Happy Birthday Little Bro!

So, today is my brother's birthday. He is 19 and it still feels like he should be four again. I am sure he is celebrating at his little mansion in Manhattan with some friends. I sure didn't get invited! Anyway, I hope he survives his first REAL birthday party!!! Happy Birthday Ryan!!!

XOXOXOXO

Just thought I would post how much I love my husband. He's pretty awesome and one hell of a dad. I Love You Dana! -Your Wife

Fall is Here!

Fall is one of our favorite seasons and we always get pretty festive when it gets here. So of course we had to get some pics of the girls out in the yard with the old scarescrow!

Weekend Wedding

Well, we survived our weekend and had a lot of fun. Dana and Kennedy were both in a friends wedding Saturday. Dana was a groomsman and Kennedy the flower girl. They both did a wonderful job if I might say so. Kennedy did her job of walking her and Carter(the 18month old ring bearer) down the isle. And boy did they look cute! However the rest of the time with her proved to be a little challenging since she does tend to be a LITTLE headstrong at times. That's when we say she is acting like her uncles(all of them!). During the actual wedding ceremony she sat with mommy up front and to the right, where no one else was sitting. She knew she was being watched and that we were in church. Therefore she turned up the ornery meter and pushed every button mommy had knowing that she more than likely wouldn't walk her out in front of the whole wedding ceremony kicking and screaming. At one interval during the wedding the altar server was ringing the bells and as soon as he finished and in the dead silence Kennedy says VERY LOUDLY "That boy rings those door bells LOUD!" It was heard by everyone from the east wall to the west and a roll of chuckles made its way across the body of wedding comers. My face was so red with embarrassment all I could do was look down. Of course she started snickering knowing that she had made a funny once she heard the low key laughter. When the whole wedding party made their exit from the premises in old classic cars she threw the BIGGEST fit ever. Once we finally could get her to use her words she spit out that she wanted to go home so she could take her shoes off b/c they were hurting. So Daddy removes them to find both of her heals were bleeding from blisters. No wonder she was mad. Overall though it was a beautiful wedding and we had a great time.

October Birthdays

Okay, october is birthday month for us. Both family and friends. There's just a lot of birthdays! Today happens to be Kristi's birthday; one of my best friends from childhood. We celebrated our birthdays together through most of our school years. Here is a picture that will give you a good laugh from our innocent days. Hope you all get a kick out of it! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!

Fall Festival Fun!

Well we headed back to our home town this past weekend. It was their big fall festival. The girls were in the Kiddie Parade saturday morning and then we all wathched the BIG parade that afternoon. The kids were all pooped as were mom and dad. Dana's parents helped the girls in the kid parade (Kennedy rode her tricycle, grandma Walleta pushed Caylyn in her trike and Gentry rode coach in front of Grandpa Dana) and they got to hang out with thier cousin Dylan (who they just loooove!) for some of the day too!

Tomorrow I will be a quarter of a century old! Yeah Yeah I know, I am still a pup. My grandmother (my mom's mom) and I share the same birthday. So my mom had a little "shin dig" bday party for us this past weekend. My grandma will turn 80! Doesn't she look good! We are enjoying this wonderful fall weather here and trying to take in all of the fresh air before it turns in to the "Winter Bite"!

A Day At The Zoo!

We celebrated my (Kate's) b-day early with my family and made a trip to the zoo this past weekend and had an awesome time. The weather could not have been more perfect. We were there for 4 hrs and took it all in. Kennedy walked the whole time!!! The girls really did awesome. We got some amazing pictures. This is one of my favorties. The lion was literally up against the glass, so that was the only thing separating him and Kennedy! A little scary. We also saw Stephanie and Cinda (The elephants) one of our favorites. They were getting "pedicures" while we were there. It was a wonderful weekend. Ryan and Krista even got to come to help me celebrate!