Misplaced Texans and A WALKER (Texas Ranger...what?)

The BURKS CAME TO TOWN! YEA!
We are having a good time just visiting and catching up. The weekend is still young but I thougth I would get on and blog a bit. I am giving Deanna a bloggin' lesson. She'll be blogging soon... I'll post the link when she does.

Guess who is walking... well, ALMOST. The cutest thing ever is when he stops to clap for himself. It's too cute!

Shakin' Hands and Kissin' Babies

YOU BETCHA!
Please vote for me and my Maverick running Mate JOHN McCAIN on NOVEMBER 4th....
(Ok... so maybe I am taking my costume party a little too far)

MY LITTLE FLOWER GIRL

My sweet Addie was a flower girl this weekend for this beautiful bride and handsome groom.

This is the bride... Kristin. We went to rehearsal on Friday night and on Saturday ... the WEDDING!



Addie loves her some Charlotte! Charlotte is best friends with the bride, Kristin, and was a bridesmaid. Addie stood with her after walking the aisle.

Avery was Addie's flower girl coach. Avery was a flower girl at a wedding ... 2 1/2 years ago. She explained to Addie exactly what she would be doing. It was really sweet. Addie did GREAT! Thanks to Avery's coaching! (and our bribing!)

My boys! I can hear Ted saying "Boys? Do you call an alligator a lizard?" So MY MAN and MY BOYS!My "sista" Charlotte! LOVE HER!

This is Kristin. She is dear to my heart! I was so excited to be a part of her special day. I got to get ready with her and the bridesmaids. I did hair (for a few bridesmaids and Addie), I got to take pictures... I was not the "official photographer" but I got to shoot with her. I had a BLAST! When Kristin and Justin asked Addie to be in their wedding I was SO EXCITED! It was such a special day and the wedding was GORGEOUS! Kristin and Justin will be living on a family farm and the wedding was out on this farm. It was a beautiful Fall day.

Addie loved every minute of watching Kristin put on that beautiful dress. She watched Kristin's every move.

WHAT A PRECIOUS FLOWER GIRL!

I know I am not blogging much lately. I have been TOO busy. I am about to SLOW DOWN (or so I think!). This week is Fall Break! We are doing Home Study week for Avery's school. We will be studying Ethiopia. I am so excited about it. We also are going to hang out with friends and spend time OUT DOORS... it is beautiful here in K-Town!

I feel like I have moved into a new stage of motherhood. The kids are getting bigger and the things they can now do are so very interesting... Like for instance... yesterday, I had the kids stay in the car (NOT UNATTENDED... PUT DOWN THE PHONE FROM CALLING DHS - ha!). I had Savanna with us (sweet family friend and baby sitter). We were at a park and I was taking pictures. It was too cold for the kids to get out and play (just yet). SO... Avery decided she would try to fix our broken DVD player plug in the car. She put the broken plug into this extension thing... long story short... SHE SHORTED the radio/CD player. It is currently broken. Today I told Addie several times to get her underwear off her head... yes, you heard me right. Abel is almost walking. He is so cute I can hardly stand it! Aidan says the word "snap" all the time. For example... "Aidan, we are at Wal-Mart and you forgot your shoes!? Didn't I tell you to get them?" and he'll say "Awe snap! I forgot Mommy"... Yep... Where did he get that? AND YES, I don't know how many times we get to our destination and someone doesn't have shoes. No shirt, no shoes.. OH WELL!

Avery is doing so well at her new "part-time school". (That's what I call it). She goes three days a week for 4 hours on those days and we homeschool the rest of the days. The motto for the school is "Best of Both Worlds" (and it has nothing to do with Hannah Montana)... and it really is. We have had such a great experience. The only subject she really struggles with is Spelling... She got it honest. Ted just finished reading The Chronicles of Narnia to the kids and Avery was SO into it. After finishing the last book and saying "The End", Avery began to cry. She was so sad it was over. She loved the books!

We are about to celebrate some birthdays on the A-Team. We have a Monday, Wednesday, Friday... OF THE SAME WEEK .... birthdays. Avery's is first (she'll turn 8), Abel's is next (he'll turn 1) and then Aidan (he'll be 6). It's a few weeks off but we are about to start our party planning.

Our best friends, the Burks, are coming to town this week! (from Texas) I can't wait to hang out with them. They have a LONG road trip ahead of them. It is always such a sweet time of fellowship when they are here.

That's a big FAT update on our family.... HAPPY FALL!

Grab Your Partner....

Want to have some fun with your church community? SQUARE DANCE! We had a BLAST last week at our Community Gathering when we were surprised with square dancing lessons.This was the place we had dinner ... it was BEAUTIFUL. This was our view.

We all were cold until the dancing started... then we were shedding our coats.

Always ready for a good time... Tammy and Keith!

My crazy friend, Emile. Doing her "Baby Mama" call.

Hmmmm.... Don't ask.

The Vickers... Can't remember what this move is called but ... Hey... Good Job!

How Cute!

Let the LINE DANCING BEGIN!

This was a FUN TIME! And who knew square dancing is such a great work out!

Field Trip!

We went to the Mayfield Cornmaze yesterday for a field trip. We had a great time. We went with Avery's 2nd grade class. I didn't take pictures of the hay ride and the cow milking demo... but took out the camera for the corn maze.

This is one of Avery's friends from class ... It was fun to have lunch with her, her sister and her mom.

Children of the corn... :-)

Look Who Got a Hair Cut... and other fun stuff...

I've been at a loss with Abel's hair. Not sure what to do with it. It has been growing in patches. He has these two puffy patches over his ears and then a lot on top. But there is a real thin area above the ear patches (are you following?)
I always get the biggest kick out of combing out his hair. He looks so stinkin' cute with a mini afro.
He loves to climb onto the fireplace.

Here he is in my bed. I had just combed out his hair (I don't do this all the time... just sometimes when we are hanging out). Then I gave him the comb. He was trying to comb his hair... how cute!

So today I got the bright idea to give him a trim. Here's the hair I cut off of his head.

Here's his new look (no more puffs above the ears)

We went out to some friend's house tonight. They weren't there (but knew we were coming). They are a very generous family that lives out on a farm. I met her through our adoption process and now our kids go to the same co-op. ANYWAY... her property is GORGEOUS and I wanted to go and do a VERY SMALL photo shoot. We asked some friends to join us. We had so much fun playing that we didn't really take too many pictures!

I did like this picture of my sweet Avery.

Our friends have paddle boats on their property and so we just had to go for a little spin in the boat. Our kids got the biggest kick out of this.

MY TURN!

This is what I see SO OFTEN (and I LOVE IT!) during my day. Abel crawls up to my leg and climbs up my pants... How sweet are those eyes. Of course, I scoop him up!

How cute is this little dude. I took pictures of him when he came into the world. You can see them here.

My baby girl (below)

We had a bon-fire as the sun was going down. And my friend Becky brought stuff to make SMORES! HOW FUN!

Me and my buddy Becky :-)

I am practicing ROCKY TOP because I am heading to the UT game tomorrow night. I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I am going with my "lil' sis" Charlotte. She invited me to go (she was given two tickets). GO VOLS GO!!!!