Monster Bash!

We had our Halloween Party at church last night. So we always take costume pictures before that so they don't have to endure it before the real trick or treating! Jack took a minute to warm up to it, but loved the experience. Also, I have to say I am not above recycling previous costumes. So if you see some repeats that maybe the other boys wore in years pasts I hope you like them! I am keeping a costume container full of all our old costumes. So here they are!

The super buff Spiderman is Brett. He's really been hitting the gym hard for this costume!

Our first attempt at trying to get The Hulk to calm down for the picture.

That's better, we calmed him down before he destroyed the house!

All of them together. To keep Jack calm and in his hat I had to hold him!

Just too funny...to me!

So Jack is just always trying to help. In his own way, of course. He loves the vacuum cleaner, always has. The mop, the cleaners, dusters, etc. he loves them. So yesterday after dinner he had to be stripped down, as usual, since he is a mess. And I was in the middle of doing about ten other things at the same time. So getting clothes back on Jack was somewhere in the mix of "things to do". But Danny and I look over and see him "cleaning" the kitchen floor just as happy as can be. Singing to himself with a big ole smile on his face...and this is what we see.

All I could see in my head was an old man in boxers and socks and his tummy!

What? I wasn't singing!

I'm just a big boy!

Fall Break

This week is Fall Break for the older boys. So far they have been good! They slept in yesterday morning and for us that was amazing! Today we have baby Zach and heading to Birmingham this afternoon to pick up some friends from the airport! This post is mostly just an update. Not really anything exciting or "slap your knee" funny going on here. Danny is in LA, and will be home Thursday. Hopefully Friday will be a girl's night and Saturday an old (wonderful) babysitter is taking the boys for most of the day so Danny and I can have a date! It's been a while. We were talking about it the other day and realized that when we were newly weds (or the first couple years of marriage) we didn't have the money. Now, that things are a LITTLE different (cause trust me, we ain't rolling in dough) we have a more money to do things but it seems like the time never comes. We can never find a sitter at the right time or Danny has a deadline, or I have a PTA meeting or something with church.

But I've gotten distracted. Back to the update. We are coming to the busy time of year! The Holidays. We have a birthday in there too, so we get a little extra busy. I know there are other families out there with December birthdays too! Then there is making sure all the family time gets worked out around the Holidays too. So bring on the joyful stress of the peaceful holiday! LOL! I am super excited that both my sister Lacy and her husband David will be in town for the Christmas season this year!

New, plans we have for the new year. Well, Danny has decided he finally wants sod in the backyard. And that finally means we will be getting that swing set the boys have needed and wanted for a while now! We are going to see how much of the work we can do ourselves. Also, my sister Sara gave us a great idea for an entertainment system in the living room. Isaak, is now in the middle bedroom that use to be Jack's so we are going to paint the walls in there. There may be a few other small things but for the most part that is all we have planned. We will do well to get all that finished!

I know this is not the most thrilling post but I wanted some sort of update on here. I have been a slacker. I just felt like there hasn't been much news worthy things to write about. Hope it hasn't been too boring!