Well, as you all know this is Paco. He is my first born.

He just turned 10 two months ago and is feeling it.

He has arthritis in his hind legs and hips. It is VERY

painful for him, and for me to see him hurting. He will

be on a pain medication as soon as Christmas is over.

It is very costly and I so wish I can afford it for him now.

He is my very best friend in the whole entire world,

and I'd be lost without him. I know he doesn't have that

many years left and when the time does come for him to

go to doggie heaven, I will be very, very SAD! I will also

be happy that he lived a long, SPOILED life!

I love you PACO!

Halloween 2008

Collin, Staci, Addy at

Grandma Carolyns Halloween Party

My cute Pirate and my brave Buccaneer!

Addy, Collin, Brady and Bridger

Trunk or Treat

Has anyone seen my precious cats?

Okay..... Why I dressed like this....
1. I "thought" it would be pretty dang funny
2. I had this idea in my head that looked nothing like this
3. I didn't think I would actually go out in public like this

Happy Birthday Addy!

Well, our little Addy is 6 now!

I can't believe how much she has

grown and even matured.

Addy sitting on Grandma Black Hairs lap

She will always be my little girl,
no matter how old or tall she is!

Time to carve those pumpkins!

After Sunday dinner at Grandma Brown Hairs,

we gathered our pumpkins to start carving!

Cody gutted them all and then helped Addy

Staci, Jamie and Taylor concentrating

Collin carved the Jolly Roger,

Addy(Cody) carved Patrick Star

and I carved a pattern called Horton

We all had a blasty blast

poking and cutting our pumpkins!

Halloween Cookies

Addy and I making homemade Oreo Spider Cookies.

My grandma Spencer taught me this saying and I always think of it whenever I make these cookies.

M R spiders.

M R not.

O S M R, C M B D iii's?

O my L, M R spiders!

Pickin' the Perfect Pumpkin

Anyone who knows me, knows just how much I love fall. I love the weather, the smell and oh yes.... Halloween! Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. So, when October first came, I got out all my decorations and went crazy.
One day, I grabbed my camera, picked the kids up from school and we headed to the pumpkin patch. They had no idea where we were going. When we got there, the kids were so stoked they didn't even bother closing the car door. As we walked to get our shears, Addy instantly went to climb on the hay stacks. They had a little maze made out of the hay stacks and leave it up to Addy to not find her way out. So, she did what any kid would do and climbed over the top!
We were on our way out to the patch when I realized Collin was well on his way to finding that perfect pumpkin. Addy found one that was closest to her just so she could go back to the maze and finish it the right way. I picked one for myself and Cody, but Collin, he wasn't about to pick one that was just ok. It had to be the right shape, the right color and most of all it had to be the right size. Not too big and definitely not too small. Just as I was about to tell him to hurry up, there it was, he had found it.....The Perfect Pumpkin.