It's beginning to look a lot like FALL :) or sort of...

So at least we did have a few days that were cool and 'fall' like! So I have decided since the first day of fall has passed then I will break out the fall decor! I spruced up my fall wreath that the people who lived here before us left and added a gold 'C'...

My mom and I made some pumpkin signs as well as some for Christmas...She is a whiz at the jigsaw and I had a lot of fun painting...

I have been in the works of re-painting some walls in our house. First I did the living room and I am going to work on the kitchen. Mainly because I didn't save the paint cans from the first time we painted and we were in desperate need of touch ups and I didn't have the color! Oh bummer I gotta pick new colors ;) You know I love that. Although I don't LOVE painting. It can be a pain but feel oh so good as you look at the finished wall :) Pics to come!

Yeah! Layne comes home soon! We are so excited to see her and Jon and we can't wait to have a blast and eat yummo food and laugh alot :)

I also finally finished the monogrammed 'C' canvas I had made to hang somewhere in the house. I loved it but just never finished it off but I did and now it is finally hanging. It's one of my fav! I'm pretty much in love with the 'C' :)

My poor bubba has been sick the past few days. He has a runny nose and a fever. I thought the fever was gone but this afternoon it started creeping back. He has no other symptoms so I am just watching him and keeping him on motrin. We actually already had an appt. for Monday morning so that works out good...They are due for their flu shots so I hope his fever goes away so he can get his...

I will say this, as soon as he gets well we are taking the paci's away...those things are on my last nerves and so yucky! :) Pray that goes well!

One other thing...We are doing a fundraiser for Layne and Jon's move to Africa through Arbonne's Lipgloss for a Cause. There are 6 lipgloss to choose from and each are $11 a piece. 52% of the profit will go to Layne and Jon. For example, if we sell 500 they will recieve $2800! It's a great fundraiser and while you support two wonderful people to spread the love of Christ to Africa you also get a great lipgloss in the process! Can't beat that! Let me know if you are interested and email at taraprescott@hotmail.com if you want to order. We are taking orders until Oct 15th...

Hope everyone is having a wonderful start to fall!

my wreath



yard signs! yay!

they were sitting right together and then started to move as I got the camera!

another sign

what a sweet face! Her hair is getting longer!

loves that doorbell

Catching up....

Teagan and her new Keds...She likes them! :)

Ahh cute little feet!

Always trying to escape! And now with big kid shoes...I'm in trouble!

Are these not the cutest Crocs?!

I just love this face!

Handsome boy with his cakepop...

Cake face

I love that face. Her lips are all like "Hmmm...what should I do?"

Our sweet girl is ONE!

Sweet pea

A good picture with all of us looking...Whoa! :)

Cake pops! I wish I had one right this very moment!

Girly girl party :) I didn't have fun doing this or anything... ;)

New sign for a cute boy's door for his room

I love these colors!

Keeping the tradition with the pancake with a ONE for bday morning :)

And little man got a 2 :)

Teagan's faces crack me up...this one she looks perturbed with me for taking so many pictures!

This is one of her favorite spots! ha! I went out to the laundry room and just found her chilling in her seat eating a snack and happy as can be...

Is this swimsuit not the cutest! We got it for her baby shower from a sweet family friend and I'm so sad she can't wear it next year!

Swim beauty! On her way to a pool party :)

He LOVES the water....Really likes to "swim" and splash on his belly :)

Well August has come and gone...a little fast I might add! Whew! But no complaints since it means we are closer to 'cooler' weather meaning low 90's :)

Teagan's birthday was so fun and I had a blast getting it all together. The kids had fun playing and Gauge I think had the most fun because any toys Teagan got, instantly became toys for him to play with and oh how he played! His favorite for the first few days was a tea party set that makes noise....He is moving on back to his trucks now :) I like Chris, he would tell him to pour coffee not 'tea' because he said coffee is for the boys and tea is for the girls...Well I like both! :) She did get fun stuff like a new doll that giggles and blocks and and purse! :) She also got cute clothes and shoes, the Keds being from Gee. I should have known but I had no clue! Gee and her Keds...she must have all girls wear Keds...Hilarious :)

Other than that we have stayed busy dancing to kid songs which "If your Happy and You Know It" and the "Hokey Pokey" are on the top 5. Unfortunately I galloped around the house with them when "She'll be coming around the mountain" came on so now they want to do that one over and over and over and whew! I'm tired after 2 times! I think I will tell them that is Daddy's favorite song :) hehe...

MOPS starts up again this next week and we are exited for that! I am actually on the comittee and doing the kids curriculum. I'm trying to get it all together because you know how I like organization!

Enjoy all the random photos! We are having good times :)

Happy Birthday Teagan Kaye!

My sweet baby girl is ONE! Oh how time seems to have flown by even faster! I sat here tonight and rocked her (which if you know Teagan, is a huge thing since that girl doesn't like to be held long at all) and I savored every sweet minute of it! She is absolutely a joy and bright spot in our lives. Her personality is hilarious and she sports a 'tude' often! I love how she is one tough cookie and I call her my Weeble Wobble because when she falls she just rolls over like a weeble wobble and goes about whatever she was doing... Although if she is upset because her brother has something like a snack and she doesn't, then she definately lets you know and will even attempt to steal his while clinging tightly to his bowl and he drags her around as he is trying to get away. There is never a dull moment in our house and I would have it no other way!

Teagan Kaye, your mommy's hearts desire was to have a little girl. I love your brother so very much and love that he is my little man but I knew I would cherish having a daughter. I think I wanted a girl mostly because me and your Gee are so close and I wanted that special relationship with a daughter. God is so good because he blessed my heart and gave me your sweet little self. You are perfect in everyway and I am so thrilled to be your momma and to watch you grow. I pray I would be a godly example to you and that we would have a blast together. You are my sweets! I love you to pieces mieces....

