Halloween Week

This week was Say No To Drugs week at school. Each day the kids had some sort of theme. In addition to that, I thought it would be fun to have a Halloween themed dinner each night.


Monday was red ribbon day and he was supposed to wear all red. For dinner we had "bloody brains and witches fingers".



Tuesday was Team up against drugs so he wore his favorite team jersey. Go Chiefs!!!



And we had eyeball tacos for dinner.


Wednesday was silly hat day. We used his Woody hat from Halloween a few years ago. Grey was really unsure about wearing a silly hat to school but afterwards he said he was glad he did! We also had monster claws for dinner that night!





On Thursday Grey had "Hugs Not Drugs" day and was suppose to bring his favorite stuffed animal. This night we did not have a Halloween meal because we did pumpkin carving instead!






And Friday was Greys party at school! He had a great time! Both Billy and I got to come up and be there for him. It was fun seeing Grey with his little friends, and all the cute costumes!









I ran out of meal ideas so Papa Murphys had a Jack-O-Lantern pizza.

Finally Halloween arrived! We made "witches brew" (chili) and used fun plates and cups then hit the neighborhood for candy. It was really a great week! I hope I can remember to do this again next year!









Hope you all had a very Happy Halloween!!!

Java

For 13 years, Billy and I have had a faithful companion. We got Java as our gift to each other on our first Valentines day as a married couple.



We loved him and treated him as one of the family. He went on vacations with us, shopping with us (Home Depot and Canton were some favorites). He was a great addition to our little family and we were so blessed to have him.



So, after 13 years we lost our Java. He will be greatly missed in our family. He was a wonderful companion to Billy and me and eventually to Grey. He slept in Grey's room for a few years and gave Grey comfort when he didn't want to be alone in the dark. We know Java is sleeping on a sunny cloud up in doggy heaven keeping a watchful eye over us.

Great Wolf Lodge

Saturday was my birthday (34) and I got an amazing surprise from my mom and Stace. They sent our family to a night at the Great Wolf Lodge. We had never been and had been wanting to go. This place is amazing! We got there early afternoon on Saturday and stayed until late afternoon on Sunday. After we checked in we immediately went to the water park. They have an awesome section for babies and Ella loved it!


Here she is getting ready to go to the pool. That girl just loves her boots!!!







Grey helping Ella.










Both kids also loved the wave pool. Greys favorite part of the water park was the big slides. I wish I could have gotten pictures of him! Funny thing tho, I was so impressed because the lines looked kinda long but Grey would go thru so quickly, I thought the lifeguards were keeping the lines moving. Nope. Grey was cutting. Whoops!!

After swimming we found out the hotel had trick or treating and the hotel conveniently sold costumes (lol) so we got Grey wizard robes and Ella a fairy princess dress.









Then we went to dinner at the Loose Moose before story time. Story time at the hotel was amazing. Ella could not sit still and Grey was so intense in listening! It was so fun watching them!





















After story time we did MagiQuest. This was truly one of the funnest things we did. The hotel has a game set up where you get magic wands and go around the hotel to find objects to fulfill your quest. We had a blast doing this as a family!









After a while, Ella and I were exhausted so we went back to the room and the boys hit the arcade.



There is nothing quite like skeeball in your jammies! After a great nights sleep we got up and went down to breakfast (in our jammies). The hotel has a huge, great breakfast buffet. Yum!





After breakfast we had another fun filled day with several hours at the water park, lunch, and more MagiQuest. This was one of the best birthdays ever. I actually can't think of one that beats this! I can't wait to go back to The Great Wolf Lodge again! Thanks Mom and Stace. You did awesome!!! ;0)

Fall Frenzy

We went to Fall Frenzy at Greys school and the kids had a blast. Ella mostly ran around, but Grey enjoyed the games and bounce houses they had set up. It was a fun family night. Before we left, I made these cute shirts for the kiddos.

Go Chiefs!

For Billys birthday, my mom and Stacey scored the BEST birthday gift for him. Billy got to take Grey the Texans vs. Chiefs. Billy has been a Chiefs fan his whole life (he grew up in Kansas) and since Grey has been born Billy has dreamed of taking Grey to a game. So this was a huge deal. We had a fantastic weekend. We spent a lot of time in the pool. We cooked out over the fire pit a lot, and made smores. We got to see family and I had a photo shoot with a old friend from high school. It was a wonderful weekend!







Smores in the pool.