on the 3rd floor.  Our neighbor across the hall also committed suicide while we were there, but I don't think we had ever met him.
• House 1 - we loved our first house. We especially LOVED Mallory's nursery.  It was alot of work, but it was perfect.
• Apartment 3 - tiny tiny tiny little 2 bedroom apartment. We had sheets on the bedroom windows the entire time we lived there to block out the lights and noise from the beltway right out side our building, but it was home.
• House 2 - our 50 year old house.  Its been a good house, but we've just never really loved it. We will have great memories of living here and all the things Mallory has done in this house, but we are soooo ready to have more room.  Plus, I saw a sign nearby yesterday for a lost parrot.  It said he "screams alot" and is "semi-tame"!  If that's not reason to move, I don't know what is.
• House 3 - You saw all the pictures in the last post, so how couldn't we not be excited to move into this house? Its on a cul-de-sac and is less than 5 minutes away from church and Mallory's school.

So, I'm really tired of moving.  But we're blessed that while we may not have loved everywhere we lived, God has always provided us with everythign we needed and so much more!

And incase you're wondering...between leaving for college in '97 and getting married in '02 I lived in 4 dorm rooms, 5 apartments, 1 house (2 if you count all the time I stayed at Anita's during nursing school), and 2 states!

Here We Go Again

We closed on our new house this week.  Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!  We're a little excited about it if you can't tell.  The movers are coming Wednesday and I've got a lot of packing left to do, so here are some pictures of it before the previous owner moved out.

New kitchen is probably twice as big as my current one

Master bathroom at least three times as big as ours now.  I can't wait to have room for both of us to actually be in there at the same time.

Weird ledge over the front door. I would love any ideas of what to do with this.

Game room!  No, he didn't leave the pool table.

Guest room.  Who wants to be our first visitor?

Plenty of room for a slip 'n slide in the back yard!