Harvest Fest and Pumpkin Time

Well we took the kids to the Harvest Fest Saturday and it was so cold!!! It wouldn't have been so bad if the wind wasn't blowing. They had a good time on all the bouncy house things. To bad our wallet couldn't say the samething. We ran into my 7th grade science teacher at the Harvest Fest. When I seen her I didn't say anything because well I didn't think she would remember me. When she say me she says "hey do you remember me?" I was like yeah but I didn't think you would remember me. She was a great teacher and hasn't changed a bit even after all these years. Well here are some pictures of all the bouncy house fun!







They had a dog show at the Harvest Fest and Ian wanted to bring Lady but it was very last minute when he decided that. I told him he needs to teach Lady a trick and next year he could put her in the dog show. Lets face it Lady can't do much. She eats real well and she can talk to hubby when he barks at her. It is the funniest thing she gets all beside herself when they are barking at each other. Yes that is right people my husband barks at the dog! Don't judge lol. She would also do well in competitive staring. This is what she did today for the longest time when hubby went down to his parents house. She is a odd little dog.



Then we came home and it was pumpkin time!! Hubby carved a pumpkin and Ian carved one. Well really what happened it Ian picked out what he wanted his pumpkin to look like and then I did all the other work. They came out real good. Oh in the picture we are carving the pumpkins in the living room floor because I didn't want heavy pumpkins on my glass table in the kitchen and the kitchen floor was way to cold.






Hubby's Pumpkin

Ian's Pumpkin

Halloween Past

I thought I would post some pictures of Halloween past. I know I have said it before but I do love Halloween. The kids have picked out their costumes and Ian is going as well humm let me see I really don't know what he is. He has a black hooded cape thing with a mean looking pumpkin face. Bradon is going as a lion. He is not happy about this, but oh well I paid for the costume so that will be what he goes as. Everytime I bring out the costume he runs away and says he doesn't like it. Well he said he wanted to go as a cat so to bad now. He will just be one unhappy little lion on Halloween. So here we go back in time to Halloween Past.

Ian 2002



Ian 2003



Ian 2004



Ian 2005



Ian 2006



Bradon 2006



Ian and Bradon 2007



Ian and Bradon 2008

Fields of Cotton

Many things are grown in fields where I live. We have soybean, rice, corn, and some fish farms but my favorite has to be cotton.

It just looks like fields and fields of snow. Of course I wish the area looked like that now blue skies and everything but that is not the case. I can't tell you the last time it didn't rain. It seems like for the last 2 weeks or so has been nothing but rain and storms. My hubby heard today that we have gotten around 10 inches of rain and I can believe that. A lot of farmers mainly cotton farmers are taking a total loss on their fields. If you have ever been to Arkansas or anywhere in the Delta you know that all we have are fields so I hate that all this rain if effecting so many people. Our yards goes from looking like a lake to now a mudd hole. For Thursday we have a 80 percent chance of rain. I was hoping that it would stop long enough for us to take the kids to the pumpkin patch this Saturday but it is not looking good. It doesn't look like it will rain that day but the fields are still going to be so wet their will be no way we can go out on the tractor and get a pumpkin and that is if all the pumpkins are still good from all this rain.

RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY!

Christmas Shopping

Well I have done all my Christmas shopping for the kids. I am real proud of myself because I have never gotten this done so early. I will start with Ian.

First we got Ian some DS Games.

We got him this monster truck game that he has been wanting.



Then we got him a Dragonball Z game. His dad is real big into this so of course Ian is to.



Then we got him this monster truck track thing.



Ian told me the other day he wants this game so this is a maybe.



He also wants some Bakugan oh whatever you call them balls or something. I think I will pick up the one he wants as it gets closer to Christmas.

For Bradon we got.

Rocky the Robot Truck. I about had a stroke when I seen the price on this thing but I know Bradon will love it. Well he better. Here is the description on Rocky.

Rocky a interactive dump truck is ready to roll with sensors, motorized movements and 100 phrases. Quickly becoming any child's best friend, Rocky tells jokes, dances and flashes his headlights as he speaks. With a rugged design and a full-tilting bed, kids can even use Rocky for construction projects like loading up, moving out, hauling and dumping. When the work is done, Rocky even sleeps and snores.



Next we got him Hot wheels Shark Bay.



Then of course I had to get him a Diego Rescue Pack. He loves this show so much and I hope he loves this toy.



I am still going to get him another toy and if I decide to get Ian that game I will have to find him something to.

We also got them this castle as a gift together. I think they will like it every time they see it on tv they say I want that so hope that hold true on Christmas.



I have not got the Rocky the Robot Truck yet in the mail but everytime we get a big box in the mail the kids are like "Oh whats in the box" I just tell a little white lie and say "oh it is something for your dad" I then put the box in our room. Little do my kids know that their Christmas gifts are just sitting in a room.

Thanks Everyone

I just wanted to post to thank everyone for praying for my friend. She told me today that the kids are doing fine and are with her mother. She was worried about her 1 year old son because he has never been away from her for long periods of time and is a big time mommas boy but he is doing ok. While Kala's mother was down to take care of Kala's children her mother's father died. So on top of all this they have had to deal with a death in the family. I don't know if her children are still in Mississippi or her mother took them back to South Carolina where she lives. She could possibly get the kids back in 2 weeks if all the paper work is done if not it could take a month. depending on what the court decides. Please just keep praying and once again thanks to everyone.

Needing Prayers For A Friend

Today I found out that my sweet friend Kala's baby is in the hospital. Her baby is 2 months old and on Tuesday she was carrying the baby in her bouncy seat. She was coming thru the bedroom door and got caught on something. The baby fell on the floor and has a skull fracture and had some bleeding on her brain. Thankfully the baby is ok and was released from the hospital today. The state has taken away all 3 of Kala's children. I am so heartbroken over this. I have known Kala for 6 years now and I know that she would never hurt her children. She loves her babies more then anything in this world. She is just the sweetest soul and would never hurt any child much less her own. I don't know what I would do if my children where taken away over a accident. I pray that this issue is resolved quickly and everything can get back to normal for this family.

I Love Halloween

Well I love Halloween. I really don't know why maybe it is dressing the kids up or that the weather is changing? Who knows, but I do love it. So Saturday we went the Dollar Tree. If you have never been to a Dollar Tree they are great. As you can probably guess everything is a dollar. Well Ian has been wanting to buy some Halloween decorations so I decided that I didn't want to pay big bucks for this so off to the dollar tree we went.

We got 4 of these tombstones. Ian kept calling them the 10 Commandments tablets. lol



These are some cute little Lantern's that I got for the boy on Halloween.



I got these to hang in the trees.

Then I got these things to hang from the trees also.



Then I got this to hang from our door.

Well I think now we are all ready for Halloween. I guess Saturday we will be out in the yard decorating.