TRICK OR TREAT

It took me forever to even decide to post this but I guess I will for memories sake. I was SO excited to dress Boston up in his costume for Halloween. We had a little Halloween party at Kiers and Taylor's (although a FEW decided NOT to dress up...you know who you are...). I HATE getting costumes for Kent and I because I'm SO not creative and can NEVER figure out what to be. I always end up disappointed. We searched of cheap decent costumes and of course failed so we finally went to our last minute resort ideas. Kent of course went back to what he is EVERY year, Joe Dirt or some form of white trash, and I took an idea from a friend (Jenny) to be a black-eyed pea--so creative I know! Kent's costume turned out fine but mine and Boston's...umm I was a little upset about but whatever. I ended up just looking gross. Boston was cute at FIRST but when I applied his nose/whiskers I don't think he liked it too much. He SCREAMED and SCREAMED so they came out only okay but I decided to leave it instead of trying to torture him more by taking it off and reapplying. By the time we made it to Kiers and Taylor's he had somehow managed to smear all of his whiskers OFF! I was SO upset because I hadn't taken pictures yet! Oh well...so much for his cute 1st Halloween costume....

His smeared makeup---I couldn't get a smile out of him the whole time he was in his costume! Maybe he doesn't like dressing up...???

Besides my greatly disappointed costume dilemma, the night was fun with GREAT themed food thanks to Kiers and myself! I was very proud at how creative I was---well thanks to the help of the food network! I thought it turned out well. That was my one proud moment of Halloween I guess this year. Next year (like I say every year after Halloween) I'm going to plan Kent and mine's costumes EARLY on and maybe Boston will be better about letting me paint on his face next year...

This is the food if you can't tell there are EYEBALL cupcakes, CARMEL apples, GHOST pudding dessert, Kiersten's SPIDERWEB 7 layer dip, and cheese and crackers!

One thing Boston DID like was the PJ's MiMi sent him (thanks mom!)! He was probably SO happy to be out of that HOT lion costume! Hey, atleast we ended with a smile!

BACK WHEN...

Kent was unpacking a few more things today and came across a bunch of old pictures! He found these two pictures from a few years back...

This was New Year's Eve 2003! It was during this Christmas break from school that Kent and I first hit it off. Kent invited Kari and I to New Year's Eve with the singles ward and then to go 4-wheeling after. Of course I would NEVER turn down a good 4-wheeling trip and also a fun night with Kent! It was my BEST New Year's Eve EVER! We got SOO muddy but it was definately worth it...that's all part of the fun! I rode with Kent on his 4-wheeler OF COURSE and we definately had a fun time. I remember trying to impress him by showing him that I knew had to drive one and I ended up flinging Jenny and myself off while pulling a donut! Oh well, all part of the fun right?! This is also the night Kent promised Kari he would come up for her college graduation to support a good friend and I was VERY excited to be able to see him that coming April. Little did I know that I would be seeing him MUCH sooner than that and that I would also be engaged to him just days after Kari graduated! This great night ended with a sweet, strong hug (I knew there was chemistry just from that goodbye hug! HA!) with a hope that he would keep in touch with me while I was up at BYU-I...and that he did!

IT'S CARVING TIME!!!!

Sadly, Boston wasn't apart of the carving process! I felt bad but what can you do? We had left the house at 10:30 that morning--we were out talking to builders in Keller, driving around Keller getting to know the area more, grabbing lunch, going to the pumpkin patch and FINALLY making it home around 6 pm with only 1 or 2 cat naps all day! So I had to let him sleep so he would be happy! So sorry little man!

We started carving away. This was my first time actually cleaning out the inside of the pumpkin all by myself! I was quite proud! It seemed like it took me forever and Kent did his in like 10 seconds! We finished our pumpkins right before we had to get Boston up to eat, PERFECT timing! I know it was the night before Halloween but then again a few years back we carved our pumpkins TOO early and it rotted. Kent wouldn't let me get another one before Halloween so I was stuck with a rotted pumpkin that year! This year I KNEW they would be good for Halloween night!

My finished product!

Kent's finished product..aww now I felt so bad because when we came home and took this picture somehow a big chunk of the pirate's head was GONE! We couldn't find it ANYWHERE! Who knows what happened..sorry babe!

