Holy Seven Months Old Zo-Zo!

It was just seven short months ago that our little Zoey was born all cute and pink....a little girl with a big personality from the start.  Now we still have a little girl with an even BIGGER personality.  It amazes me the changes that happen in these short months...we are enjoying Zoey's smiles and giggles and her independence to move around on her own.  I love it when she gets up on her knees just about ready to crawl and she starts wiggling her butt, her version of dancing :o)  She is also enjoying some tasty new foods-loves her cereal.

A new zo-zo

Seven months later......This is her wiggling her butt-I love it when she does this.

Well hello momma....I'm going to get you!

Such a big girl...just hangin out!

I snapped this pic during her "conversation"  she was talking up a storm!

I LOVE MY CEREAL!

Such a beautiful little girl!

Now we move on to deer hunting....our little booger is old enough to try and shoot his first deer.  So Dad took him out on our property last weekend.  Saturday morning they saw a couple but Austin couldn't get a good shot so he passed.  This is their ground blind.  Andy loves taking and watching his son doing these things for the first time.  He would rather take the time to teach and sit with his son than hunt himself-now that's an awesome Dad! I know that Boog would agree-he had a blast :o)

What a ham!

A few weeks ago Andy went out to his favorite hunting grounds in South Dakota...even though it started raining the day they got there and lasted for the first few days he still had a blast and they got birds each day.  They even cooked a bunch up one night for dinner-pretty tasty.

Their campsite....I'd have to say the boys did a good job keeping our camper as clean as possible considering all the mud!

The kill!

Two very happy hunters...they are each holding a duck they are planning on mounting...Ryan's is fully colored Mallard with curls and Andy's is a fully colored Green Winged Teal that is going to be living on our wall in a few months.....he gets to join some of his relatives-at least he won't be lonely! HA :o)

Little princess not afraid of a dead duck!

All things orange for Halloween.....

        Usually by mid September Andy's asking "is it too early to put up the Halloween decorations?" Ha! We LOVE Halloween around this house as much as we love Christmas.  Pumpkins, ghosts, scary houses, bones, glowing green skulls all decorate our house-it's an all day process most years.  The kids look forward to it as much as we do.....getting their pumpkins and of course carving them and playing with the guts :o) baking seeds and of course their Halloween party at school.  This year mom helped get it all ready and that made it even more fun for them!

Going to find the perfect pumpkins....

Found mine mom!

It was a cloudy cold day when we went to get our pumpkins...but that didn't stop our fun...we just dressed warmer!



Of course Dad had to find the biggest pumpkin out there!



Dad's woulnd't fit in the wagon-we made him carry his...so these are Austin's, Bayleann's, Mom's and Zoey's is the tiny one!

Zoey's first pumpkin adventure :o)



AHHHHH our three little monkies



A nice gentlemen offered to take a family photo of us...That was so sweet....What a cute family! Poor little zoey could hardly move but she was warm!

Let the carving begin!
Eveyone decided on faces this year for their pumpkins.....Not sure what the kids like more the carving or the guts!

The finished art work! We have three scary faces, a ghost and little Zoey pumpkin!

Pretty proud of their creations!

What a little ham! She tried eating her pumpkin more than once-or at least sucking on it!

Attacking Daddy's pumpkin....it's almost as big as Zo Zo


This past Saturday was the Halloween party at the elementary school. The sports boosters put this on for the kids each year and they have a blast! As a new member of the boosters (thanks to being a co-coach for flag football) I got to help with the planning, decorating etc.  It sure is a lot of work but the reaction and smiles from all the kids make it worth all the effort!

My kids had a blast....Bayleann was a blinged out jail bird (she even got to wear makeup which she loved-that is why her eyes look so dark)

Scary Scream guy.....jailbird....and a sock monkey!

Such a cutie....just want to kiss and kiss and kiss her! She had a blast watching all the kids-wasn't scared of any costumes.  But as soon as we got in the car she was out! Halloween parties are a lot of work for such little monkies :o)

Some of the games that were around the gym for the kids...We had kids from the high school in costume running them.

The graveyard.....Dark and spooky!

Each classroom is given a pumpkin to decorate...This one is Bayleann's First Grade classroom.....They painted it a glittery white and melted crayons over it! So creative!  Then all the pumpkins are put on display throughout the night so everyone there can vote and the winner gets $100 for their classroom from the boosters!

Boog's 5th grade classroom pumpkin....This is one angry birdie!

Bayleann found her favorite guy of the night....the hairy gorilla....each year ever since she was barely walking she has loved these monkies....She gives them hugs every year....this year Mr. Monkey found her and tackled her for a hug (we knew who was inside but she didn't!)

Happy Halloween Everybody! Gets lots of candy and don't play to many tricks!!!
Next stop Trick-or-Treating!