Halle and Cason's weekend with Nonny and Poppy

While my dad and I were in New York visiting my brother and his family, Chad took the kids up to OKC to have see his parents for the weekend (and get some help!!) --They had a ball (as usual) and love getting to visit their Nonny and Poppy!

Halle striking a pose while playing dress up

Halle thought she was such a BIG girl eating between Chad's brother, Rhett, and his girlfriend, Elizabeth :)

Chad's grandparents (Honey and Dandy)

Weekend in New York with Lilly Anna

The weekend of Nov. 7th my dad and I got to fly to NY to finally meet my sweet niece, Lilly Anna!! Oh my gosh--is she not the stinkin' cutest thing ever? I forgot how little they start out! (I don't think Cason was EVER that little :) We had SO much fun, and Josh and Beth are such great little parents--she is a very blessed little girl!!! Can't wait to spoil her rotten!!!

Sweet daddy Josh and his baby girl :)
Her little dolly named Halle :)

Little Snowbunny

Sleeping Beauty

The sweet new family

My "little" brother-- Love you josh!!!

Halloween

Halloween this year was a little wild--I had all these plans to dress up Halle and Cason (Halle as a ballerina, and Cason as a Sooner fan). Of course, the best laid plans.....:) Halle JUST started dropping her ONLY nap (YUK!!!) and she was cross eyed tired for most of the evening--and Cason never even got to get dressed up!! He didn't wake up from his last nap until about 6:30 (by then, the trick-or-treaters were in full swing....so I was manning the front door, while daddy took Halle trick-or-treating). Of course she had a ball, even if she was half comatose, and Cason had fun sitting on the front porch with me handing out candy!!!

Day at the Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we went to the same pumpkin patch we have been to in Frisco for 3 years---of course Halle HATES having her pic taken--so we attempt to get a good one--and Cason is the big ham--LOVES the pics :) Halle DID love the bounce house (we couldn't get her out)--We had a great time!! I included pics of the last 3 years of Halle at the same pumpkin patch! :)

Halle October 2006 (4 months old)
Halle October 2007 (1 year 4 months)

Halle and Cason (October 2008)

MY SWEET NIECE LILLY ANNA IS BORN!!!

On October 21st at 6:49 am my precious niece Lilly Anna was born!!! I am finally an auntie!!! She is SOOO cute and sounds like such a sweet baby :) I LOVE the pics of my sweet "daddy" little brother looking at her like she is the most PERFECT princess that ever lived (isn't that what daddies are SUPPOSED to do??) :) I am SO proud of him and his sweet wife Beth--they have done SO great as new parents---it's quite a challenge, as they have found out, but more rewarding than ANY other job they will ever have:) I am going up to meet her on November the 7th!! I can't wait!! :) I already love that sweet baby SO much! :) )Josh is so hilarious--he says he has "more hair than he does" he he It's still SO weird to think that MY baby brother HAS a baby!! :)

Visit with Mimi in Arkansas

Two weekends ago, I was able to fly up to see my grandmother in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, for an overnight trip. I brought Cason with me, so that she could get to see him again too. Chad stayed home with Halle. My grandmother has been very sick and in different hospitals for the last 5 weeks, and she was finally able to go home the day we got there! She was so happy and we were SOOO glad to get to spend some time with her--I have a million great memories of my childhood with her, and I miss not getting to see her much--and I am so glad that Cason got to officially meet his "Mimi" !!!!! LOVE YOU MIMS! :)

Sweet Mimi in the hospital (the day she came home) (she looks too pretty to be sick, huh?)
FINALLY HOME!! (after 5 weeks in hospitals)

Mimi and her "GB" ("Golden Boy") as she calls him (she has always called me "GG" --Golden Girl, b/c of the color of my hair)

My mom, Cason and me with Mimi the day we flew home

Halle's "Arabesques'"

My child is obsessed with doing arabesques (the ballet dance move where you lift up your back foot and bend over forward)....she was supposed to have been doing it in her little dance class last spring....but never wanted to...well, now she does them ALL the time (and "back bends")--- we start our dance class again on Friday, so her teacher should be SO impressed with her skills she has acquired :)

TX/OU Weekend

Chad's mom and dad (Nonny and Poppy) and his brother Rhett and his girlfriend Elizabeth came down this weekend for the game...we had SOO much fun with them!! We all had our Sooner gear on...and were cheering loud!!!(even if the Sooners lost....:( boo) here are a few pics--more to follow when I get them from Nonny :)

Our sweet Sooner family!!!
Us with Chad's brother Rhett and his girlfriend Elizabeth!

My honey!

My sweet babes :)

The bros! (aren't they both SOhandsome ??) good genes :)

Another set of good genes (if I do say so myself)

My baby and his daddy

Uncle Rhett and Halle

Sooner Siblings

Sweet cheerleader Halle

Halle LOVES "aunt" Elizabeth!!!!