SIDE NOTE: This day was a really fun day spent together! I must add though that we almost ran out of gas...for the SECOND time! Kent likes to drive until the VERY last drop of gas is GONE! We were out in Flowermound (not TOO familiar with the area) and we couldn't find a gas station for the LIFE of us! Visions of Kent pushing the Lexus were coming back into my head! I just KNEW we wouldn't make it! Then finally what seemed like an eternity we found a gas station! We were lucky let me tell you!

WE'RE GOING ON A PUMPKIN HUNT!

On Tuesday we finally made our way over to the pumpkin patch--okay, okay I know what you're thinking, "The day before Halloween?!?"...but for some reason it was our first chance to get out there! I have NEVER been to a pumkin patch and was SOO happy when I got their to see what it was all about! It was TOO cute! I can't wait until next year so Boston can enjoy some of the things they have to do there for the kids-horseback rides, hayrides, petting zoo, rides, spacewalks, and MORE! We walked around looking for the PERFECT pumpkin but of course being the day before Halloween most of the GREAT pumpkins had been picked WEEKS ago! Most the the left over pumpkins weren't perfectly shaped or had dents in them. Oh well! So we finally found one, took a few pictures and headed to check out! Since we waited til the last day possible the lady at the check out gave us a GREAT deal on pumpkins--buy 1 get TWO FREE! I was SOO excited! We all got our own pumpkin for a semi-reasonable price! We will DEFINATELY be back next year!

I don't know if Boston is too sure about these pumpkins...

So EXCITED to get home a carve our pumpkins!

Our PERFECT pumpkins (kinda...)! We each got our own thanks to the check out lady! Boston couldn't take his eye of his pumpkin

My FIRST pumpkin!

A DAY OF RELAXATION!

PERFECT size for a lakehouse..and VERY gorgeous inside!

This past weekend, Taylor and Kiersten (and little Isabel) invited us to go out to Taylor's uncle's lakehouse! Of COURSE we said YES and headed out Friday night down to Corsicana, TX! They have a BEAUTIFUL lakehouse and it was nice to just relax for a day and not have to worry about anything else. Since it's fall, of course we didn't get ino the water at all but the dogs did enjoy roaming free outdoors! It's always nice to just get away and spend time with friends! The boys made us a WONDERFUL breakfast, we visited all day (besides the few hours we all napped), watched some football, let the dogs roam and play, the boys made us hamburgers (how is it that the girls got away without cooking...) and we just chilled some more! It was FABULOUS! I can't wait for the day that we are rich enough to afford something like this! Right now it's just a dream but I LOVE the idea of being able to spend the weekend away from everything else, take the family, jet ski, go tubing, water skiing or whatever and just having family/friend bonding time!

Isn't it beautiful? I had a better pic but I think I accidently deleted it..

Do Boss and I look really pale next to these Mexi's or what?!?

Pretty little Isabel...

The dog's taking a quick break to pose for the camera...but only for a SECOND so they can get back to playing--Stella slept ALL day the next day and actually now that I think about it, she's pretty much just been laying around ever SINCE then!

Our Boy is Getting SOOO BIG!

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On my friend Stacy's blog, she put her little boy Jack in his boopy and he sat up all by himself! For some reason I hadn't tried this and decided I should! So I sat him in his boopy, put some toys in front of him and to my surprise Boston sat up ALL BY HIMSELF---well with the help of the boopy of course! He can sit up if he's concentrating on something. Sometimes he is a VERY serious baby, I really don't know where he got that from but I think it's funny--it's almost like he just taking in everything and learning every texture, color, etc that he can take in! I love the little guy!

FALL BALL!

I just downloaded some pictures onto my computer and realized there's alot that I haven't blogged about lately. I'm so sorry and please forgive me but I'm going to be adding a few more posts tonight while Kent is at basketball...

Next to bat, workin on that homerun swing!

Kent has grown up playing baseball! He found out that our ward had a softball team that plays other churches in the area and he decided he just had to share his talent with the team! He LOVES to play and I really do LOVE to watch him play! It really is alot of fun going to the ball park and cheering him on! Now I can't say that their team is the greatest..in fact I think they have only won two or three games! On the ride home Kent always discusses with me what happened and why they played how they played. Over and over again he always says it's because of the errors they make---"You can't win a softball game having errors occur over and over again!" We finally bought Kent some cleats to help improve his batting game, apparently he was slipping too much at the plate with his tennis shoes and he'd always hit pop flies! I really love when he gets into all this! But they did win this last game and I was VERY happy for the team...10 run rule---Basically the "mormon" team kicked butt! I'll be sad when the season is over but hopefully next summer he can play again!

