bakin a cake!

getting ready for thanksging!!!

Scout

Guess who made it to our house tonight! Scout the elf came all the way from the North Pole... he will be staying with us during the day, making sure sweet Macie is minding her manners, and then reporting to Santa each night!
He brought Macie a special present...

a Fancy Nancy Christmas book! Love it!

turkey princess

before the curls...

macie's hair right before it starts to curl...

who would have guessed it is this long!

Lydia's Birthday

Happy Birthday Lydia!

Macie's cousin Lydia had a super fun princess party to celebrate her 4th birthday!

Kobe

*update* Kobe ended up going back home to be with his family... he missed them so much! He is a wonderful dog and we miss him, but he is happy to be home.

meet kobe. a sweet, 7 year old black lab. we are considering adopting him... so far he is getting along great with the girls... but it is definately different having such a big dog in the house. he is 80 lbs, compared to lexie's 18 lbs. he is sooo sweet and very smart. we are keepign him for a few days... we will see how it goes!

Baby Hutson

we are sooo excited our sweet nephew and cousin is here!

sweet

sweet, sweet girls!

Trick or Treat!

Super fun time trick or treating and hanging out with our neighborhood friends tonight!

Jackson's Birthday Party

Happy 4th Birthday Jackson!!

Macie's friend Jackson had a super fun birthday party at the Pumpkin Patch today! Lots of pizza, pumpkins, hayrides and cupcakes! So much fun!!
We were able to go on a hayride and not get stuck... can you believe it???Macie & Paige in jail... Hunter is the Sheriff Macie's first movie at the theater was Horton Hears a Who! we LUV ariel!

Field Trip!!

Macie & Gabey at the pumpkin patch!

Ms. Tracy's class went on a super fun field trip today to the Pumpkin Patch! They played lots of fun games and had a Halloween Party too! We love Butterfly School & Ms. Tracy!

class treats

macie's class party is tomorrow... supposed to be at the pumpkin patch, if it doesn't get rained out. my friend kim and i are the party hostesses and i made these really fun treats!! they are rice crispie treats, dipped in chocolate and covered with halloween sprinkles. but i am such a dork, i can't stop there... i have to put them in halloween bags and tie curly ribbon around them...

5 little pumpkins

cute video of macie... except i turned out the lights at the wrong time!!! don't worry, she corrected me!

gymnastics costume day!

so excited to wear her costume to gymnastics!!

macie and coach stacy!

rockstar

getting ready to carve... macie picked out a face pattern that she thought looked like a rockstar :)

scoopin the insides out!

macie thought the insdies were "nasty"...

we roasted the seeds after we finished the carving!

this is our jack-o-lantern... his name is "rockstar"

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halloween cake

we luv halloween at our house!! macie baked this cake today... complete with halloween sprinkles of course! she was so proud!!!

Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

we went to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch tonight!!! we love having a pumpkin patch so close to home... but all this rain has definately made visiting it difficult! macie and daddy searching for a great pumpkin...

macie really wanted this $17 pumpkin...
but settled for the baby pumpkin (only.50 cents...)didn't get to do the hay ride... the tractor got stuck in the mud before we got our chance! had to pose with her fav.... minnie mouse!!!

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creation pillowcase

through the month of September, Macie's Sunday School class has been learning about creation. last Sunday, Macie's class made the traditional "creation pillowcase." they have been making them at Riverside for years. next to the fish is a 'glow in the dark' moon and stars, macie's favorite part!

picnic with daddy!

Today was Picnic with Daddy day at Butterfly school!! Macie was soooo excited that daddy was coming to eat lunch with her... she has been talking about it for days!!

the witch problem...

*update: macie has decided she would like to be a leopard cat. problem solved*

last halloween she was the cutest witch ever...

guess what she wants to be again this year. not sure what i should do about it... should i try to convince her to be something else? or let her be a witch again? i have looked at witch costumes online and can't find anything i like as much as this adorable costume april made for us last year. what do i do???