Harrison

Harrison got his school pictures yesterday.  He's in fourth grade.

Heather and I were both struck by how old he looks!  What a handsome dude!

It's a rainy day but that's not going to stop me and a couple of friends from going to a Christmas open house.  Maybe that will bring me a little Christmas spirit!

Have a great weekend!

Moustache!

When picking up stuff for your Halloween costume, why not pick up a fake moustache and pretend to be Papa D?

He asked Papa D if his real moustache itched like the fake one did!

Halloween!

Happy birthday to my sister Pat!  Her birthday was Halloween.  It was a busy day for both of us but I finally got to talk to her yesterday to wish her a happy birthday!  Halloween birthdays are fun!  Can't believe it's November!

Cameron got another pumpkin carved just in time for Halloween!  He traced the design from a book but did all the carving by himself.

He was very proud of his work!

His first playoff football game was Saturday morning and another Win!!  Looks like we'll be at the football field again next Saturday morning!

I made special Halloween treats for the kids.

Emma Taylor had a hayride trick-or-treating evening Friday night in some of her friends' neighborhood.  It was supposed to be Halloween night but was rescheduled because of predicted rain.   Emma Taylor was Daisy Duck.

These were lifted from the internet.  Friends Lee Ellen and K.K.

It was a rainy day on Saturday but the church was having a trunk or treat, which was moved inside, so Ben took Harrison and Cameron to that.  They had a great time.  I had no idea our pastor could make balloon animals!  They got lots of candy there.

As if that wasn't enough, they went trick-or-treating after the church festival.  Here's my ninja and Dracula.  Since it was rainy, Ben didn't put the full makeup on Cameron. 

Cameron's face painting was done at the church.

Thankfully it stopped raining long enough for them to go golf cart trick-or-treating with Heather and some other friends.

Here they are checking out their loot...the funnest part!

Another fun Halloween!

Kaydee sent me this precious picture of Luke. 

Cutest puppy ever!

Painting pumpkins!

We painted pumpkins on Sunday.  It's a little different than carving them, though equally as messy! 

They took their job very seriously!

With a beautiful outcome!

Today is my birthday so I'm planning a relaxing day!!

A beautiful wedding!

Our friend Betty's granddaughter got married late Saturday afternoon.  My friend Marie and I went to the wedding and what a beautiful wedding it was!  The bride is Betty's son's daughter.

The church is in the country in Dorsey, MS which isn't even incorporated.  I expected this small country church, but what a surprise when we drove up to a big beautiful church which was just beautiful inside.

Guests signs in at the table on the right.

The mother of the bride is super talented.  She did all the decorating.   Can you see all the tree stumps with candles sitting on them?  And the trees are crepe myrtles.  Many trees sacrificed their lives for this wedding!

There were 11 bridesmaids and groomsmen, two flower girls, and four junior groomsmen.  The groom's father is the youth minister at this church and he performed the ceremony as well as served as the best man.  It was a very touching and personal ceremony. 

I took several pictures at the reception which was held at the church, also decorated so pretty using mums, pumpkins and things from nature.

The groom's table and area was decorated with a Mississippi State theme/hunting theme.  They added pallets to the wall and hung cowbells and antlers.

The groom's cakes were caramel cake and served off stumps.

The reception was in the church gym and they glammed it up!  There was lots of delicious food supplied by the women of the church.

This popcorn station was cute.

Marie and I had a nice lunch and visit with Betty on Monday.  She was a bit exhausted from the wedding and a very relieved that it was over. 

Betty's husband Jim died in April so this has been a difficult time for her.  Betty has two new granddaughters, one 3 weeks old and one about 2 months old that was born just days before Jim's death.  Betty's daughter made each of the babies smocked dresses for the wedding and she used two of Jim's old white shirts.  The dresses buttoned down the front where the shirt would have buttoned.  She had them monogrammed at the bottom in gray, the color of the wedding.  They were just adorable and I know it meant a lot to Betty and I'm sure Jim was there in spirit. 

Finally the rain let up yesterday and even though it was cloudy most of the day, it was good to see the sun peek out every now and then!

Saturday morning football

It was a rainy morning on Saturday but Cam's football game wasn't cancelled...so there we were sitting in the rain!

It drizzled off and on but wasn't unbearable.  It didn't keep the boys from playing well and winning another game.  Playoffs start this weekend!

Cameron had a birthday party Saturday evening for McKenna who is in his class.  He asked her if it was a costume party and she said it was, going on to tell him what her costume was.

Cameron had requested a Dracula costume this year complete with makeup.  Ben ordered it for him and it came just in time for the party.  Ben did a great job on his makeup and Cam could hardly wait to get to the party.  He thought he looked pretty cool!

Ben took him to the party which was at 7:00 Saturday evening.  He drove up and not one other kid was wearing a costume!  It didn't seem to bother Cameron and everybody thought it was actually pretty cool!  He's not the kind of kid who cares if he's different than everyone else.  We laughed and laughed when Ben came home telling us about it!

At least it wasn't as bad as another kid who came to the party.  His dad dropped him off at the wrong house where there appeared to be a party going on.  Problem was it was the wrong house and nobody knew him.  He had to call his dad back and have him pick him up and take him to the correct house!  Yikes, that's pretty scary!

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Yesterday was actually a day of celebration for us.  Heather's divorce was final that morning!!  I know divorce is nothing to celebrate, but we've been in limbo for almost 5 months waiting for this to be finalized so we could all move forward.  Heather was relieved to put it behind her.  All 7 of us celebrated with dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant last night!  We are viewing it as a new beginning and looking forward to seeing what God has in store for Heather and the kids in the future.  She could still use your prayers and I appreciate all of you who have prayed for her/us!!  Thank you all so much!

Friday night...

The boys spent the night with us on Friday night.  They love to play video games together.

Thankfully they spend most of their time outside.

After dinner, we had the first fire in the fire pit this fall and roasted marshmallows.

Emma Taylor was at her Guntown Middle School formal dance on Friday night.  I didn't see her but Heather sent me pictures and she looked beautiful!

She went over to a friend's house with a couple of other friends and they ate Chick-Fil-A together before going to the dance.  Friends K.K., Rachel and Lee Ellen.

They all looked adorable!  Tennis shoes with a formal dress is not my style but it is here with middle school girls anyway! 

Emma Taylor had a wonderful time.  It's so hard to believe she's old enough to be going to dances!

We've had rain, rain and more rain here lately.  I guess it's related to hurricane Patricia.  It is much needed but makes for very dreary days!