Lots of Fall fun!

Well, it's been too long since I've posted. We have been busy having fun. We try to take advantage of the few days that have been beautiful. It's been so rainy. A few weeks ago we went to the fair. We had a good time. Colt didn't have the best time only because he doesn't really enjoy having to sit in his stroller. He would much rather be walking. So we only stayed for a few hours. Just enough time to eat some good food and see some cute animals.
There's not too much going on. Jared and I are blessed to enjoy our jobs. We both love coming home and getting to play with Colt. We taught him how to sign "please" for his food. He does it all the time now when he wants something to eat. It's so cute. We might try to teach him a few more signs. He's just growing and getting bigger and bigger. He wears mostly 18 or 24 month clothes. I put him in a 2T A&M sweat outfit today. And it fit him just fine! He's 13 months wearing 2T clothes! Wow, he's gonna be a big kid. I'm scared he's gonna out grow his mama when he's 10.
Well, today we TRIED to go the the Arboretum. Tried is the key word. We couldn't even park. So we found another pumpkin patch to take pictures in. It wasn't as easy as last year. Last year, I remember thinking "It will be so much better next year when he can actually hold his head up" But it was definitely not "easier" He wouldn't sit still long enough to take a picture. Then that little stinker found a rotten pumpkin and before I could stop him, he reached inside it and got nasty pumpkin all over his sleeve. UGH!! oh well, so I was able to get one good picture of him by the pumpkins. It was such a beautiful day. Jared got up really early with Jake and Brandon to go fishing. Unfortunately they didn't even get one bite. But they had a fun spending time together.
Well, things are great and moving fast in our world. God has blessed us so much with more than we could ever ask for!


His first State Fair corny dog.









Finally, he sat still for 1 second so I could get a picture


Hard to believe this was just 1 year ago

We traveled the long trip to Alabama this past weekend. We had planned on visiting Jared's memaw in the summer. We just couldn't make it this past summer so we went this weekend b/c I had a 3 day weekend. We had a great time with his memaw and Aunt Cathy. We did learn that we will never take a 10 hour trip with Colt again until he is much older. He was sick last week so he wasn't back to his normal self. But we did get there at 1:30 in the morning. And of course Colt was not ready to go to sleep. He was so tired but so restless from being in a carseat for 10 hours. He finally fell asleep somewhere between 3 and 3:30. We took our time the next morning getting out and about. We went to Heritage Christian University where JAred's parents lived after they got married. His dad graduated from there. There were lots of memories and stories that we enjoyed hearing about his mom and dad and the life they lived there. His dad was a man that everyone loved and enjoyed being around. We always knew that but it's nice to hear that from everyone else. We enjoyed going to Wilson Dam where we got to walk around and appreciate the amazing beaty that God created. Colt just wanted to get down and play with and/or eat the rocks. There were so many people fishing. We even witnessed a guy who caught a pretty good size fish. We spent the afternoon relaxing. Some of us caught up on some much needed sleep. We enjoyed several good meals thanks to Cathy and memaw. Overall, we had a great visit. We wish we could visit more often. We did decide to leave Sunday night and only drive half way. Colt was much happier. We made it home yesterday afternoon. It was good to be home. We are blessed with such a great family who loves us so much. Thanks Cathy and memaw for taking care of us this weekend. Colt misses you already!



We had to take some good ole family pictures in our church clothes. Isn't my boy so handsome? And Colt is pretty cute too!




How precious is this?




And he found the shoes in the house


Trying to keep him from jumping in!!


He did not want to be held


He really wanted to eat this leaf


Having fun with Aunt Cathy


He loves ridign on Daddy's shoulders


The Walk of Honor at Heritage Christian University (formaly known as International Bible College) where Ron (Jared's dad) graduated from.