Happy Halloween!

Landon as a Marshall

William, Sydney and Landon taking a break from Trick-or-Treating to pose for a picture!

Trick-or-Treating

He actually threw the hula hoop over the horse and made it :)

Landon had so much fun Trick-or-Treating this year. He knows what candy is this year and totally got the whole concept. He would say "Trick-or-Treat" to get his candy and "Thank You" once the candy was dropped in his bucket. He was very excited about his bag of loot and has had more candy in the last two days than he has in his 2 years and 9 months of life!!

Pumpkin Carving

Picking out the perfect pumpkin :)

Meme and Landon digging in the pumpkin

Scooping out the guts

The finished product...Landon picked out the design on the computer.

My parents came into town and we searched for the perfect carving pumpkin. We found it, but not without several rolling off the pumpkin mountain in the process. It was quite the site...Landon thought it was hilarious. We needed video of that. Once we got home we dug all the guts out and let Landon choose the design from looking at several on the computer. He chose bats over the typical Jack-O-Lantern face. He was not a fan of the guts though...Meme and I had to do most of the dirty work.

Latest Happenings

Top of the courthouse in Waxahachie

Bob Phillips -Texas Country Reporter

Taking a ride on the huge horse



Landon dancing to the live music. You can see that once he spotted me with the camera his moves slowed down a little. This boy LOVES to dance!!

Landon enjoying his ice cream and cake at Tristan's party :)

Friday, Landon and I drove to Waxahachie to attend the Texas Country Reporter's Festival with my parents. This is a huge event with several vendors and lots of great festival food! Landon loved dancing to the music and jumping in the bounce houses most of all. He even rode on a giant horse. We drove back Saturday afternoon and rested up for his friend, Tristan's birthday party on Sunday. It was at J&R Gymnastics, one of Landon's all time favorite places to go! He talked all day about going to "gymnastics" to see Tristan! Happy 3rd Birthday Tristan!

Pumpkin Patch

Our Family

Landon posing...he did this all on his own. So cute :)

Papa, G-Ma, Aunt Tammy, Daddy and Landon with the scarecrow we dressed!

Landon and Cousin Elli (Elli has had enough of this pumpkin patch!)

Landon brushing the pony

In the hay maze...this was a favorite of his :)

We went to Love Creek Orchards on Saturday with Brian's family and really enjoyed the various activities. There were a ton of pumpkins, a hay ride, apple orchard tour, pony rides, petting zoo, hay maze, and more! It was even cool in the morning so it felt like a Fall day. Landon actually got to wear a long-sleeve shirt. :) I even had a Frito-Pie and that is my favorite "carnival" food! A great time was had by all of us and we ended the night with a great steak/chicken dinner at the Houges.

Exotic Resort Zoo

Landon feeding a deer

Landon and G-Ma feeding a llama

Loving the friendliest camel ever :)

Papa and Daddy

The tour guide instructed us to drop the food into the buffalo's mouth and that is what we did...pretty interesting and gross!

The camel is STILL looking for more food.

The view from the grilling deck...very nice way to end the day.

Landon and Daddy

Daddy, Landon, Mommy and a Sika Deer

Daddy, Aunt Tammy, Elli, Uncle Paul, Papa, G-Ma and Landon

Landon feeding "My Friend" (His name for the deer.)

Papa and G-Ma in the petting area

Landon checking Elli's heart...all is good!

The awesome view! :)

Brian's parents are in town visiting from Kansas, and his sister and her family recently moved to San Antonio so we decided to try out a new adventure and stay one night in Johnson City at this awesome animal farm. Tammy, his sister, found this great place and we would definitely go back sometime. It is fun for all ages. As soon as we arrived we took our tour of the grounds and hand fed many types of deer, zebras, ostriches, buffalo, llamas and a camel. The camel was the most persistent and friendliest. He followed us as far as he could and even had his head stuck up in our trailer area. Back at the cabin area, they have a petting zoo, playground and swimming pool all overlooking the beautiful hill country. After cooling off in the pool, the guys grilled us some steaks and chicken and we ended they day with a tasty meal. We visited the petting zoo and playground one more time in the morning and then headed to the LBJ Ranch and Enchanted Rock...some very fun and busy days! :)

Meme and Pa's Quick Visit

Meme, Landon and Pa hanging out in the motor home!

Landon had just woken up from a nap and headed straight outside.

Landon was thrilled to open the door and see his Pa and Meme. He gave them huge hugs and said "Well, come in!" ~ so cute. They came by for a short visit on their way through town. Landon loves that they drive a motor home and he would spend all day in it if we let him. Pa let him pretend drive and he told us he was going to the ranch. Doesn't he know the right thing to say even at a young age. It was great to see them even if it was for only a short time. Thanks for stopping by Pa and Meme.

Family Fair Day and a Birthday Party

Landon feeding the calf

Petting the lamb

Riding a cool blue boat...hope the duct tape isn't holding together anything super important!!

Waving of course...Mister Friendly!!

Super BIG wave!

Having a ball!

Landon giving Mommy a workout...he sits on the tube and I have to run him around the floor area! He LOVES doing this and has since he was about 10 months old!

Happy 2nd Birthday William! Enjoying his yummy ice cream!

Saturday morning we headed out to the fair as a family. :) I saved the carnival rides for when Daddy could join us! We visited/petted the animals, rode LOTS of rides, ate great food, played kiddie games, "drove" tractors and had a grand time just hanging out all together! Landon went on his first roller coaster and had the time of his life. He cracked us up on the rides because he acted like he was in a parade...he waved to everyone during each ride. He would have one hand on the steering wheel and wave with the other with a huge smile on his face.

Later that day we helped William celebrate his 2nd Birthday at J&R Gymnastics. Happy Birthday William! This is such a great place for kiddos! They had the whole gym to play and run around in and they truly enjoyed themselves. Landon could live in the pit, on the trampoline or in the bounce house. :)