Halloween Wishes...

Wishing you a Happy Halloween from... Lyla Our little Duckling,

Emmy the Cowgirl Ballerina,

and Tater the Hot-Dog!!!

Party of Five...

On Sunday, Mimi and Papaw had us over for a yummy steak dinner. We finally had all five of the kids together and we had a little fun with a photo shoot. Lets just say having 5 kids, 3 and under makes it a little challenging to get a good picture! :) Tate, Lyla, Brody B, Maggie and Emmy

(We told Tate to hold Lyla's head up...he took it seriously!!)

Mimi and her girls

These two are only 7 weeks apart

I just love the expressions on their faces!

Emmy and Papaw

Papaw with the two newbies!

Papaw and his girls

Having fun!

Bathtime...just think in a year there will be five in there!

Eating dinner

Thank you Mimi and Papaw for a fun evening of great food and fun with the kiddos!

Cowboy Gathering...

We went over to Fort Worth last Saturday to the Cowboy Gathering.

The kids had a great time walking around looking at everything.

We met Boots, Banty, Uncle Todd, Aunt Laci and Cousin Ellie there.

It was the first time all 4 kids were together. Boots and Banty with their "grands"

Tate dancing with Aunt Laci


Boots and Lyla cuddling

Emmy and Daddy

Uncle B with Ellie and Emmy

Daddy with Tate and Emmy

Walking down Main Street

Sticking together

My Little Cowboy

Rodeo Time...

On Friday night, Brad and Tate headed over to Fort Worth for Red Stegall's Cowboy Gathering. He was so excited to get his rodeo clothes on and get to spend the night with Daddy in a hotel. Here are some pictures I got before they left. Cowboys don't get much cuter than this.

Emmy picking some of Daddy's flowers

All ready to go...

Flashing that Tate Smile!

And we are off...

The Cha-Chi...

Emmy has a new dance she calls the "Cha-Chi".

She is so funny with her facial expressions when she does it.

Here are some pictures and videos of her new moves. Step One...
Step Two...

Step Three...


Teaching Boots how to do it...





You got it, Boots!

Good Try, Mommy...

Ok, I TRIED to get some fall pictures of the kids on Thursday before school. Tate and Emmy had their pumpkin party, so we got all dressed in our pumpkin outfits and tried a photo shoot before we left the house. Well, as you can see, the pics did not turn out as I hoped. When we were leaving for school I said, "well, I tried..." Emmy's, response to me was, "Good try, Mommy..." At least my efforts did not go unnoticed :) Tate and his pumpkin
Lyla was not liking the whole situation...

Tate was happy to be holding her

Now, Tate was mad he was not holding her...

Sisters!

Lyla was not a happy baby...it was time for a bottle!!

My two big pumpkins!

Bless her heart...she was just too mad!!

Holding their pumpkins

Emmy in her cute outfit.

Banty's Visit...

Banty came this week to help me out with the kiddos. She got to spend some time with Lyla. Thank you Banty for coming to help us out this week. :) Before bedtime.

Lyla loves to be rocked and held.

Fun at home

We have had lots of fun just hanging out at home this week.

Here are some random pictures of what we have been up to... Lyla helping Daddy out with some late night work.

(You can tell she was really intrigued with what Brad does!)

Tate and Emmy were playing with their CandyLand matching game before we went to Emmy's dance class, and Lyla was getting a little tummy time in...which she HATES!

Close-up!

Mimi has been coming over on Wednesday nights to let me get a full nights sleep and staying with Lyla on Thursdays to let me get some errands done while the kids are at school. Here she is with Lyla last night before bed...out like a light!

Air Show

On Sunday Brad took Tate to the airshow over in Fort Worth. They had a great time with Papaw, Uncle B and Cousin Brody. Here are some cute pictures Brad got... Sitting in an airplane
Watch out...Tate is flying!!

Tate and Brody B.
Thanks, Brody B. for bringing suckers to share

Riding in the wagon with Brody B.