Justin and I have been friends since I was in a sophomore in High School and this past weekend Jim and I had the pleasure of meeting his baby girl, Caroline Grace. Caroline is absolutely adorable and I loved being able to spend time with her. I adore Justin and seeing him with his wife Jenny (who by the way is amazing) and his little girl made my heart full of joy. We cant wait to go to Lake Havasu to visit them soon.
The title says it all... My Mom is in town for a month and we got to have Mom's famous tacos. Yummmmmm!!!
This year Jim and I decided to do things a little differently. Instead of traveling from house to house and having many Thanksgiving dinners with each side of our the families, we made a thanksgiving dinner for us. I had never made my own turkey without the help of my Mom and I must say it turned out perfectly. We brined the turkey so the flavor was to die for. Jim had never carved a turkey before so that was a first for him as well. Perhaps we have started our own tradition. A Thanksgiving for Two...
It's been years since Jim and I have been able to go trick or treating and this year Becky and Brian allowed us to take the boys trick or treating with our friends, Katie and Jarrod and their daughter Madison.
Little did we know, trick or treating with a 2 and 3 year old is tuff work. They boys were very good at saying Trick Or Treat and Thank You and Brian would say "More Candy... more Candy" as we walked to the next house. We taught Brian that houses without porch lights on meant that we could not go to their door to trick or treat and he would Say "no light" and would keep walking. The teenagers loved the boys' costumes and the adults just adored them too.
As for the tuff part... I think my Brother and Becky must have thought it would be funny to trick Uncle Jim and Aunt Lara with making these awesome halloween costumes that at times could not fit through the entry ways of homes. Katie and I continually laughed cause I would have to back (walking backward) Lil B up from the door and try to manuvour him around without knocking over doorway decorations, plants or knocking over other kids. You never really realize how many steps people have to get to their doors until you have to tell a 2 and 3 year old "Step, walk, Step, walk, Step, walk" It was hilarious! Good Trick Big B... I will get you back one day. But we had an amazing time and enjoyed every minute of it.
Grams had sent me a special request that I buy pumpkins for the boy and do pumpkin carving with them. She also requested that I cook the pumpkin seeds and give them to my Brother. (haha... I will explain what happened to those seeds later)
So, Becky and the boys came up before Halloween to carve pumpkins. It was so funny to see the differences between Lil B and Lucas. Lil B did not want to get dirt and there was not way that he was touch the slimey stuff that was inside there. Lucas loved it! I think he loved it so much that he kept biting the pieces of pumpkin that were carved out of the pumpkin. Silly Boy!! Jim is great at carving pumpkins and Lil B loved sitting on Uncle Jim's lap and helping him carve the pumpkin.
