Cowboys R Us

Happy Halloween!

We are starting the day by going to Sam's school Halloween party dressed as cowboys!

shhh! Don't tell them they don't have guns. They haven't noticed yet.

It's Almost Halloween!

We've been doing a lot of Halloween Prep work here....

Painting pumpkins.....

Resting up for the big night.....

 Practicing our cutest begging faces....

And of course, preparing for any weather that may come on that night....

Happy Halloween Eve!!!!

Never Again

Guess whose never getting a haircut again. 

Ever.

This guy......

 

As a side note, 

I'm very grateful for whoever invented these....

The grocery store may never recover from the damage done but it made my life much easier....

Say cheese!!!!

Important Business

Phil had to go to China for important business matters. 

He's been so busy I have barely heard from him.

I do know he is alive and well because he sent this picture....

Glad to know he is taking care of business.

Pumpkin time

Fall is here and pumpkins must be carved.....

This was a family task on our deck....

With pretty good results.....

From left to right- A "stink face" pumpkin, a lone ranger pumpkin & a Colts pumpkin.....

And a cute pic of my guys just because....

Time to clean the tombs

Apparently in Hong Kong tomb cleaning is a big deal. Such a big deal Sam gets a week off school for this "holiday" so....

we've been living it up

Ocean Park Sea Lion show.

Flexin....

Luke's phasing into cowboys too....

And he hit puberty...

And in an attempt to take advantage of some amazing October weather and took a trip to the beach......

Conspiring.....

Against me I'm certain.

My beach bums.....

On the way home from the beach Sam insisted on wearing his helmet because "you're a bad driver mom"

And then he "trapped" Luke in this fence...

which Luke played along with as long as we fed him apple slices...

And then we went to a birthday party!!!!!!

My boys- first in line for cake....

Tomb Cleaning day 2....here we come......

Presidential Debate

I'm not overly political but it is important we select the right leader for our country. 

Obama?

Romney?

I propose a solution.......

Sam Thompson

He can talk his was into or out of anything he wants. 

(Such as coming into our bed at 5 am & making returning to his own seem like the worst idea ever)

He can convince you of anything he wants to

(Based on our conversation on the way to school today I'd say there's a 95% chance, regardless of gender, we'll be naming our baby "TRex") 

He has a squeaky clean past 

(aside from a few bathroom blunders)

He can redirect a conversation so quickly you won't even remember where you started.

(Me: Sam, would you like some cereal?  Sam: Actually.......        

Actually is the conversational kiss of death. You never know where you're going when you hear this....)

He's camera friendly

(Duh)

And he'd have one heck of a VP....

On the other hand, 

He'd prob make guns mandatory for everyone regardless of age and The Lone Ranger would be the only programming on television

so maybe he needs a bit more grooming.....

Counting our blessings.....

 Counting our blessings......

One....

Two.....

Three....

Coming this April....

We won't know the sex for a few more weeks, but early ultrasounds indicate boy #3. 

Stay tuned. 

How much?

How much do we miss Grandma & Pada?

THIS MUCH!!

A Week in Pictures

This is the first blog update in which I realized I have a serious problem picking pictures and err on the way too many pictures side....so, if your attention span will allow, here is our week in pictures...

Sunday 

The Parkview Charity Bazaar....

Sam getting hand painted after he chickened out on getting his face painted.

Phil trying to beat kids in a nerf shooting competition

Monday 

Father Son golf....

And Pada's best meal of the trip- a hamburger and french fries!!!

Tuesday

Story time with Grandma as the guest reader....

And a less than stellar attention span at tennis...

Wednesday 

hike......

Thursday 

Birthday party......

Friday

lunch with Phil....

"Honey, I don't think we're in Decatur anymore...."

Ocean park trip

(Grandpa's white knuckles speak for both of us on the cable car ride....)

And an amazing dinner at Top Deck....

Saturday 

playroom fun....

And attempting to get a family picture at the beach.....

Until....

 "And you thought we'd stay dry...hahaha"

Father son rock skipping....

 Whew!!!!!