Santa Claus

Tonight we took Madison to the mall to see Santa. She has been telling us that she was a big girl now and needed to sit in Santa's lap. She was a little hesitant at first but quickly warmed up to him. She even wanted to go back a second time to give him a high five. Santa gave her a puzzle with his picture on it as a prize. After she was able to play inside the snow globe.

Backyard Tree

Here are some pictures I took in the back yard this morning. This tree is now in full bloom and looks beautiful!

Madison's Fish

Madison and Travis went fishing on the dock again this morning and they caught another fish. We are not sure what kind it is but they had a great time.

Nature walk

Today Madi and I met the Bilbao's at the park and went on a nature walk and let the kids play on play ground. On our way there we saw 3 deer on the side of the road about 3/4 of a mile from our house. At the park we saw alligators, birds, fish, butterflies and a skunk. One cool thing was a red maple tree coming out of the water. Madi had a blast and cant stop talking about the day. I tried to get good pictures of the butterflies we saw because they were being very cooperative but in true digital camera fashion....my batteries died after one shot that was not good. So...if anyone would like to check our Lisa's blog, she got some awesome shots.

Weekend of Fun!

Mom and Mark cam eback this weekend for a final drop off and decorating kick before the holidays. Mom again was a great treasure hunter and found and awesome hand carved sail fish for the living room. Travis cant stop staring at it saying "I love that fish"....too cute. She also found a shelf, hall table and mirror and an end table. She also found the light fixture in the picture with the table.

We had fun figuring out how to get the table and mirror painted the right shade of red. I think the Sangria Mark made for us to drink while doing it helped out for inspiration! For the first time we also left the house and the three girls headed south for a trip to the new IKEA store that just opened and the boys went and played golf. It was an awesome weekend!

Trick or Treat

Dorothy

We had a great time trick or treating in our new neighborhood Halloween night. We went around for about two hours with our neighbors who have a 3 and 5 year old. Madison got a full bucket of candy and loved handing out candy to the people who came to the house.