Happy Halloween!

Dalton and Olivia had a blast this Halloween.  I took off Friday and got a few pics of their school parties.  The kids got lots of treats!!  We had a great time Trick-or-Treating on Saturday night.  I think it's my favorite thing all year long.  I love all the people that said "ya'll come on in" and they would bring in some special bag they made for the kids, take their picture and just gush about their costumes.  I look forward to seeing those people every year.  

Olivia and Ms. Monica (she is such a great teacher)

Olivia, Caroline and Lilly

Dalton won one of the Scariest Costume Prizes.  He got a DQ gift card (thanks Laura for the great prize idea).  Dalton has Ms. Becky, she is such a great teacher, too.   

Witch on her broom!!!

I"m scared, how about you??

We always go trick-or-treating as a family, it's always so much fun. 

This was our favortie spook of the night.  

Not sure what Chris was whispering, but it must have been funny!!

Also, Missy, I loved your pumpkins, so cool!!

Happy Halloween!  Hope everyone had a great night!  We even went to a "costume" birthday party on Friday night for one of Dalton's buddies, JT.  The night was filled with bonfires, hayrides, a graveyard birthday cake and good friends.  We had a great time! 

Halloween Treats

Dalton had already snagged a piece before I got a photo.  I really never knew how delicious DQ ice cream cakes were until my mom brought me one for my birthday.  I'm addicted.  Why wait for another birthday to get another ice cream cake?  It was awesome.  We bought this one the other night when we went out for dessert with friends.  Next time, we'll just go and have ice cream cake instead of blizzards!! 

Girl Scouts Bake Sale

Saturday we had a bake sale for Olivia's Daisy Troop at the Bank of Edmonson County.  We had a really good time.  The mommies did most of the selling, but occasionally the girls came to help with the selling, which really made people buy.  One of the mom's made Oreo Balls, crushed up oreos rolled in cream cheese and dipped in chocolate.  I had never had them.  Yummy!!  We had a good turnout. 

Happy Birthday to Me!!

It doesn't seem possible at all to be 36 today....  It's been a good day.  I came home last night and my kiddos had baked me a cake and decorated it and put a big huge 3 and 6 on it.  They are so funny.  It's still sitting at home on the counter ready to eat (unless they have eaten it while I was at work).  Anyway, it's been a good day so far, have had plenty of "Happy Birthdays".  Our boss is taking all of the October birthdays next week to Olive Garden... :-)  Yum!

Brian was still working last night at 12am and he decided to give me a call and be the first to wish me a Happy Birthday.  That was extremely sweet.  I'm so lucky to have such a great family that loves me enough to make this day special.  I even got a beautiful pot of mums delivered at work today from Brian's aunt. 

Tomorrow Brian and the kids will be taking me somewhere to celebrate.  I have no idea what they have in mind.  It doesn't matter, I'll be spending it with my favorite people!   

Girl Scouts

Olivia expressed an interest in the Girl Scouts, so I thought we could try it.  We had our second meeting last night.  Even though all of them weren't there, the girls had a great time.  We met at Creekside Garden and Nursery and picked out pumpkins to paint.  They were great enough to give us pumpkins for free, that was awesome. 

We decided to dress for the occassion.

All the girls had fun painting their pumpkins.

They especially loved the inflatable the troop leader had in her backyard setup for them.    

Chattanooga 2010

We took a weekend trip to Chattanooga last weekend. Brian wasn't able to take off work for Fall Break, so we decided to celebrate it a little bit early and take a short trip. We had a great time. The weather was beautiful and so were the views. Brian is a little bit of a history buff, so we had to see all the civil war sites and we went to the Tennessee Aquarium. Here are a few pics.



This was at Chickamauga/Chattanooga Miltary Park





There was all kinds of monuments to commemorate the civil war soldiers.



Swimming lessons.. she's getting there. Forgot the lifejackets and had to buy them at Gander Mountain on the way there. You always forget something.



Dalton can swim, he just hasn't learned to float when he stops swimming. As soon as he stops, he sinks!!



The Aquarium was cool. I thought it was better than Gatlinburg's.






This was a really cool area. This was the site of the battle that was fought on Lookout Mountain.

 


The views were awesome, but it made me weak in the knees. We decided not to venture Rock City since we got the same views from this area, plus it was free, can't beat that. We did miss all the gnomes at Rock City, oh well!

 




When we left, this was the scene on the moutain.  I can see why the battle was called the "Battle above the Clouds".

Hope you enjoyed the history lesson.  Since we had to take a day off school to go, we decided we would make it educational as we could.  It was good weekend getaway!

Of course all good vacations must end with someone getting sick.  Olivia got a terrible stomach virus and has missed all four days before fall break.  She is better today thankfully.  I'm so glad no one else caught it.  We were lucky! 

Fair Day

The kids were so excited to ride in the parade. We had bought lots of candy, but still ran out before the end of the parade. It was so much fun spending time with friends and reminicing about Fair Day when we went to school. I don't know of any other counties that do this. Everyone at work didn't know how to react when I said I was taking off for "Fair Day" at school.

The Guys

All the Girls (Emma Grace, Lilly, Olivia and Alyssa)

Good Friends

More good friends and Candy!!

Dalton won 1st place in Coloring!!!

Olivia's school poster won a Blue Ribbon!

Mamaw Helen rode in the parade and went to the Fair with us.  The kids are so lucky to have a great grandparent that loves to spend time with them.

Girls had fun riding all the rides!  It was hot, but they stuck it out.  They were all so tired.