A Day With Peyton

Caleb & I have both been friends with Amanda, Peyton's mom, for over 25 years. This week Amanda & her husband Jared were having a new baby so we got to watch Peyton while they were in the hospital. What a delight she was! I already knew that girls were totally different than boys, but this re-affirmed that!

Luke & Peyton

Peyton getting ready to meet her little sister Camryn Reese.

Brady wouldn't sit still long enough to be in any of the pictures with Luke & Peyton so I took one of him by himself.

Thanks for staying the day with us Peyton- we had lots of fun!

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Pumpkin Cupcakes

1 box yellow cake mix (plus ingredients it calls for)

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 15oz can pumpkin puree

2 8oz bars cream cheese, room temp

2 cups powdered sugar

24 pieces candy corn

Heat oven to 350. Line muffin tins with paper liners. Prepare cake mix as directed but with the following changes: Add the nutmeg and substitute the puree for the water it calls for.

Divide the batter among the muffin tins and bake 18-22 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.

Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and sugar until creamy. Spread on the cupcakes and top with candy corn.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Lindsey & Kennedy

Tomorrow is my sister Lindsey & my cousin's daughter Kennedy's birthday so we celebrated tonight with a birthday dinner!


Lindsey, mom & me.


Sisters!

Happy 15th birthday Lindsey!

Brady

Karly, Kennedy's sister. She is the same age as Brady.

and one more...

Our friends sent me this picture via email so I thought I would add it. Mommy & her sweet boys!

Pearland vs. S. Houston

Before this week's game we tailgated with some of our friends. I am pretty sure we were the only tailgaters in the whole parking lot, but we had a blast.


Mindy took these two pics, I thought they were pretty cool!

Brady wore Luke's shirt from last year with Uncle Sam's number.

Our Family.

Brady had fun playing with the big kids!

Luke had to sqeeze into the only other maroon shirt we had- he didn't mind though- he's got spirit!

Our whole group of tailgaters!

Unlce Sam got to come down for this game, so he stopped by our party! During the game he took Luke down on the field with him which Luke thought was the coolest thing ever.

Fun times with fun friends & the Oilers won the game!

Room Makeover

We decided it was time to redecorate our room since we hadn't changed it all since we got married. It took a while, but I think we are finally done! Here's the finished product...

This is my favorite chair in the entire world. Not because it is anything spectacular, but because it is special to me. I bought it from Salvation Army for $20. I have recovered it 3 times and it has been in 3 different rooms of my house. For now, it has landed in my room!

Up next for redecorating...the bathroom!

A Day At The Park

Today we went out to a park in Alvin since the weather was so nice. There was a duck pond with tons of ducks in it. This was Brady's first time to see ducks so close. He was amazed!



Luke was showing him all of the ducks and Brady was holding onto his hand SOOOO tight!

Then we decided to just sit and watch them swim.

Luke found this really cool duck feather on the ground. He held on to it the whole time we were there.

Then, he showed it to his brother.

When we were about to leave the duck pond Luke picked this beautiful flower for me. Such a sweet boy!

After the duck pond, we discovered this really cool tunnel at the park.

And much much more including a merry go round. Brady & Luke loved riding on the merry go round until Brady fell off and we had to go home :(