The Spider and the Duck.....

Hamilton helping me pass out candy while Hudson and Juston walked around the neighborhood!

Hudson trick-or-treating at his favorite neighbors house!


Becca- his favorite neighbor and babysitter!

My spider and duck

Okay, so I have to brag on myself a minute! I made Hudson's spider costume!!! He really wanted to be a spider, and of course I waited till the last minute and wasn't able to find one in the stores. So we settled for a spiderman costume. Well, Wednesday afternoon, I got this idea to google "how to make a spider costume" to see if it would be easy and I found this idea and went after it! And the best part of all was this: Wednesday night I was working on the costume in the dining room and Hudson was watching a Little Einstein video in the den. I hear his little feet running to the room I was in, and he stuck his head around the corner and said "Thank you. Thank you mommy for making my spider!" And then he turned around and ran back to his video. Talk about melting my heart! That moment was worth making 40 spider costumes for!

He was soooo excited to wear the costume this evening, and I think he told 400 people that he was a spider! To see his little face light up with excitement was so precious!

More pictures from the past few weeks....

Karen, Tanya, and Patti at breakfast Sunday morning.

GIRLS TRIP TO CHICAGO!!!!

This past weekend, I went on a girls trip to Chicago! We had such a great time shopping, eating, more shopping, and more eating! I have meet these 5 girls through church and they have pulled me in and made me feel so welcome in their group! We had a wonderful time!

Me, Kim, and Sarah at breakfast Sunday morning.

Hamilton doing tummy time last week.

Isn't he so sweet!

Me and Juston before his 10 year high school reunion last weekend, which was so fun!

Father/Son camping trip...

Most of you know that my grandfather passed away 2 1/2 weeks ago, and Hamilton and I flew down to Arkansas for the funeral. Juston so graciously volunteered to leave Hudson with him while I was gone for 8 days! Yes, 8 days because we already had a trip scheduled for Juston's 10 yr high school reunion the next week, so instead of me flying to and from MI twice, I just changed my original ticket to leave 8 days earlier! So while I was gone, the boys went camping and apparently had a great time. Just thought I would share a few pics with you of their camping trip.

Kyle and Beth come to Michigan....

Some our dear college friends came to MI this weekend to see us! We had such a great time! Juston and Kyle were roommates in college, and thru them Beth and I became good friends! It is so cool how even though we haven't seen them in almost a year, we still pick back up where we left off! They are expecting their first child in April '09 and we can't wait to meet baby Watson!
Of course we had to take them to the drum store!
On Saturday, we went to a place called Craig's Cruisers where we road go-carts and played games for a few hours! It was Hudson's first time to ride a go-cart and he loved it!
Beth helping me get the kiddos ready for bed! I must say, it is really cool when your friends help you with your kids as if they were their own! I feel so blessed that all of our friends love our kids!

Family picture.

We ate lunch at this really good place called Mancinos. Kyle documented everything about the trip with taking pictures of every activity! :)
Beth loving on the kiddos Saturday morning!
Daddy and Hudson before his first go-cart ride.
Mommy got to drive him around the track too.
Hudson also had his first amusement park ride. He LOVED it!

On Friday, we went to the Klackle Apple Farm and it was the coolest place!
The boys raced eachother on these tractor things.

Hamilton bundled up because it was cold at the apple farm!

It was pretty chilly on Friday! We were all wearing coats!

We had such a great visit with Beth and Kyle! What a treat that they got to come and see us in Michigan! We are so thankful that God blessed us with great friends from our college experience! And what fun times we had in college still continue on even 6 years later!

It's official....Winter is on its way here in Michigan!

We woke up this morning to a cold, cold house. In fact, when we went downstairs, the thermastat said it was 60 degrees in the house. Needless to say, we turned on our heat! Crazy that today is only October 2 and we have the heat running! Juston even had to wear a fleece to the store yesterday afternoon (yes, he so graceously went the grocery store with me and the boys yesterday afternoon- not quite ready to tackle that by myself with the boys!). I think the next few days it is supposed to be low 50's for the high, but next week it will be back to low 60's which has been really nice the past week or so. The leaves are changing here already and it is beautiful! I know it won't be long till it is REALLY cold, so we are enjoying the nice chilly fall weather as much as possible!