Firefighterforhalloween

Don't you love when you write an entire post and when you go to hit publish, it goes blank?? GRRRR

For months Carson has insisted that he be a firefighter. When you ask him what he wanted to be his reponse was "firefighterforhalloween" all one word. I didn't realize that he seriously thinks this is all one word until the other day when he was talking he said it as all one word. it's the cutest thing in the world! when you ask him today what he was for halloween he says "firefighterforhalloween" love it!

My mom came over early to give Carson some halloween presents. My dad had to work...bummer! Carson was very disappointed papa wasn't there :( My mom was wearing the cutest headband that actually looked like part of her hair. This is what Carson would look like if he was a girl! :)

Then we met Nikki, Sam and Bella...Bella was a hot dog and she was not loving it! she sure was cute though!

Carson walked the entire hour and a half to all the houses to trick or treat. He would walk right up and stick out his little arm with the pumpkin hanging on it and wait for his candy. No shyness in that boy! I've mentioned before that he could live outside if i let him...he was so happy to be outside, walking and running around for that long. However, FINALLY after almost two hours, he wanted my mom to hold him. Luckily, we were at the end of our route. I'm pretty sure that he got two full pumpkins full of candy because he was the cutest firefighter on the block! He was so adament this year abuot what he wanted to be...i can't wait to see what he is going to be next year!

Pic of the day

We have a big weekend this weekend. We're going on a little getaway...more next week. This pic is of Carson out at my co-workers house last weekend. I love it...he was so happy to be on their farm.

Vacation!!

Carson and i had a blast! He was a little scared of the ocean at first but he warmed up to it! When he was one...he had no problem what so ever with the ocean but now he's older, he is more aware and can be scared of things...they are fearless when they are that young. It was so much more fun this year because he was able to run around the pool and in the sand. i can't wait to go again next year. This is Carson and Sam, my sisters fiance. They were best buds by the end of the trip!! I love this pic! This is my dad, aka...Papa! Carson absolutely loves him!!!! My dad is the best!





This was by far...hands down...without a doubt his favorite thing to do! Play with the water hose! People would walk up from the beach and he would be the one to rinse off their sandy legs. He also loved squirting his cousin addi. It was hilarious!

Ready to hit the road! Til next year PCB!

This and That...

My poor little blog...it's been so ignored lately! We have been so busy around here! Carson's birthday, my birthday, my 15 year reunion, our town homecoming and now Carson and i are getting ready to head out to Panama City Beach, FL for a week of beach time with our family! This is a little recap of what we've been up to...

A visit to the Arch!

Little man turned 2! We celebrated his day at Chuck E Cheese

Homemade chocolate cupcakes used with my favorite sheet cake recipe and buttercream frosting! so good!

This is one picture from my 15 year reunion. These are my best girlfriends! We have all been friends since we were born and i love them dearly! This is Jess, Amy, me and Sara.

These are a couple of Carson's buddies. This is Dane, Maya and Carson riding one of the cars at the town homecoming. So cute! Well...we're off tomorrow and i'll post more later! i have upcoming posts on Carson's big boy room...it's so close to being done! Also my cabinet redo...that's also so close to being done! for now...
I'm ready to get a tan!!!!

A graduation party!

Nikki got her master's in education from McKendree last week. Even though she didn't walk, we wanted to throw her a good party...and a good party it was! The food was incredible...thanks to all who pitched in!! i will post the recipes to some of these tomorrow but here's a peak....oh! and i will share my special gift that daniel and imade for nikki's classroom! she loved it!

love her!

carson enjoyed straddling and dancing on this pole. haha
my cute grandparents!
here is the spread...see those bacon things to the left? those were some apps i made from a recipe on PW website. yum.

and this was a hit! i mad this...chicken and linguini pasta! so good!

Our Easter Weekend

What a great weekend! busy and hectic but great!! We loved doing all these fun things with Carson! We spent the day at Eckert's and it was great weather for it, thank goodness! We couldn't of asked for a better day considering it was probably the nicest day in weeks! Here are some pics of his day! He got to....
Pose with a bunny and go on an easter egg hunt...


get his face painted...
hang with the girls...
and his favorite part of the day was riding a "fractor!"

Stacy's 30 Bday

My cousin Stacy's 30th bday was last week. Her husband Doug set up a surprise dinner at Dave and Buster's with a group of our friends and all of our kids. The kids had a blast! Carson was pooped when we got home! I didn't get any pics of the bday girl but i did get some of carson and stacy's two little ones...Makenna and Addison. These girls are adorable!

Carson in a big chair :)

Not sure if you can read but it says "Players only in the Playing Area" thought it was kind of funny to get Carson standing there
Addi and carson hugging. it was so cute!! i asked them to hug and neither hesitated!

Here is Makenna...this girl is a spitting image of her mom! Carson and Makenna hanging out onthe big chairs

Super Bowl!

How awesome was that game?! im an avid sports fan but for some reason...just can't get that into football?? However, the end of this game had me on the edge of my seat! whew! We had friends over for the night and it was great to catch up! Not to mention, the food was awesome! Sam made a great recipe of Italian Beef...i could of eaten it all night! Nikki made a wonderful fruit pizza which was so delicious that i was suprised i had never tasted it before! Jill made a great pumpkin cheesecake froma recipe from the Cheesecake Factory and Todd even pitched in and made the cucumber and feta salad! Daniel and i made appetizers and i made the Peanut butter cupcakes i've been dying to make. I'll post that recipe next! They were so amazing!

Part of our night consisted of making jewelry! Jill tought herself how to make her own and i was really excited to have her over to teach me how. It was fun! i made some pendants, bracelets and a necklace. You should see all her jewelry stuff...it would blow you away. Take a look at this....our entire dining room table was full!!

It was a lot of fun and now i'm going to start making my own...of course, with help from Jill! :) She's really good! She makes jewelry for special occasions too! So, if anyone needs anything, let me know and i'll get you in contact with her!

Speaking of making things...Daniel had a great idea for coasters!! I have been on the lookout for some cool looking coasters but haven't found any worth spending money on. So, he volunteered to make me some! He cut down a small tree that we had in our yard and made them for me! He just cut them and carved them and then put brown felt on the bottoms with super glue. They work like a charm, our heavy bottom glasses fit perfectly on them and they are "us"! I love them! He has some leftover and he is going to glaze those to give them a shiny look. I'll post those when he does.