Much to be Thankful for!

We have much to be thankful for and spent this Thanksgiving filling our senses with them all!

Our loving and healthy family...

What we REALLY look like in 99% of our photos.

We spent the week with lots of cousins, Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents to laugh with...

Teach us (or us teach them... close call)...

Feed us...

Share crazy fashion...

Hold us while we nap...

 And tie us up before we fall.

 Plus, there are just really fun things to do at Mamie and Papa's.

We love their dock.

And this kid could have spent all day, every day, playing on the boat trailer.

That same trailer also provided Syd with entertainment.  I see gymnastics in her future.  

Fletcher especially loved Papa's  lawn mower (aka "Tractor"). 

This year, some friends tipped us off about an alligator preserve nearby so we went to check it out.  

 This is Sydney telling the gator "it's ok.  don't be scared"

 Fletcher did not like all the hissing that gator was doing.

 Shhhhh - it's sleeping.

Hey, wait a minute!!!

 Sydney got her regular make-up lesson from cousin Sarah.

And declared Mamie's "blow-dryer" best of all!?!?

Plus, where else do you get to eat donuts pretty much every day???

Yep.  Mamie and Papa's is pretty darn fantastic!

We are blessed.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween 2012

Yay for Halloween!  I've never been a big Halloween fan, but the kids really breathe life back into this holiday.  It's so much fun to see all the little ones get dressed up and their joy in the process of going door to door.

The kids had their annual school Halloween parade.  As it is probably our last year to dictate costumes (much less coordinated), we chose a classic... LSU football player and cheerleader!  Fletcher was actually better about saying "Go Tigers" than "Trick-or-Treat."

 Hmmm.  Who is her masked friend???

 Oh, her good buddy Dom, of course!

Oh and the usual attempted photo - with both kids.  Hey guys, look here.

Let's go inside.  And try bribery.  Syd, put your pom-pom down.

Syd, look up!

Yay!  Oh, but wait - Fletcher is blinking.   

Oh nevermind! 

It's hard to believe this time last year Fletcher wasn't even walking.  We hauled him around the neighborhood in our little red wagon.

Fletcher's first real Halloween.  Are you sure about this?

 Back home, ready to greet the rest of the trick-or-treaters!