We all "Fall" down...

Trick-or-Treat 2009

What fun!!! (that is to be read with a tone of sarcasm)

Here are the kids just as we headed out the door for some trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.

When I say "around" I really mean to the 4 houses nearest to us. We simply didn't have time for much treating by foot, which is a shame because they REALLY enjoyed this part.

After our brief trip "around" the neighborhood. We packed an unsatisfied elephant and a whinny peacock into their carseats and started our tour around Limestone Co.

First to Granny and Pawpaw Andrews...

then to Grandmama Lovell's....

and finally to see Joanie and Jimbo and the cousins.

.............Impossible Group Shot #2

Emma and Cooper were the only ones willing to cooperate by this point.

I really do appreciate that we have so much family living near by...it is just that on the holidays the expectations become a bit daunting.

We of course enjoy visiting with everyone, we just prefer to spread the love out over a longer period of time and not in itchy, bulky, have to adjust the straps to fit in the car seat costumes.

Thank goodness we got to "fall back" an hour that night or Guy would have been taking my confession Sunday morning for the things I might have done in my state of exhaustion.

Can't wait until next year!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Saturday was also Will's birthday so in between outings we ice-cream cake and presents for Daddy.

Lovell Boys Birthday Breakfast/Mawmaw & Pawpaw Halloween

Halloween morning we all headed to Mawmaw's and Pawpaw's for breakfast to celebrate all the boy's birthdays (Will, Matt, Jim, and Jordan).



While we were there we also did our "Trick-or-treating" with Mawmaw, Pawpaw and the cousins (minus Aubrey).


.......The Impossible Group Shot




We had a ghost...
a peacock...

some Alabama elephants...

lots of "treats"...

and a wagon ride or two.

Not to mention a pretty tasty breakfast.

Happy Birthday William!!!

Friday night we had a "Monster Bash" to celebrate William's second birthday.

..................Birthday Boy

William was NOT interested in blowing out his candles...

but the eating the cake part wasn't so bad.

Then came the presents.

Emma and Ava were dying to open the presents for William, which was turning into a little bit of a problem until William opened this gift.

After opening up his cars, he could care less about opening any thing else and the girls took over opening the rest of the gifts.

Happy Birthday Little Buddy!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Nana!!

Thursday night we went to a surprise birthday party for Nana. She is a very special lady and we were glad we got to celebrate with her on her birthday.



I think she was genuinely surprised.

Emma fixed up our card to Nana in a little Halloween bag with animal crackers and a candy bar. She really put a lot of effort and thought into what she wanted to put in the bag and was really excited about giving it to her. Immediately after Nana opened her gift Emma asked for the bag back, and if she could have one of the animal crackers, and maybe one for William too. The candy bar had been taken out before Nana even started opening gifts so by the end of the party all that was left of the gift was the original card. I suppose it really is the thought that counts.

Getting Ready

We spent most of our day Thursday getting ready for all of the Halloween festivities coming up over the weekend.

We needed goody bags for school parties, Williams birthday and a Halloween party with friends...thank goodness I had a candy packing machine to help out.



The twist ties were a little tricky...

but in the end we got them all done.

Then on Friday, we made cupcakes.

LOTS and LOTS of cupcakes

Most of the cupcakes were for a party that had to be cancelled b/c of the weather, but we also made cupcakes for William's birthday (more on that later).