Today I had to pick Hunter up from school early for a dentist appointment. When I got to the school he was in the lunch room so I had to get him from there. When I went in his teacher told me that Hunter had some really great news in his Tuesday folder to be sure to check it out. As Hunter and I walked down the hallway I asked him what the good news was and he told me that he did not know. As we got into the room I opened up his folder and there was an announcement telling us that he made student of the month. I was overwhelmed with emotion and started hugging him.
Emotion not just because he was student of the month, but I could not believe that my baby was actually old enough to make student of the month.
He is such a good boy and we are so proud of him.

 

Our Halloween tradition every year is to carve a pumpkin with all of the kids. This year Austin did not have any interest in participating.Brian is always our master carver, and Britt and Hunter clean out the guts. We always tend to have a pumpkin fight even when I tell the kids no. Britt and Hunter started it this year by rubbing pumpkin goo on each other. Brittaney roasts the pumpkin seeds while everyone else patiently awaits the yearly treat. I think that our pumpkin turned out great this year, Brian did a wonderful job creating the face.

Last week the radiator in Stephen's truck went out and he had to replace it. Hunter was excited to give Daddy a helping hand with this project. He loves doing anything that involves getting dirty and standing alongside of his Daddy.

Halloween 2009

 

This year's halloween was really fun. Hunter dressed up as a black dog and I was going to dress up as a black mama dog, but he told me that he wanted to be the only one dressed up as a black dog. I called on my neighbor Michelle who had the most hilarious costume...a tacky tourist. This costume was a hit for the night. Many people came up to me telling me what a great costume that I had and even little kids were wanting to touch me and just laughing. I'm glad that I could make people laugh, Thanks Michelle. We had a fun night and Hunter was a little sad that trick or treating was over with as we were heading home at 9:00 p.m.

A suite night of magic!

Wednesday night I had the opportunity to take Hunter to see Disney on Ice presents Celebrations, Thank you Jason. I had mentioned to Stephen last week that I wanted to take Hunter to see that, but it was not going to happen financially. On Tuesday my step dad called me and asked me if I would like to take Hunter to see it and I said "I would love to, but we just do not have the money right now". He said "What if I have 3 tickets and a parking pass, would you take my grandson?", "Of course, I would love to." Since we were not sure if they were going to operate on Stephen's dad Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, Stephen felt that he should stay home just in case. So I called my neighbor Michelle to see if she and Toby would like to join Hunter and I since we were able to get 4 tickets.

 We got V.I.P. treatment all the way. The night started with v.i.p. parking in a parking deck that was literally right across the street from Philips Arena, so we did not even have to get wet although it was raining. We were greeted my several employees who guided us to our suite. Yes, I said suite and I'm here to tell you it was swweeeet! We really felt like the elite. The suite had 3 flat screen televisions, a freezer full of ice cream, and a refrigerator stocked with drinks. We did not have to buy anything, well except a souvenir for the boys. Everyone was extremely nice and we were so grateful for the tickets, they told us that they would keep us in mind for the next event. I love to make memories for Hunter that he will be able to look back on and cherish.

Stephen has been off of work quite a lot the past two weeks because of the rain and I'm here to tell you it has been nice. Last week he was off Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and although his check will be very short the time that we have been able to spend together has been really fun. Yesterday he was off due to the floods and we spent the entire day together. Hunter loves when Daddy does not have to work because he picks him up from school and they spend time together and he is able to tuck him into bed at night.
 Tonight, it was back to the old routine. Stephen had to go back to work and he missed Hunter's soccer game. Hunter played another great game...He scored again! He is quite the soccer player and I am very proud of him. Soccer actually keeps his attention the entire game unlike t-ball.
 Although Stephen is back on night shift and he likes the change I think that I would rather have him here at night. Tomorrow Austin has a football game and Thursday Brittaney will be in a homecomeing parade and of course the homecoming game will be Friday evening. I will have a lot of pictures next week from all of the events from this week, so stay tuned!

Today we celebrated Justin's birthday and we had a very special guest there. Stephen's grandmother joined us. We have not seen her in a while and when Hunter found out that Nona was going to be at Maw's house for lunch, he was excited. He loves to go to Maw's house and I would love to say that he really enjoys spending time with his grandparents, but the truth is he loves to play the video game with his Uncle Lyde. Although, I'm sure that he really does enjoy spending time with his Maw and Paw Paw.
 When we arrived he jumped up in the chair with Nona and snuggled right up with her and watched t.v. As we sat down to eat hamburgers (steak to Hunter because everything is steak) Hunter had just a few bites and he was finished. He cozied up to Uncle Lyde and convinced him to go upstairs and play the video game.
 I love spending time with our families and especially the cherished time that we have with everyone we love!