Costume contest and pumpkin carving

We went to our old church, St. Joesph's, last night for their Halloween carnival. Brinley won first place in the costume contest for the 1-2 year old division! It was so hot in the gym that we had to take her costume off right after she got off stage and let her run around in a diaper just to cool off! Brinley was also very scared of her daddy's costume (a gorilla) and wouldn't go near him the entire night...even when he had his mask off! When he came near her she would scream and run in the other direction.

Brinley standing on stage for the costume contest


1st place (my first trophy!!!)

Cooling off after the costume contest

Brinley and her daddy had so much fun today carving the pumpkin that she picked out at the pumpkin patch. She really liked playing with the seeds and walked around picking up all the ones that feel on the floor and put them in the trash. She loves to clean things up, which is a good thing for me!

Brinley picking out the "brains" of the pumpkin



Ewww! Get these seeds off!


Playing with my pumpkin

Good ole fashion fall fun

Brinley, Robin, Reese, me and my mom went to The Oil Ranch yesterday. It is a farm located about an hour outside of Houston. It was all decorated for Halloween, including a pumpkin patch. We were ready to enjoy some fall activities.....of course it was 92 degrees outside and I came home sunburned (I told you the fall weather was tricking us!)

Even with the summer temperatures, we had a great day. The girls were able to milk a cow, ride horses, see farm animals, feed the animals, and pick their very own pumpkin to take home. We spent the whole day there and afterwards, we were exhausted!

Below are some pictures from our fun filled day!

Church Bazaar

We went to our church bazaar today. The weather was gorgeous and the food was great! Something about homemade fried chicken and lemonade just makes you feel good. Brinley had fun riding the train, eating ice cream, and running all over the place. She wasn't too sure about the moonwalks and only got close enough so she could watch the other kids! Brinley is in the picture with her Aunt Marian and cousin (of some nature) Hannah!

Finally.....a glimpse of fall!

We have finally seen a glimpse of fall these past few days. By fall, I mean the temperatures have been in the low 80's with lows in the 60's. For Houston that is about as fall as we will get, and we will take it because we aren't walking outside and sweating to death! The pleasant weather change has tricked our huge tree in the front yard to start shedding. Jason spent the day raking the leaves (which starts today and lasts until January!!!) Brinley thoroughly enjoyed helping daddy rake and crunching the leaves with her hands and feet.


Although I miss the gorgeous fall of Northwest Arkansas (...tear....), I am so glad to feel the tiny fraction of a fall we get here!




FLASHBACK! This was Brinley last October in our leaves from the front yard! I can't believe how far she has come in just one year!!!

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Kemah Boardwalk

Jason, Brinley, Melody and myself decided to go to the Kemah Boardwalk for lunch this afternoon (we were actually scouting out a place to have our 10 year high school reunion). Although we only live 10 minutes away from Kemah, it is a place we hardly take advantage of, mostly because of the crowds. Today ended up being perfect because it rained all morning and stopped right as we finished eating. Therefore, we were able to walk around without it being too busy. Brinley loved walking by the water. She laughed at the ducks and catfish as Daddy fed them ($1.00 for 5 pellets of food!!!!)

Overall, it was a pleasant surprise to spend our Saturday afternoon!

Macaroni and cheese face!

I loved my macaroni!

Watching the ducks

Daddy and Brinley with Mr. Shark

Sleeping interrupted...

For the past two nights, Brinley has woken up shortly after we put her to bed screaming bloody murder. I run in there to see what is wrong and there is her leg stuck in between the rails of her crib all the way up to her thigh!! How she does this, I have no clue! The only reason she can get her leg through the crib is I had to remove the bumpers because she was using them as a step to get out of her crib. Any suggestions what to use to cover the gaps in the railings that she won't use as a step???