The pitcher pitches the ball, batter hits it and it's up...up...GRAND SLAM!!! Okay so no he didn't hit a homerun but it was a decent hit!

The night was a little chilly in this high 60's low 70's so we got all bundled up! Boston I think stayed pretty warm plus his extra chub gives him some extra warmth too!

TAG IT UP!

I have been tagged a couple of different times with this so I finally decided tonight while I'm watching the BC vs. VT game I'd try to come up with 6 interesting things about myself...hopefully I'll be able to get that many:

1. I'm very stubborn and competitive. I guess I can put those both together. Back in elementary school when I used to run 5k's, my dad always told me that being stubborn was a good thing! I think that was to help me win...and it worked! Then when I got to be a stubborn teenager he would say that stubbornness isn't ALWAYS a good thing..only sometimes. I think that was to help break my other stubborn ways throughout high school! I get both my stubbornness and competitiveness from my dad...maybe that's why he justifies it for me sometimes! I can't STAND to loose...seriously it doesn't matter how small it is I just HATE it--I can't stress that enough! I USED to sometimes cheat to win but I am finally happy to admit NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY I have finally gotten past cheating in board/card games (that was my new year's resolution last year...sad I know). I try and try to explain the feeling of loosing to Kent and others but I really don't know if anyone understands! I know this CAN be a bad thing....but there is also a good side to it too like my dad always says!

2. I would venture to say I'm a bit of a clean freak! I must say I have gotten a little less uptight about it as I've gotten older. When I was younger I HATED people sitting on my bed because they would "wrinkle" the covers and it DROVE ME CRAZY!!!!!! I feel like everything has it's place and I can't STAND to have things loose and hanging around! I HATE having dishes and the house a mess when we go to bed---I guess this goes for during the day as well! I really have gotten better but the whole sitting on the bed thing still bothers me. Kent and I get in arguments sometimes because he always says it's HIS bed and he can lay on it if he wants! If he leaves the room for a second, I hurry and straighten up the pillows and bed then he comes back and I swear the purposely messes it up to bug me again! I'm a little crazy about it I know...

3. This is used to be very embarrassing to me but now it's no longer a secret--my hands and feet sweat profusely! It's VERY bad! When Kent and I first started dating, he was trying to hold my hand at the movies and my palms were sweating SOO bad I didn't want him to know so instead I just tickled his arm the WHOLE movie to avoid palm to palm contact! I finally told him about it after we were married! He never started recognizing my problem until we were married! I hid it pretty well...I was afraid he wouldn't marry me if he found out...HA! He teases me because when we play XBox, my palms sweat so bad that I leave little water droplets on the remote....IT'S BAD! And now I have passed this wonderful trait down to my son. His hands and feet sweat like CRAZY!!!! Poor Boss!

4. I'm a HUGE LSU football fan! I LOVE the fall just because it's college football season! I get SOO into it and sometimes feel like I should be coaching...!! If I could I would make it to EVERY game. Sadly that's not possible right now but maybe one day! Kent and I are pulling for Boston to get on the team...

5. I'm the exact OPPOSITE of a pack rat! I can't stand keeping things that I never use! I don't even want to mention the things that I have just tossed in the trash...I'd probably give my mom a heart attack! I don't think twice about it..if it's hanging around and I NEVER use it....it gets thrown in the trash! I just figure that hey if I don't use it, why keep it around taking up space making things cluttered! I will say that I have now started putting things on Craigslist instead of throwing them away and have made some pretty good cash! But if they don't sell within 45 days...they'll be in the trash can.

6. I got my ears pierced at 22 years old! It's not that I was scared or anything. But the rule in our house was the we could get them pierced at 12. I was playing soccer year round my whole life and so I never had time and it wasn't a priority. I didn't want to play in games having to put tape over my earrings for 6-8 weeks! I just thought that looked stupid. So years went by and it never happened! When I got pregnant, I told myself AFTER the baby came I wanted to feel refreshed with a new hair highlight, pedicure (never happened), shopping spree (hasn't happened yet because I'm not where I want to be weight wise), and also to get my ears pierced FINALLY! Well I did highlight my hair and I finally came around and pierced my ears! I went to the mall and I didn't think I'd be nervous but I will say I was a little bit. Thanks Kristin for helping me through it and holding my hand! HA! I FINALLY DID IT!

