What a beautiful day...

Thomas & I enjoyed a beautiful day together today. We played in the yard for hours.

Then we came inside to do a little of our traditional Halloween goody making...

Dirt Cake
and some special all vanilla version of dirt cake just for Thomas because he doesn't like Oreo's

And you've seen our dipped pretzels before...but at Halloween we call them "Magic Wands"we made these for Thomas' party at pre-school tomorrow!

Picking out Pumpkins

Well we didn't make it to the pumpkin patch..but I did let Thomas pick out some pumpkins to carve for Halloween.

Shopping for Wedding Dresses

This past weekend Kim asked her Mom, Jill, and I to go Wedding Dress Shopping with her.

She tried on lots of beautiful dresses

and they all looked great on her...

Kim and Kathy

Mary Beth, Kim, & Jill

And we shopped for veils...

and a dress for her Matron on Honor... me :)

We had a great day together and Kim did buy a gorgeous dress. We didn't buy any of the dresses that you see though...I am not allowed to post those till after the wedding of course. But if you think these dresses look great on her just wait till you see "The Dress" !!!!
Kim and Kathy making the exciting purchases...

Thanks Kim for letting us share in this special time with you. I know I speak for all of when I say... You are a wonderful daughter and friend and it was our pleasure to join you!

Getting ready for hunting season

This summer Titus and Thomas have had a little project going. They built a big tree house to hunt from. Grandaddy & Papaw Jack are checking it out.

They have been planting some trees today.
Thomas is very excited.

Papaw gets kisses...

So does Grandaddy...

Titus is glad to have this project finished.

Black Bears

Check out Grandmom & Gradaddy's newest visitors...they had 2 black bear cubs roaming through the yard this weekend.

Zac Brown Band Concert

Thomas' 1st Concert...

We took Thomas to see the Zac Brown Band in concert last night. He loves this band.

He knows every word to every song on the Foundations Album.
He did enjoy the concert but got a little restless at the beginning until they started singing the songs he knows. He was dancing and singing along the whole time after that though until he finally got so tired he couldnt hold his eyes open anymore and he fell asleep in my arms. He has been talking about the concert all day today. He's so funny!

The concert was suppose to be at the World's Fair Park but due to weather was moved to the Civic Coliseum. I'm glad because we would have been soaked but I do think this would have been better as an outdoor concert!
He was proudly displaying his ticket
Kim & Brian went with us too!

Our Outdoor Halloween Decorations!

We spent the afternoon decorating for Halloween, and it seems our Halloween decorations have been multiplying over the past few years.

We've been decorating for Halloween today

Our Mantle

The Front Door

The Pumpkin Patch Parable

The Pumpkin Patch Parable by Liz Curtis Higgs is one of mine & Thomas' favorite children's books to read this time of year. The moral of the story is that Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside and scoops out all the yucky stuff--including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then he carves you a new smiling face and puts his light inside you to shine for all the world to see. Thomas' day care teacher shared this story with them several years ago on a day I was able to be their for a fall celebration and it touched my heart. We bought the book and have been reading every since. If you have a little one I would definitely recommend this book.

Spending time with Grandaddy

Grandaddy's Little Helper... They are installing a new boat seat on Grandaddy's fishing boat.