Costume Party at the Webb's!!

This past Saturday the whole family dressed up for Jamie, Adrienne, Abby and Joshua's family costume party. It was a lot of fun trying to come up with a "really good" costume for Rob and I to wear. We searched everywhere from Party City to Mimi's house for ideas. We didn't find our costumes until the day of the party. We had been wanting to dress up as a couple from the '70s, and finally found THE outfit at K-mart...

Jamie dressed like his dad in the 70s, Adrienne represented the 1980s

Our whole family

Layla as Princess Belle, Abby as Batwoman

Anna Lea as a Ladybug, Joshua as Batman


The skunk AKA Wyatt

Fall Party 2009!!!

Clif Roth and sister Cita Hallorin and neice Lorena Hallorin

Sally and Violet Roth

Reagan, Caleb, and Alexander Asberry at the goat pen.

BFFs Rob and Jamie (they will probably strangle me for calling them that).



Abby Webb and Layla playing on the hayride trailer.




Reagan Smith ready to party!

Anna Lea doesn't know if she's ready to party or not.

Our family just hosted our Second Annual Fall Party!!! We worked hard getting ready for it, and I believe it was a success. Our guest list included: Jamie, Adrienne, Abby and Joshua Webb from Athens; Scott, Courtney and Reagan Smith from Sweetwater; Clif, Sally and Violet Roth from Louisville, Ky; Adam, Elisha, Reagan, Grace, Alexander and Caleb Asberry from Knoxville; and Chuck, Cita, Lorena, and Landry Hallorin from Chattanooga. The party started at 4pm and lasted several hours. Our menu included: Chili, hotdogs, slaw, chips and party mix (thanks to Cita). For dessert we made s'mores (thanks to Adrienne) around the bonfire. After we all got stuffed to the gills, we walked up and paid a visit to our pigs and goats. Following this we ALL loaded up on the trailer for our hayride. Special thanks to "Pop" McCay for driving us. This is always my favorite part of our fall party, and it was fun! I am so glad everyone came and am already excited about next years shindig!

Dance Lessons!!!

Yes, you heard right! Miracles never cease! Rob agreed to take ballroom dance classes with me. This is a dream come true for me. I have always wanted to take any kind of dance lessons that I could.

We will be taking the lessons on Thursday nights for the next 6 weeks. We only have to drive a few miles down the road to a place called Mashburn Lake for our lessons.

This past Thursday we went to the open house and learned the basic steps for the waltz. It was sooooo fun! Rob even admitted that he liked it. Our friends Jamie and Adrienne Webb went to the open house with us and are going to be taking lessons as well.

First

Our little Wyatt is growing up quickly. This was his first time in the highchair. He is such a good natured little boy. He just sat there and played while I cooked supper. He is just 4 months old, but can scoot around in circles on the floor. He is very strong for his age, and can already push himself up on all fours.

Sleep

Sleep is something Rob and I didn't get much of last night. I am writing about this incident with the hope that one day I will be able to look back and smile at these kind of memories. The kids had all been asleep for an hour or so and Rob and I were just falling asleep when Wyatt woke up for the first time. He went on to wake up 3 or 4 more times that night. Anna Lea kept waking up crying every hour or so with a runny nose. Layla woke up and came down to our bedroom about 4 am, and Rob took her back upstairs to put her back to bed. Wyatt had woken up again in the meantime. We finally thought we might get a little sleep before Rob had to get up for school, but it was Anna Lea's turn to wake up crying again! Finally I brought her down to try sleeping in our bed, but she threw up on our bed so we had to move to the couch while Rob changed the sheets. She finally fell asleep for an hour or two on the couch and I got a little sleep curled up on our love seat. This is a picture of her the following day. She still wasn't feeling the best, but that didn't stop her from continually pulling out this huge box of Lucky Charms. I would give her some to eat, but she would only pick out the marshmallows and would leave the others for me to clean up.

Lipstick

Rob recently brought home some lipstick for Layla to play with. She is 100 percent girl and loves makeup and jewelry, and anything to do with dressing up. She had an absolute blast using every last drop of the lipstick that she could scrape out of the container. I would ask her if she thought she had enough on, and she would tell me, "no, I think I need a little more over here". She didn't mind posing for a few pictures in between slathering it on either.

Sunday Morning

Here are a couple recent pictures taken when everyone is cleaned up and ready for church.

Layla, Anna Lea, and Wyatt thoroughly enjoyed a visit from their cousins Eveley Joy and Caleb this past week. They got to play together at Marmee's, the park, and at our house. Layla was very sad when she found out they had left Friday morning to go back to their house. I did not take a single picture during their visit, however Aunt Lauren did so maybe you can see some on her blog, www.homes1ck.blogspot.com.