Happy Happy Birthday my sweet girl!

Houston Trip...

Lobby- I was totally digging those awesome curtains!

Where the elevators where...

The hall way....creeped me out at first but then I got used to it. Maybe because it was so dim?

What Chris and the kiddos did right when we got home. Chris played with Buzz while the kids jump up and down on his back...This is a favorite of theirs :)

I didn't do good on picture taking but we did set up the camera to get one of us!

Sweet archway right?

Really unique colors and oldschool wood cabinets and doors. I'm pretty sure it's all original...

Sweet! Look at the rubber ducky! I saw on the price list it was $5...ahaha! Along with a Snickers that was $4.

Shower and bath! And black and white floor!

Cool huh?

The chairs and a chandiler light...

It was actually a really comfy bed! You never know! The colors I thought were odd but maybe they were going with the old? Peach walls, baby blue wood trip and cabinets, strip carpet and funky gold and maroon bedding and curtains... Everything is mix matched which is kind of fun to me! It grew on me by the end!

My mom took this because she thought it was rather funny how many notes I have for being gone just one night! What can I say, I'm OCD?

Bow holder I made...

Well we had a wonderful quick trip to Houston and we are glad to be back. I'm so thankful God gave me someone who misses our kids just as much as I do and would rather be home with them. We talk about them the whole time and miss them and just love getting home to see them. Not that we didn't have fun together not having to rush eating or shopping and just relaxing but I think one night is plenty :) Although today I believe they were testing me to see how far they could push me. It was like they were tag teaming me! And no naps= no fun. Seriously it's rough with no naps. I am starting tomorrow with 'rest time'. Most of the time he naps but occasionally he will skip one or two but I am enforcing a new rule....He must stay in there for rest time. He can do whatever he wants in his crib but it's gonna be rest time by golly :)

So Chris' Dr. appointment went well! No real news is good news and as Layne told me...We thought we had xrays this time but he won't get those until Feb. (that worked out perfectly so we could enjoy our trip and not worry) We did ask if his measurements were getting worse over the last four visits or staying the same...kind of getting idea of the fusing going on. Most of them had gotten better than the first visit! Praise the Lord! Funny note: The measurements he does are like bending down to touch your toes, standing straight against the wall and bending side to side and bending his neck side to side. The Dr. was measuring when he bent side to side with his neck and he said his neck looks awesome and that if he bent it any further it might fall off! ha! Maybe you would have had to been there but anyhoo that's really good since one concern of AS is fusing of the neck! Other than that we are still just fighting the battle of getting Chris motivated to either ride bikes, swim and walk. Those are really the three exercises that are recommended for AS and or arthiritis paitents so they stay mobile and flexible but not hard impact. Well, as well as I know Chris, I KNOW he isn't going to swim, he walks a good amount at work but it's not power walking or anything so the last thing is biking....We will see. The ball is in his court. The only other thing is to have his hip replaced so he won't have any pain in the hip when working out. (that's were his pain comes from) He isn't going to do that anytime soon so that boy better start riding bikes! We were doing so well riding with the kiddos after dinner but with this dern heat, we aren't doing anything outside! Soon we can start up again :)

The hotel we stayed at was called Hotel Icon down on Main street. It was super sweet. It was so old school and everything was so mix in match but really old style and unique. We really liked it. They even turn down your bed at night and give you a chocolate. They only gave us one chocolate?! So who ate it? Yeah, me..for breakfast! ha!

Right after the Dr. appointment we stopped and ate at the Goode Company BBQ (since we looked it up on Food Network because Chris is addicted to Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives) and that was so good! Then Chris wanted to drive to Hempstead and go chat with a guy who makes his fishing rods and get some decals for his boat. Chris is what you call a 'purist' in the fishing world...and so is this guy who makes fishing rods, so you can only imagine how long they chatted fishing and rods and reels and yada yada yada. I had fun scoping out the rods he had made and wanting to design my very own that would have pink and turquiose on it...Hmmm I should do some designing for him :) He was extremely friendly and showed us everything and how he does it all step by step. I thought I was going to be bored to tears but I actually enjoyed it because I like tedious things and making those rods is just that, tedious. But seriously, Hempstead is beautiful! I wanted to move there! So green and country and trees! So since I went with him there, we went to the Galleria Wed. And OH MY. I haven't ever been there and I was shocked. We both said it reminded us of New York. Actually the whole hub bub of Houston reminded us of NYC. It was crazy to see the stores in there like Jimmy Choo, Tiffany's, Barney's, Neiman Marcus and so many others I can't even believe! And the store I went too and bought stuff? MAC. Yup MAC makeup, the same thing I could get here at our Dilliards :) But I did get cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory! YUMMO!

So on the way to Houston and home we kept seeing these billboards along the highway advertising for this gas station. They raved about their restrooms and food and such. Well on the way home we stopped. It's in Wharton and it's called Buc-ees. And it's mascot is a beaver. Can I tell you it was amazing?! Their bathrooms were something to rave about! So clean, nice, big, toliet sanitizer and hand sanitizer IN the stalls, beautifully straight, clean and perfect rows of drinks, candy, chips. And then TONS of their own candy and food and such. We were amazed. And we shall now always stop and give Buc-ee's our buisness and if you are ever going through Wharton, check it out! :) ha!

So this is long and I am pooped and there is one last piece of mint chocolate chip cake and I am going to eat it and savor it :)

Tootles for now....