Ok so I'm SOOO glad I finally found 6 interesting things about myself! This probably just made me look bad but oh well! But this seriously took me like an hour+ to do this so y'all should appreciate it! So now that I've done it..I'm going to pass it on and let others struggle to complete this task. The people I choose to tag are....: Kristin, Jamie, Kiers, Ciara, Stacy, Kelly, Katie and Alicia!

SONG OF THE SOUTH

This house is across the street for my parents (it doesn't show it very well) but I'm in LOVE with Louisiana oak trees and I want SOO bad to have one in my yard one day! True southern setting!

This past weekend Kent was going to Utah/Idaho to do some recruiting for work. So I decided I was going to head home for the weekend to go to the LSU VS. AUBURN GAME!!!!!! My weekend seemed like it was busy but it was VERY fun:

Thursday: Drove in with Boston crying majority of the trip. I think he was part constipated and part feeling bad from his little cold.

Friday: Mimi, Boss and I went shopping...ALWAYS FUN, we had lunch at my favorite mexican restaurant with Papa and Mimi at NINFA's, my uncle Mike and Aunt Jill and their girls came in that afternoon for the weekend and visited with them and their family.

Saturday: GAME DAY!!!!!!!! Kristin, Chad and the girls (AND baby BOY to come!) had driven through the night and arrived around 8 that morning...SOOO glad they came even though it was a quick trip. Then I went to an early lunch with my best friends from high school Bethany and Tina. SO fun to catch up with them for a little bit! My friend Katie was back in Louisiana to bless her baby and they came over to Baton Rouge for the game. Left for the game at like 6ish (game started at 8) and LOVED hanging out in Tiger Stadium for the night watching LSU beat Auburn in the last few seconds of the game!!!!!!! This night we got home around 1 am...TOTALLY worth it though!

Sunday: Woke up at 6:30 am to get ready to head to Thibodeaux for Katie's baby blessing in their ward. I got to visit with old friends in their ward which was really nice. I headed back home and got a shocking call from Kristin letting me know that in Jackson,MS on their way back to Kansas (yes TRUE LSU fans coming for gameday then heading back 12 hrs the very NEXT day!) they got in a bad car accident! I was VERY freaked out but luckily everything was okay with them. SOOO this meant that Mom and I dropped Boston off at Grandma's, who was SOO sweet to watch him last minute for us, and then headed 2 1/2 hrs to Jackson, MS with an extra car for them to drive the rest of the way to Kansas. We got back late that night, picked up Boston and again got to bed one more night.

Monday: This was a little more relaxing. I was supposed to leave this day but I was so tired of driving I wasn't about to drive back to Dallas just yet. S0 instead I finished posting some of my mom's old furniture items on Craigslist, finished painting her bar stools, went to Baby's R US to get toys for Boston for the trip home to avoid the crying, hung out with Mimi and Papa, and watched Dancing With the Stars.

Tuesday: I was planning on leaving when Boston woke up but somehow I hung around until noon...oh well. I got on the road and headed home to my husband! Boston did better...still had a few moments of screaming but it was better. We only had to stop once and I felt like we got home quicker than expected.

Ok so you're probably sick of reading about my little trip to Louisiana! But all in all it was a fun little trip! I'm gald I got to see my Uncle Mike and Aunt Jill and their girls since they haven't even seen Boston since he was born! And most of all I it was GREAT going to the LSU game! There is NO PLACE like TIGER STADIUM on a Saturday night!!!!

Mimi took the grandkids on a walk around the neighborhood--she's so sweet to them.

Hangin out in the stroller Sweet Rylee with Boston--he LOVES her!

TIGER STADIUM ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

Mike XI making his rounds around the stadium Kristin and I sportin our lucky LSU T-shirts (they have won everytime I wore this...that's every week...minus the UK game and I totally blame it on me not wearing my shirt!)

Tailgating is HUGE..I MEAN HUGE at LSU! These were two of the million RV's down there showing their true LSU pride!

