What an eventful Fall! After our North Carolina trip, we've had school parties, trips to the pumpkin patch, carnivals and trick-or-treating. We still have heaps of candy lying around and are quickly being thrusted into Thanksgiving school parties and multiple family gatherings and eating marathons. In the middle of all this fun, we found out we are expecting a new member to our clan. Hmm... can we say morning sickness on Thanksgiving Day. Fun stuff! Baby will be here in June and though that seems far away, if these past few months are any indication, it will be here before I know it. Here are some pics of our Fall fun. Above: Making pumpkin cookies with friends.

Below: Pumpkin carving. Caleb did not like the smell or the yucky guts!Below: Pics at the Pumpkin Express in Argyle

Below: Caleb's school party

First Baptist Church in Keller Fall carnival.

We just got back from a trip to North Carolina to visit my brother and his family who just moved there. I fell in love with North Carolina because of all the trees, the mountains, the fall foilage, the clean sign-free streets and the architecture of the homes there. We had a wonderful time. We stayed in a cabin in the mountains, had a picnic in the mountains, visited Blowing Rock and took pictures on scenic overlooks, visited Mystery Hill Manor, had a late night Monopoly marathon, went to Gem Mountain and mined for jewels, and had a feast at John's house and a surprise celebration for my birthday. The kids put on a skit and a puppet show and it was hilarious. Caleb was tired and in rare form and if we had taken video, I know we would have won America's Funniest Home Videos. He was the alligator in the puppet show, when something went awry behind the curtain and in anger the alligator comes flying through the curtain. He storms off in a pout. Meanwhile, Claire is singing "I Will Survive" on her kareoke machine and Caleb goes into the puppet tent. All we saw is a toy gun coming through the curtain shooting the audience while Claire performed. We were all in stitches. It was hilarious. Does anyone know a child therapist I can contact? Below are some pics and below that are slide shows of our time in NC.

Now we're back home in ugly ole' flat Texas and I am going to need to start my book on Contentment all over again! :)

Beautiful North Carolina!

Best Buddies
John's new home in Cary, NC.
This is the view of my brother's house from the woods right behind it. Amazing!
Adorable Jill
Brad, Leslie, John, Kate and Claire at Blowing Rock

We stayed in a cabin in Boone, NC one night

On Blowing Rock
Daddy and Caleb

My surprise birthday party. The kids decorated the basement, sang a song, put on a puppet show performance making fun of how old I am, and we played games.

Luke and Caleb on the way to the airport for us to go home. :(

Check out my Slide Show!

Check out my Slide Show!

Check out my Slide Show!

Check out my Slide Show!

Labor Day with Grandpa Dave at his church.

Wow, I feel so safe with this little man of steel around. This is pretty much Caleb's daily attire at home, except usually he has his dress belt on with it. :)

Have I mentioned Caleb is dressing himself now? He really is and it is so nice. Sometimes he comes out like this, but most of the time his clothes are on the right part of his body.

Been a little bit of a slacker with the photo taking and blogging this summer. It has been so busy. We have been getting ready for our first several trade shows with Razzle Roos. Check us out at any of the following craft/trade shows coming up:

Sept. 8-9 Heart of Texas Craft Show, Paris,Texas Love Civic Center
Sept. 15 Fall for All Fair, Lake Dallas Middle School
Oct. 20 -21 Canton in the City, Grapevine Civic Center
Nov. 3 Keller High show


Also our website is completely being remodeled. Stay tuned for our grand opening virtual store!

Check out my Slide Show!

I figured out (after seeing it on a friend's blog) how to make these cool slide shows with photographs for free using www.slide.com. Some of the photos I used are old but I just wanted to experiment. I'll probably use this feature a lot because it is so fun! It was so easy to do.

Splash Day for preschoolers at our church!

Below: This is supposed to be Spiderman on his face.
Below: A very hesitant little boy about to go down the water slide.
Below: Splash! A very unhappy boy after going down the water slide.

Needless to say, he didn't go down again.
Below: First tattoo...well hopefully the only tattoo. :)

Above: Can you spot two little hiding faces? This was Caleb and his cousin (and best buddy) Luke's last playdate in Texas...for now anyway. Luke and his family moved to North Carolina. :( Caleb is very sad but is looking forward to flying on a plane to go see him in October. See ya soon Luke the Duke. Below: A hot dog slumber party with two silly boys.