And He's Back

Kevin has returned safe and sound from his travels half way around the world to S. Africa. He is still trying to adjust back to our time. Cape Town is 7 hours ahead of us so Kevin is having a time trying to get back on our time. He is in bed early again tonight.

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers for all of us this past Friday. I know my dad is up there watching us all and I AM grateful I was able to have him for my dad, even though for shorter time then I would want. However, we are all doing well and I am enjoying the beautiful flowers my husband sent to me Friday. In all his travel and work he still made it on the internet to send me flowers (Paige and mama too!)

We are finally all set for Christmas. Yea!!! Mama and I were able to get the inside of the house finally finished decorated. I had decorated the tree already as we picked it up the weekend after T-giving and Kevin was able to get the lights on before leaving. Just took me a little longer to get the rest of the stuff out. Whew! Kevin and the boys got the lights up on the outside of the house tonight and we sure do light up our street! And, I am quite proud to say that Kevin and I were able to get the boys gifts today while Mama watched them for us. THAT is a HUGE relief. Now on to the rest of my list. Can't hardly wait... I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

And on final note...I am sure from reading Paige's blog you all know that she is having the baby on Dec 17. SOOO exciting. We will have a new little on for Christmas this year. Does it really get better than this????

10 Years

December 7 makes 10 years since my father passed away. Not the best anniversary but an important one none the less. I imagine December 7 would pass again this year as in previous years, a remembrance of my dad but a continuation of my life as is. This year is different. Different because it has been 10 years and because Kevin will be flying all day on December 7 on his return from South Africa. Anyone who knows me understands that I do not really like to fly, in fact it terrifies me. However, I continue to fly as my desire to travel and see new places eventually wins out over my fear. But for my husband to be flying (the one thing that really scares me) on the very day that my dad passed away 10 years ago is creeping me out a little. Please keep Kevin in your thoughts as he travels back to us next Friday.

Thanksgiving...and all that stuff

So I am apparently quite the slacker mom who even though I have a fantastic camera I took not one picture during our Thanksgiving celebration. Fortunately Kevin took a couple with my camera which I am now sharing. We had a great time visiting family and enjoying Thanksgiving day with wonderful food and many things to be thankful for.

Of course one of the best parts of the weekend was watching UF beat the snot out of FSU. Wooo Hoooo...a great blowout. Has not happened in awhile and I got to watch the whole thing from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium! Kevin was not so happy but he is a good sport.

The next picture of the boys is at home that I just thought was so cute. We have been having quite the time trying to get the boys to go to sleep. As you can see from a previous post, we have resorted to locking the boys doors to keep them from playing and being awake until 9pm. So, Monday night we get the kids to bed and are shocked when there is total silence less than 10 minutes later. I went to check on them and this is what I found:

Both are in Kyle's bed and the sweetest thing of all is that Kyle had his arms around Todd. So cute!

This last picture is the boys coloring. Just thought it was too cute.

Little Gators

Each year I try to take the boys to at least one Gator game. This past Saturday Mama, me and the boys went to the UF/Vandy game. We all had a blast. The boys loved the game and Todd even got mad at me when we got ready to leave before the game was over. He kept telling me, "no mama, not OVER." I eventually convinced him that it was okay to leave.

Walking into the game....

Swaying at the end of the third quarter....

Happy Halloween!!!

We all got dressed up last night and went trick-or-treating. We had a blast. Kyle kept wanting to to go to "just one more house." We went to the houses on our street, just like 6 total, but because our boys are the only ones who go down our street everyone was giving them hand fulls of candy. We then went over to "auntie's" house and went around her neighborhood. Lots of kids were there and the boys really got into it. There were even a couple of houses that were all decked out and super spooky...

Plus side, even with all the candy the boys are still too young to really remember what all they have and do not miss the stuff mama and daddy eat. YUM! And what will inevitably get thrown away....

Kyle dressed as a Storm Trooper, Kevin was Darth Vader. Todd was a pirate and I was a devil.

Glubs

This is just funny. I have no idea why Todd does this or where he even got it from but his latest thing is to put socks on his hands and walk around doing everything (including eating!) with his "glubs"...translation...GLOVES....

Fall Festival

So, since I have been slacking of late...I am going to put up three posts is a row! I know, I know, just what everyone has been waiting for...

Anyway....here is the first one. Saturday was the kids school's annual family fall festival. We all trucked over for the first part of the day and had a GREAT time. The boys got to run, run and run and bounce on lots of different bounce houses. They also got to go down two different inflatable slides. One was pretty big and I had to go down with Todd. I got a pretty bad skinned elbow to boot. ME, not the kids. Go figure. Enjoy the pics! (I was going to put more from the festival but cannot get them to upload to blogger...argh....)