consignamaniac...

ok, so often i get several grumbles and eye rolls from brock when it's consignment sale time around here...found this online and realized i wasn't as bad as i thought....

http://oncearoundtheblockkids.com/20901.html

redneck riviera...

for our anniversary brock suprised me with the idea of a beach trip...we missed our trip this summer bc of my very pregnant self and although i love the beach, it's not ideal for delivery... so campus was on fall break so we took off for a few short days... weather was great for the first 2 days but cold front moved in and we sure felt it! our stubborn selves drug our freezing kids out to the sand anyway and eventually it warmed up (or we just got used to it:) and outside of wind gusts pelting us with sand, it wasn't that bad...sort of...

im usually pretty old fashioned about white after labor day, but i guess this is one exception...

one of our fav spots..well, mine anyway, "LULU's"..opened by jimmy buffets sister..they always have live music & outdoor eating...food's just ok but total beach bum atmosphere

took a boat ride to spot dolphins (very touristy, i know)..water way too choppy to go out into gulf but the ride was fun anyway...the next morning, we saw at least 2 dozen of them leaping around outside our balcony..

knox's first 'caught on camera' smile

here's a stingray washed up 5 feet from us...

we were laying out by the pool and mia and i were debating if the small pool was a kiddie pool or a hot tub, she was convinced it was a hot tub... so for a few minutes she didn't respond and i could tell she was trying to process something in her little brain, so i watch her walk over to the kiddie pool, look for a minute, then came back over and declared "yeah, you're right...i did see cat hair in it..."

after 5 days of sunshine and no naps, we had 2 very sleepy babies

yes, im still playing catch up...

well here we are at 5 years!! on our honeymoon we swore we'd return to st.lucia for our 5 year anniversary...i don't think the thought of having a 7 week old baby had even crossed our mind much less it being our third...i think brock would have gone if i would have been up for leaving little knox..but i wasn't (suprise, right?)..so we've put it off till next year (hopefully..) instead we opted for our go-to date nite spot, melting pot...leaving M & B with his parents, we stayed out late & had a great nite


here's one little lady who reaaaally loves her daddy..

little knox looking more & more like mia and growing way faster than i want..

aunt cristin came up for a couple days on her fall break. with her killer dance schedule, we take all the time we can get with her...went to the museum downtown and stayed waaay longer than we ever have. we were about to leave to go meet my dad and to our suprise he showed up at the museum. lucky for the kids because it bought them more time to explore but not so good for cristin & i bc we were starving!

congrats brian & keri! we love you guys! keri & i met when we first moved up here 3 years ago. her husband was dying of a brain tumor. he was a soldier who was fighting his hardest battle yet. keri came thru it as beautifully as you can, and brock & i got to watch as she falls in love with a country bumpkin like my own. not only do i consider keri a close friend but now we get to be neighbors with these crazy cats!

sweet braxton enjoying his one and only night with his goldfish (he named them 'letters' and 'brown') we dumped them out in the yard after we discovered they learned to float on their backs... :) i knew there was a reason i hadn't bought these before now...

ohh! i looooove fall! it reminds me of our wedding.... the trees are beautiful... the ground becomes a nature made playground of leaves.... i remember my mom staying up all nite sewing costumes, 'napping' on our trampoline with my brother, and, of course, our most recent tradition of going to the pumpkin patch...what a sneaky way God has of easing us into winter...