Visit from Kristin and Mom

My Mom just celebrated her 50th b-day, and we had a little early celebration at our house a couple of weeks ago.  Mom, Kristin, Sean, and the kids all came, and we cooked out, had cake, gifts, and the kids had a blast playing.

Great Wolf Lodge in November

Had a blast on this "make-up" night Great Wolf gave us after they lost our bag on our summer trip.  We went with Jeff, Allyson, and the kids, and this time no problems!

Our First Garden!!

I've always wanted a garden, but really lacking a green thumb.  Plus, we're always moving so I just wasn't into it.  This year, even though we're renting and aren't sure how long we'll be in this house, I decided to quit putting things on hold.  The kids love banana peppers, so we grew those, jalapenos, basil, and tomatoes.  I didn't get one tomato all spring and summer.  No, I take that back..... I got ONE!  But we kept watering, and got a huge crop in the fall.  I tried pickling the peppers, but unfortunately the kids still like quiznos banana peppers better.... go figure!!  We had to go out and pick everything before our first frost, so I am about to try anothet "first"..... canning!  Going to make chow-chow!  We'll see!!

Trish's Wedding/ Penn State Game

It's getting harder and harder to keep up and remember everything I want to blog about.  But I did want a jot down a quick post about going to Trish's wedding in Austin in September, and going to Penn State with Paxton in October.
Trish's wedding was beautiful, and unfortunately, I didn't have my camera for most of the wedding, because Trish really was a gorgeous bride. They are living in SC but came back for the wedding since all of their family lives here.  Paxton and I had fun getting away for the weekend.  The reception was at Dave and Busters Friday night, which was a blast!
Penn State was a blast!  Paxton's dream was to see Joe Paterno before he retired, and we did.  Looks like it was a good thing since he just got fired.  Big mess in Penn State and glad we went before it all started.  And the game against Iowa was AWESOME.  We loved it there and would probably go back every year if we could.  So much fun in Happy Valley!  And it is pretty there!  Love all the old farms!

CHANNING LOSES A TOOTH!

Her first tooth!  One day a month or so ago she was crying that her tooth hurt, and I thought "oh no, a cavity".  When we got home I took a look and quickly realized it was loose.  She was so proud!  We haven't been hearing much about it over the past couple of weeks, but then she started having a really hard time eating last week and it was getting looser and looser everyday.  Halloween night she decided she was ready for Paxton to pull it.  She was SO NERVOUS, but so excited when it finally came out.  The tooth fairy left her $5.00, and now she is really looking like a big girl!