Happy Halloween!

For Halloween, we attended Jackson’s First Annual Halloween Party. Costumes were encouraged and so what could we do that didn’t cost much money or take much time?

Leftover letters, cheap tees, and black eyeshadow turned us into the Black Eyed Peas.

Happy Birthday Jamie!

27 years ago, my world was changed. Jamie likes to think for the better! :) Since she would be in Africa over her birthday, we celebrated just before she left. I had a Sprinkles cupcake mix, so what better treat to help celebrate!

Even Davy wanted some!
A bit dramatic!

She had been asking for a globe. Good thing she knew where she was going!

Happy Birthday Jamie! I hope it was a special day for you.

Start of My 30th Year

My sister-in-law so kindly pointed out earlier this year that really when you turn 29, you are in your 30th year. So true.

My birthday was on a Sunday. The Friday before, my students were sweet and showered me with cards and treats and lunch was provided by some parents. Then Saturday Natalie was in town. I loved being able to spend the day with good friends especially with Raymond working and my parents out of town. We had a great day shopping, eating yummy food, and as always great conversation. We ended the day at Mama Roja’s.

On my actually birthday, I wanted to watch a movie in the balcony of the Warren theater. But I was not interested in the movie showing that day at all. Then I thought it would be fun to go to a pumpkin patch but the cold rainy weather didn’t let that happen either. So after a delicious lunch at Outback (yes, the choice was random but I was craving their Caesar salad) we had the most relaxing day at home. I had been so busy at school, that it was actually the perfect thing for me. Raymond gave me some dessert bowls and a glass jar I had my eye on.

He even thought to buy my favorite ice cream to serve me in my new bowls. The cookie was all him!

We did nothing but hang out and catch up on all of our shows we hadn’t had time to watch. Even better we blew up the air mattress in the living room.

We later celebrated with both my parents and Raymond's parents to complete the "birthday week." It was the perfect start to my 30th year!

Wimpy Guard Dog

So Davy sometimes gets scared easily...which is so humorous to us.

Ray ran to the store and came home with a pumpkin too! So thoughtful! (And thinking he might put it in a place other than right where someone might walk to get inside might be asking too much!)

Our front door was open and Davy was walking/trotting into the living room from the kitchen. That means his view is of the front door. As soon as he saw the pumpkin he put on his breaks which caused his little paws to slide all over our wood floor. He got back up and then slowly inched toward the front door to check out the new visitor. We let him out to see what he would do. He cautiously checked it out and decided it would be OK. He even acted the same way when checking out some Fall decorations at my parent's house the other night. As my dad would say...dumb dog! :)

Great State Fair of Oklahoma!

My parents always go to the fair together but this year they couldn't because my dad was going to be out of town. So my mom and I decided to go together instead!

We split an Indian Taco. It had at least 2 cups of cheese with very little meat, so that left much to be desired. But then we split a fried Snickers Bar...YUM! We walked off our calories as we people watched and went through various buildings. I was fascinated by the goats being milked by hand, and wished I could have seen more animals. We also went through the Agtropolis building, looked at booths with crazy products and saw all of the 4-H entries which I think is so interesting. We then went to the sea lion show (because I always hear about it from Drew and Kacy on KISS FM) which was mostly cheesy but kind of cute. And then we took the little tractor tram back to our gate. We crammed a lot into a short amount of time and so we were exhausted when we left, but I loved spending the time with my mom!