Halloween 2007

As most of you know, Matthew is ADDICTED to NASCAR.  So, when I was at Target a few weeks ago and found the Dale Earnhardt, JR costume, well, I just couldn't resist.  He went trick or treating tonight with Kristin, Phil, Becca and Kevin. I stayed at my mom's and hung out with her.  Just like last year, Matthew's favorite activity by far was handing out the candy. Matthew really took his role seriously as Dale Earnhardt, JR....my mom even had to call him Dale Earnhardt, JR just to get his attention. All night long they raced each other to the door and Matthew handed out the candy while my mom commented on the costumes...she even got a couple of guys to come back and pose for a picture with Matthew early in the night. He sure does love his Grandma...they are attached at the hip!

Our Night at Jim's

Laurie and I have a favorite bar in Genesee called Pasttime Tavern...we prefer to call it Jim's because Jim is the owner/cook/bartender. He doesn't have those fancy turn-it-off-at-exactly-a-shot spickets in his bar, which means that he free pours...let's just say it is easy to have a great time at Jim's for about $20.00. Laurie and I have spent many a weekend at Jim's, playing pool and enjoying ourselves...but now, lil miss thang is moving to Del Rio, TX so we decided we had better let Jim know just how much we appreciate him.

Yup, those shirts say "I love Jim". Cool huh? Here is us getting ready to go out.

Our good judgement was impaired when we decided to invite the guys to go along. David invited Mark, his coordinator at work...Kevin came along too, until his headache got the better of him and we had to take him home. This is Mark, Laurie and I...we were having a great time!

I am going to miss Jim's...but I will never forget the memories!

My little man...in a tux

Matthew had a great time at Kristin's wedding. He felt so handsome in his little tux!

Happy House of Insanity

The next couple of weeks are going to be ...um...fun at our house. Fun...that is the word that I am choosing...
This week finds Kevin in Seattle for 2 - 3 days. On Saturday and Sunday we will be moving furniture into our new home (5 bdrms, 3 bath). October 2 - 5 I am in San Diego for a conference on OR Management and return to a very busy weekend with Kristin and Phil's wedding on October 6. Kevin and I agree that we aren't going to be seeing each other much...how frustrating! :)

Hair for Kristin's Wedding

I had my hair done tonight as a practice for Kristin's wedding...

Our little man...all grown up

Today is Matthew's first day as an official preschooler. I can't believe that he has gotten so big already. It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with him, waiting to see what he would be like as he got older. Kevin and I agree, we are very lucky parents!

It was a tradition in my house growing up that we took pictures the first day of school each year. So, I have started that same tradition with Matthew. What a little man we have!

Weekend workers

This weekend we decided we would take advantage of the extra day at home and get some much needed stuff done around the house. So, we cleaned out the garage (1 load to Goodwill, 1 load to the dump), did laundry and then on Monday we shampooed the carpets in our house because they were horribly dirty...it was pretty nasty truth be told!

Kevin worked his magic with the rug doctor...even Matthew got in on the home improvement:

I had to remind him that he better be careful, while that is just a plastic hammer I can already see him punching a hole through the wall.