Crazy LSU fan...yes this is a MAN sporting an LSU cheerleading outfit. He was also sporting cowboy boots...he may have been a little tipsy but I'm not sure.....

Going home, as well as everytime I go home, makes me really miss the southern feel of Louisiana. It really is different than any other place! Being at the LSU game made me miss it SOO much! There is TONS of energy and everyone around you becomes your friend! I LOVE IT! I always tell Kent that ONE day we're going to move back and have our big French Chateau house with a beautiful oak tree, having a crawfish boil with our southern friends (I guess those who aren't southern are invited too...), with season tickets to the LSU football games!

SUPPORTING AIDS IN AFRICA!

Do I sound like Oprah?! So I went into BabyGap a few days ago looking for some new clothes for Boston. He has almost outgrown most of his 3-6 month clothes and is in need of more 6-12 month clothes. I have been wanting to buy something from Bono's "RED" line for a long time. I don't know if all of you know what this is, but Gap has teamed up with Bono and has a line of clothing that when you buy it 50% of the proceeds go to helping get medicine to those who have aids in Africa. Good idea huh? Well I went over to the table where they had all these clothes and noticed they were all on sale! I was THRILLED and HAD to buy something! So I bought him a little outfit and was proud of my donation to society! =) Is it bad that it was on sale so I only gave $6.50 opposed to $12.50 to Africa's aid victims? And that one of the only other reasons I bought it was because it's still pretty warm in Texas and I needed to buy Boston something short sleeved and that was the ONLY thing that had short sleeves? Guess my donation is in vain....

OLD BUT NEVER BEEN POSTED!

Kristin took these pictures of Boston a LONG time ago for his birth announcement. I never posted them and found them today and thought I HAVE to put these up! I really loved how they turned out and even more I LOVE the finished product of the birth announcement! Thanks Kristin!

100% COMMITTED!

Boston is almost 5 months and I have been telling myself and telling myself that I was going to get my butt in gear to the gym ohhhh about 2 months ago! Every once in awhile I'll go hop on the tread mill but going every 2 weeks isn't going to help me loose these last 8 stubbborn pounds! I told myself last Friday that this IS the week! I AM GOING TO BE 100% COMMITTED to going to the gym and eating right so I can shed those last few pounds (and maybe a few more so I can be LESS then my starting pregnancy weight!). I have to say I'm proud of myself for getting up this morning---it was POURING down rain---but I did get up to head to step aerobics at 8:30 am! Getting up early lately has been SO hard-probably because Boston has been sleeping in until 9 every morning lately! BUT I DID IT and I'm proud to say I completed my first day of workout! I'll go again tomorrow and keep this regular routine up! I think I'm going to really enjoy the classes-step aerobics, pilates, cycling. I'm going to stay away from water aerobics though....not so confident to get into a swimsuit just yet!

CUTE THINGS BOSTON IS DOING:

• Everytime Boston sees his bottle, he gets really quiet and starts reaching for it, opens his mouth, and slowly helps me bring it into his mouth.
• He will randomly scream in a high pitched voice then finish with a smile.
• He LOVES being naked and HATES when he has to put any clothes on.
• When we eat in front of Boston, his eyes follow our food from our plate to our mouths! I want SOO bad to give him rice cereal or baby food but our doctor told us not to until 6 months and Kent INSISTS we listen and not do it a minute earlier..oh well, another month buddy!
• If Boston could sleep ALL day I think he would! I can barely keep him awake for an hour until he starts to get a little fussy and wants to be put down again. I try to push for 2 hours but it doens't always work. The INSTANT I put him down he is OUT! Is this normal?
• Everytime we go to get Boston up from his crib, he has his knees curled up underneath him. Kent swears he'll be crawling soon but I think it'll be a little bit longer.

ROAR!!!!!!!!


Today, we went and bought Boston's Halloween costume. They were on sale for 40% off at Old Navy so we got a good deal on it and I was so proud! I didn't want to wait until Halloween for Boston to wear it---plus I wanted to make sure it fit (size 6-12 month and he's barely 5 months)---so I put it on him and took a quick picture so ya'll could have a sneek peek!

I'm going to paint whiskers and a little nose when Halloween comes around but the final little lion will have to wait to be posted until then!