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Thursday, October 20, 2011
On October 6th a sweet, beautiful, healthy baby girl was born. LG and I were so excited to go meet her. Ava Kate is just precious and we are so excited for the Hollyhand family. Anna Riley will be such a great big sister!! We are so thankful she is healthy and their family is growing! We love the Hollyhand family very much!
I love everything about fall.....the colors, the weather, mums, pumpkins, especially the food, the holidays, the family gatherings.....it's such special time of the year. I wanted to give our front porch a fall look this year and here it is :-) 
An upclose look at the wreath I made :-) Saw this on Southern Living website.
An upclose look at the ghosts I made for the kids :-) Saw this at Home Accents and they were $40 each!!!! I made both for less than $30 and had plenty of material to use on other projects! The kids have loved them. The one on the left is LG and the one on the right is Cooper :-)
On October 2nd, we got to go to Cullman for a sweet little boy's birthday party! Braiden is such a cutie and the kids love him so much. He had a Dino Party! Madi had a long list of fun things for the kids to do together when we got there. They got busy right away!
The Birthday Boy 
LG riding a scooter.....
Cooper loves trampoline time!
Awwww, sweet lovin'....
Making his Daddy proud!!!
Cooper's turn....
The Birthday Boy's turn. He was get way far back and run really fast to it. He did it everytime, too cute!
Cooper found Nerds in the candy!! He really likes them now :-)
Happy Birthday Dear Braiden, Happy Birthday to you!
I love this picture! I wish Brennon was in it and it would be perfect! Some sweet, sweet cousins!
Madilyn has a beautiful rabbit she keeps in a cage in her room. The kids loved it! They just had to hold him. Here are some pictures I really enjoyed of them with the rabbit.
At the end of September Marty and I took a short trip to North Alabama with the Pate family. We went to a debate over the existence of God. It was a great experience and we were so happy we were able to go. I guess one of our favorite things about the trip was the eating though! Especially since all the pictures in this post are from the one restaurant we went to TWICE! Yes, twice! We loved it so much at dinner on Thursday night we had to go back the next day for lunch! It was called Umi Japanese Steakhouse. It was very neat experience because they put us in a private room together! And it was some of the best sushi we have ever had. The place was very pretty and unusual. The service was great! We definitely look forward to going again whenever we are in the Florence area again. We had a great time with the Pate's. Sweet Ava was a great traveler and makes me smile. Music and talks during traveling was a lot of fun, too. And I can't forget to mention our Ross shopping! Brooke and I got some good stuff, even matching boots! (We didn't plan it either!! We met in the store and both had the pair in our buggies! Ha!) We look forward to traveling with the Pate's again one day in the future :-)
Our Private Room :-)
All our sushi's from Friday night.....
The Pate Family
What is up with my hubby??
Finally a normal picture!!
And Jeremy, too??? Crazy guys!!
Neat little wooden shoes hanging on the wall. 
We had a great time on the trip but as always I missed my babies like crazy the entire time. The thought of them never left my mind. It was so wonderful to see their sweet faces. We picked them up from Grandmama and Granddaddy's house and came straight home for baths, bed clothes and this snuggle time!!! I could not wait to come home to this! My favorite time of the day is the end when I get to snuggle and rock them to sleep. Will I still be rocking them when they are 10??? If they want me, too!!
So thankful for Grandmama and Granddaddy for taking care of them while Marty and I got a little time to ourselves! I was very excited to help host Rachel Scarvey's shower on September 25th. It was a sock monkey themed shower and all chocolate! It was super cute! It was at Brooke Pate's beautiful home and it was a great shower. Baby Tripp got so many cute outfits and blankets. We are ready to meet Tripp soon! He is going to have two wonderful big sisters!
Since Preschool has started they have been learning to use scissors. These next four pictures are in order from the first thing she cut at school to the latest thing she cut. She has gotten really good at using scissors!! 
Following directions to draw an owl:
This was LG's first Show and Tell!!! How exciting!!
In September some of us girls had a Monogram and Diaper shower for my "best friend since kindergarten", Crystal Hollyhand! It was so much fun and we had a TON of food!!! It was all delicious! She also got lots of cute things for sweet baby Ava Kate on the way! Ava Kate will be one of the best dressed babies ever!
