Halloween 2009

This year, Zayde's great grandma and I made his costume. He was a precious prince!

Zayde's school had a trick-or-treat the halls day, and he had a blast!
Zayde's class...

Zayde and Kynzie check out their candy...

On Halloween night, we went trick-or-treating with family and friends.

Zayde and Ashley

Trick-or-Treat!

Kynzie and Zayde

Hayven, Ashley, Zayde

Friends, Sean and Josh

Playing in the leaves!

Addye, Mia and Zayde

Our Group

The Kids:
Josh, Zayde, Ashley, Addye, Mia, Kynzie

My nephew, Clown Cayden with his friend, Michael Jackson!

Zayde's other Mimi (Kynzie's Mimi) and Aunt Catherine pass out candy!

After all that fun, Zack, Zayde and I went to Cracker Barrel.

Zayde took this picture of Zack- pretty good!

Fish Tanks & Piggy Banks...

Fish Tank...

This summer, Zack salvaged an old fish tank, and Zayde got his first fish tank!! He loves to feed his fish every night- it has become part of our nighttime routine.

Checking out the fish at PetSmart...

Of course, we had to look at the birds, too!

Proud new fish owner.

Daddy and Zayde putting the fish in their new home.

Zayde was so excited!

First feeding...

Can you tell how excited he was??

Piggy Bank...

Every time Zayde's great-grandma sees Zayde, she gives him all of her change. We recently filled his piggy bank, and let Zayde deposit it into his savings account. He didn't really know what was going on, but he seemed to think he was doing something really big!

Loving Preschool!!

This year, Zayde is attending preschool at the Mt. Comfort Church of Christ Sonshine School, and I am teaching there as well. We only go on Monday and Wednesday each week, and we are loving it!!

First day of School....

Putting his lunch box in his cubby.

Zayde's teachers, Ms. Mary and Ms. Merrily.
(Ms. Mary is no longer there, but he has a new teacher- Ms. Marcy.)

In September, Sonshine School had a cowboy day where we all dressed up like cowboys, and a real cowboy brought his horses...

Zayde's class checking out the horses.

Kynzie and Zayde

"Say, Yee Haw!"

Zayde rode a horse for the very first time!!

Kynzie loved it, too!

Zayde with his class. (His new teacher, Ms. Marcy, is on the right.)

This is my class- so sweet!

Mommy and Zayde...
I love teaching where he is going to school, so I can be involved and be right there with him!

In October, Sonshine School had the pumpkin patch come to us! We had a local farmer bring a trailer full of corn and lots of pumpkins- all the kids had so much fun!

Playing in the corn...

Listening and learning all about pumpkins!

A Walk in the Park

Our favorite family activity is to walk to the park with Daddy, Mommy, Zayde and Bree! It is about one mile from our house, so it is a great exercise and family time!

There is a creek on our way to the park, so we like to stop and feed the duck's...

Zayde is getting pretty good at the big boy swing!

Of course, he has to have a turn with daddy or mommy every time. =)

Climbing the ladder to the slide...

Sliding with Daddy!

Sliding with Mommy!

This is Zayde and Bree's favorite part of coming to the park....

Bree jumps up and gets Zayde- he loves it and cracks up! (No, Bree is not hurting him- just playing.=)

End of Summer '09

Here it is October, and I am just now posting the last of our summer pictures! We had such a fun summer with Zayde this year. He was able to do so many things and make great memories...

Fun at the Pool!!
Zack got our family season passes to the Aquatic Park for my birthday this year. It was the best!!

Botanical Garden Wedding
My cousin got married this summer at the Botanical Gardens. It was beautiful!
My family:
Mom, Dad, Christa, Tamara, Amy

Three Beautiful Sisters!!

4th of July Rodeo

Fun at Mimi's!

Zayde learned a new trick how to look outside...

Camping at Bull Shoals with Papa, Nana and cousin, Cayden...

Playing kick ball with Nana!

Enjoying a movie and pizza rolls with Cayden.

Fun at the Fair!!

Tee-Ball!!
Great-Grandma Guist got Zayde a new tee-ball set. He and Daddy enjoyed playing this summer evening...

Labor Day 2009

Tyler caught a fish!

My first fish ever!! (that I can remember)

Our fish... in a puddle.

Bon-Fire Fun...

Daddy and Zayde wore out from all the fun. (Yes, they are really asleep.)

A Trip to Devil's Den...

Papa gave Zayde a ride around the campground!

Family Hike...
The Hickmans

The Lewis'

The Roys

Bikes, Blues and BBQ 2009

We continued our tradition with the McCash's at BB&BBQ!

You never know what you're going to see...

David and Jessica even cruised Dickson on their bike!

If I were to ever have my own bike (which I won't) it would definatley be pink with polka dots- so cute!!

Zayde wanted to sit on a bike all night, so we found a sweet couple who let him sit on their HARLEY DAVIDSON!!

Zayde falls asleep in someone's arms every year. Yes, with all of the crazy noise!

A few weeks ago my family had our pictures taken by a sweet friend, Miranda, of MC Photography. She did a FANTASTIC job, and it has been so hard to choose which ones to print and frame. I would print them all if we had enough wall space! Leave me a comment and tell me your favorite family picture. Thanks!

Totally 80's Bunco Night!!

I am in a Bunco group this year, and it is so fun!! We try to have a theme every month and this month the theme was "Totally 80's"- hosted by my cousin, Melissa. Everyone who could dressed up and it was totally RAD!! We each made up our "80's" name and tried to talk using 80's lingo. Check out the pictures, they are cool beans....

This is Julie- a.k.a. "Val"

This is me- a.k.a. "Jessie"

This is Christy and Malory- a.k.a. "Crissy and Mal"

This is the hostess, Melissa- a.k.a.- "Baby"

This is Tiffany- a.k.a. "Cindi"

This is Tamara- a.k.a. "Tammy"

This is Amanda, Rachel and Malory- a.k.a. "Cher, Lisa, and Mal"

This is Christa- a.k.a. "Janet"

Me with two of my favorite people- my sisters!

"Crissy" got a Bunco, so she got to wear the Bunco crown!

Like, totally tubular!!

Our Group... Such a fun group!

Everyone voted for the best dressed and "Val" and "Jessie" won!!

Do you remember wearing as many watches that would fit on your arm and the multi-colored fingernail polish?!?! So rad!!