To My Friend-Susan

This post is dedicated to my friend Susan!

I picked her caption as the winner for my last post.

So, here it is....Drum roll, please!

Ariel Meets Howdie Doodie

Susan has three beautiful children-the twins, Lauren & Kate, and Baby Brandon





She is married to Jeremy.
What a lovely family!

Here's a picture of her family from Christmas 2009. Her children are always so fashionable!

Susan and I met when she and Jeremy were members at the church of Christ here in Warner Robins. She and Jeremy moved to Alaska thanks to the AF and we remained friends.

We emailed back and forth A LOT! I loved hearing all about Alaska and then we were pregnant at the same time. But, she was having TWINS!!

I have not met Baby Brandon yet, but I hope to meet him soon!

Thanks for being such a good friend to me, Susan!

Thankful for so much!

We are Thankful for Friends!

Here's Allyson with her friend Cody. Cody had a little birthday party after evening church services a couple weeks ago. I thought this picture turned out cute!

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Look at my husband helping to get our Thanksgiving feast prepared. He must've been hungry!
Allyson and Aunt Robbi

These little cousins have so much fun! Allyson moved Caleb's chair next to hers so that they could have their Thanksgiving dinner side by side. She doesn't look like she had surgery just the day before! She had tubes put back in her ears and her adenoids removed.

Papa and Allyson headed to the playground

My sister just found out that she is having a GIRL! I can't wait to meet her!

Allyson with my parents

We are Thankful for Family!

Hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Finally Posting about Halloween!

So, here we are now nearly two weeks into November and I am finally posting about the last two weeks in October!

First, I have a few pictures to share from our church fall festival and trunk or treat.

Here's my little mouse. I really got my $'s worth out of this costume!

She wore it to:

• Playhouse Disney Live
• Trunk or Treat
• Gymnastics
• Day Care
• and Halloween

Yesss!!!

Getting ready to Trunk or Treat

Shah's Trunk



Thompson's Trunk with flash

Without flash...Very spooky!

Our trunk.

I didn't even take a picture. Andrea sent this to me!

Thanks, girl!

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One week later....

We had a Halloween party at our house. It was hosted by the Shahs and the Paces.

We had some very interesting dishes to sample.

From Jan

Joyce

Sarah

Scary hands

We had interesting guests as well.

Here are the little trick or treaters. (r-l):
Abigail and her mommy, Riley, Hailey, Not Sure (JK, it's Cody!), Allyson, Ralston, Jack, Laney, and Ella

Another shot

There was a haunted house on our back porch. The kids all lined up to go out and see.

I should have taken pictures of the haunted house. It was so awesome! Mike and Nirav worked on it all afternoon. Larry helped, too. Nirav was the host as you stepped out. There was a very realistic spider, guts and eyeballs to touch, a spooky flying ghost, and a laughing/roaring Daddy ghost.

This made Allyson cry. She did not want her daddy to be a ghost!

Abigail was the cutest little pumpkin fairy! Andrea was a lovely witch with purple hair. I was a farm girl, but I didn't get in any of my pictures.

Mama Jan was a witch, too. :D

Time to Trick or Treat!

We stopped by Ms. Sylvia's house.

The kids got SO MUCH CANDY! The buckets overflowed and we had to put the rest of the candy in plastic bags.

There were fangs in some treat bags! So scary!

After the party, there was a slumber party. Laney and Ella spent the night.

Here's a lovely pose from the girls. :D

My Birthday Weekend

I had an awesome Birthday Weekend 2009! I am now 33 years old. I'm glad to say that. The Lord has blessed me to allow me to see each new day-33 years of them!

Last night, Michael surprised me by inviting our friends to meet us at Olive Garden. We had such a nice time!

Here's my birthday gift from Mike and Allyson. Freshwater pearl earrings, necklace, and bracelets. Allyson called it all Princess jewelry!

I loved the cake Michael got for me. It was a chocolate librarian cake!

Today, we had a birthday lunch at my parents' house. My sister and her family were there to help celebrate.

My sweet nephew, Caleb. His mama took this close-up as he waited for cake!

Blowing out a candle for the past, present, and the future. I just think my mom didn't have 11 times more candles!

Allyson and Caleb got a little crazy from a chocolate cake and ice cream sugar rush. They had a lot of fun running away from Papa, my dad, pretending to be a monster.

I could also call my birthday Thanksgiving. Every year, I see how blessed I am with so many in my life that give me gifts, say "Happy Birthday", or send cards. My life is so full and blessed!

Thank you, Lord for all that I have and for everyone in my life that is such a blessing to me! Amen.

Fair with a Friend

Meet Eleanor Pauley Durant. She is the newest member of the Durant family that we attend church with. We were so honored to meet her yesterday at the hospital here in Warner Robins. She is just beautiful and we are so happy for Brandon, Leah, and big-brother Phillip.

We met Eleanor before we headed to the Georgia National Fair. We figured four-year old Phillip would be bored out of his mind hanging out all evening at the hospital, so we invited him to come to the fair with us.

Allyson really enjoyed having a friend go along. Mike spent the entire evening with a kid holding each hand.

We looked at some animals before heading to the midway. Allyson and Phillip were able to pet a rabbit. Phillip wanted to know the rabbit's name. I don't remember what it was, though!


Phillip wanted to sit on every tractor. We are not used to boys! :D




"Oh, no!" says Allyson. "I'm a city girl and I don't know what to do!"

Riding in the caboose

Teacup ride

Phillip came down the giant slide with Michael. Allyson came down BY HERSELF! I was so shocked I didn't get a picture!

On the ferris wheel, Allyson and Phillip both wanted to sit with Mr. Mike. :(

Phillip wanted to play the fishing game and Allyson did not argue. She's a little obsessed with fishing and she never has even been fishing. They were so funny reeling in fish. The string is just tied at the end. They can reel in all day!! LOL!

They both won a prize after catching three ducks. They chose light-up swords.

Love it!

The carousel.

Time to go. The kids got cotton candy for the road.

I love the lights reflecting on the water. I thought that would make a nice picture, but I was surprised that a speedboat zoomed right by as I was snapping the photo. So, I thought this picture came out neat. A little action. Lights, camera, action!! :D

We had so much fun! We really enjoyed having Phillip with us. Thank goodness for our wallet the fair only comes once a year!