Pumpkin Time

What started out as a brisk Saturday morning turned out to be a beautiful day. After Austin's soccer game, he and I headed out to a few garage sales and to pick out a pumpkin. He found a desk and it fits nicely in his room...and a new sleeping spot for Amy underneath it. We found a few other bargains and one house ended up being a long stay chatting away and the man gave Austin a fishing rod. What a nice family! Our last stop before home was the pumpkin patch at Hope church in Dallas. They are selling pumpkins to raise money for a mission trip to Romania in December. We found a rather large pumpkin for Austin to carve and a bumpy cute one for me...oh and a few odd looking gourds too.

A beautiful day and an equally pleasant day on Sunday. I finally took all of my school stuff out of the dining room so we can enjoy fall, Thanksgiving, and Christmas in there. It isn't Halloween yet, but I am getting excited to start decorating and making things for Christmas already!

Extended Birthday Celebration

Well, change of plans....we ended up meeting Paw Paw, Pawk & Nana, Holly, and Aaron at the nearby Tokyo Japanese restaurant with Austin's friend Noah. Due to some other obligations, it worked out best to do dinner Friday instead of Saturday evening. It was fun and Austin was able to be serenaded by the wait staff with fried cheesecake...he didn't share!

On Saturday, Austin and Noah had their fill of playing Airsoft at Tango Charlie's. They had a good time and met up with some friends from school there unexpectedly...a fun time and some time to relax for Mom, a great day!

Nothing can be compared to the feeling of pride when you get to see your little son, grow up so wonderfully into such a gentleman. Thanks to you dearest son, we can call ourselves proud parents. Happy Birthday to you!!!

We have a teenager in the house!

It is so hard to believe that Austin is 13...where does time go? It seems like yesterday he started Pre-k and now he is a big 7th grader threatening to be taller than me. It won't be long now!!! Since his birthday was on a Monday, we did the first birthday dinner on Sunday night. He wanted spaghetti and red velvet cake for dessert. We are still eating on the cake but are looking forward to a family get-together on Saturday at Hai Hai, a new Japanese Steakhouse nearby. No matter his age, I am a proud mama and love Austin to pieces. We are very blessed and look forward to what God has planned for his future!!