Our new Christmas Tree

So excited about the new tree I bought. It's a much thinner tree, a pre-lit & super easy to put up! Owen was a big help with the decorations!

Visit to Missouri State University

I spent last weekend visiting Madison at college, which was so awesome! I am SOOOOOOOO proud of her!

Happy Halloween!

This year it was Jimmy Johnson, the nascar driver that Owen's daddy cheers for. Here are some of the pics over the last week. Pumpkin carving party, school party & trick or treating. Owen has TONS of candy. Owen keeps asking me where did put my bag of candy? I have to put it up once in while out of sight, or Owen will eat way to much!! He he!!! Owen LOVED trick or treating this year!!

Make a funny face....

Owen's classmate Addyson had her 5th birthday party today ( yes, same place Owen had his) as you can see a ton of kids at this party.... and TONS of fun!

Pumpkin Patch

Thursday Owen's pre-kindergarten class went to the Pumpkin Patch & I got to go with them. Here are some pictures from the trip. Owen was able to ride the bus. All the parents followed behind. His teacher said all the kids are very quite on the bus , with wide eyes just looking around. Oh so cute! Owen had fun walking thru the patch, although I had to stop him from stomping & smashing the 1/2 rotten pumpkins ( guess with the warm temps & rain, alot of pumpkins are like that) Stay tuned for more pictures, we head to another Pumpkin Patch tomorrow at Crown Center. We can't wait for the custom contest! See the baby goats... only 5 weeks old!

Home for the weekend..

Madison is home for the weekend~ from Missouri State. It was so nice to see her. We went shopping Friday night- she is wearing the outfit I bought her in the picture. Madison is doing great! Joined a sorority- which she loves! Alpha Chi Omega Also, notice the my Tina Turner shirt. I was able to see her Wednesday night- opening night of her tour. The concert was AWESOME.... our seats were right next to the stage! I just loved the entire concert.

Worlds Of Fun -

Whit's work had a company day at Worlds of Fun last Saturday. Unfortunately it rained most of the day, but Owen was able to enjoy some time in Camp Snoopy! Owen was much better than 2 years ago.... too scared to ride anything... this year, he rode everything he could. His only issue was cutting to the front of the line with excitement to get on. Here are some of the pics...

College bound....

Last Friday, Madison & I got up at 4:30am, loaded up her car & headed to Springfield. Missouri State... here she comes!!! The drive is only 3 hours, she insisted on driving! It was so much fun for all of us to experiencing this together. Sheryl, Brinkley & I joined in the adventure... even her first parking ticket. They tell you that you only have 30 min to unload - we didn't see any Security guards or other people waiting to unload, so we ventured off to see Sullavan's dorm ( walking up 7 flights of stairs) taking our time getting back to the car. Oh well, at least it's only $23 . Sheryl was not felt left out, a ticket on her car also. Her dorm was so cute, she's on the 4th floor, even has a tree outside her window. Nice view. I do miss her. It was sad to go into her room when I got back home, so bare! I'm just happy I still talk to her daily, even if it's just a quick text! She called & asked for mail .... so I sent her a little package (maybe that means she misses home, just a tiny bit?)

After !!!!!

New roof, siding & shutters.....

Before

let's go riding...

Owen is finally big enough to ride this!! So much fun!!

Home Improvement !!!

New roof & new siding... almost all done! This is unfinished work from the May 2nd Tornado. It's been such a long process with getting this all fixed. We are lucky that our contractor insisted with our insurance that our siding is no longer available. In doing that, we were able to get all new siding. We custom ordered our shutters over a month ago, but just noticed yesterday that they were damaged... so now it's 2 weeks to wait for them to be replaced. :( In doing that we've changed our minds on the design, so hopefully the new ones will look even better. I will post the new pics when it's all done.

Happy 18th Birthday Madison !!

Miss Madison Brooke had her 18th birthday July 24th ( yes, I'm behind here) We took her to Bonefish grill, with her being a vegetarian this was a good place for her. The food was fantastic, although I had steak! I'm so very proud of her ~ only 16 days until College. I get tears just thinking about it. I am VERY excited for her, yet I know how much I'm going to miss her. Classes start Aug 25th- she's lucky Mon, Wed & Friday her classes don't start until 11am!

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY OWEN!!

Hard to believe that Owen is already 4 years old, although life is unimaginable without Owen. He is truly a joy! He does keep us busy along with tons of fun! He had a fantastic birthday weekend. It started with his party at Air Zone, with 7 friends. Then we headed off to the Great Wolf Lodge! We had really cool room, with a Wolf Den for Maddie & Owen. ( yes, Madison fit ) Owen went down every slide & played with all the water toys! He was even brave enough to do the BIG slide ( rode w/Mom & Maddie) It went thru a tunnel & went super fast! He rode it several times! Owen received so many cool toys- several Wall-E's ( notice the cake? )

Weekend in New Madrid

The family traveled to New Madrid for the 4th! Madison brought Sullavan along. We saw so many relatives & friends, it was a full of fun!! Owen especially had a good time with this cousin "baby Ty" , Owen still calls him this, even with Ty being 2 years old. Saturday we had a get together at the "big house". Owen ran around for hours, playing & talking to everyone. He was filthy - bath was a must before bed. :)