Date Night in TX

A long awaited date night finally happened thanks to Aunt Mo and her family.  B coordinated with her and she agreed to watch our four along with her 3 on a Friday night.  We took our kids to her house and dropped them off.  Of course they were so excited about cousin time.  My kids LOVE spending time with their cousins.  That's been a huge blessing of moving to TX.  I didn't realize how much fun it would be seeing them play and interact with their cousins.  Sure, there are some problems every now and again, but that's normal.  They are learning conflict resolution right? 

Our ride to Katy

Everyone is excited!

Right after dropping the kids off with Aunt Mo

But anyways, B and I planned to go to Old Navy so I could finally use a gift card that I've had since E was born but I refused to buy any new clothes until I lost baby weight.  Well I'm proud to say that I have, so it was time.  We were going to do a little kid-free shopping then grab dinner at Red Lobster.  I knew there was an Old Navy at the Katy Mills mall so that's where we headed first.  They were having a sale so B ended up getting a pair of pants also.  We love sales and we enjoy shopping together.  Not so much with the kids, but when it's just the 2 of us, it's fun.  So after shopping we tried to find the Red Lobster, but couldn't so we ended up at Olive Garden which was just as tasty.  Overall, we had a great date night and it was awesome to just talk. 

My Love

We miss our friends from NC a lot, and one thing they've got going for them is the monthly date night rotations.  It's so important in your marriage to date your spouse and when someone can provide free babysitting, that's a huge blessing.  B and I will try to not let 4 more months go before having another date night and it shouldn't be too hard because our anniversary is in December:)

Rin's School Friend

R has made a friend named Sarah.  She seems sweet and she came over to play one afternoon.  R & Sarah walk home everyday together and one Monday afternoon, R asked me if Sarah could come over and play.  I told her we would have to ask S's mom and that day, S's mom happen to be waiting for her.  Usually we don't see Sarah's mom so this worked out great.  S's mom agreed to let S play until 5:00.  So I made them do their HW together and then they could play.  I'm so glad R has made a friend and I'm thankful that S is interested in hanging out with R.  I love R's sweet personality and friendly disposition.  She's very outgoing and bring joy to others around her.  We thank God for giving us Rin!

Pumpkin Carving....or Not?

I know it's past Halloween but the end of October got crazy busy for us!  Wow, now that I'm reflecting, I think we were gone 3 weekends in a row, wow!

So last year after Halloween, I bought some pumpkin decorations on sale and thought it would be good to change things up a bit.  I got 2 girl and 2 boy things to be fair and every kid was happy.  So when it was time, we bought 4 pumpkins and one afternoon, Daddy took the kids outside to decorate the pumpkins.

*I would highly recommend this to anyone looking to save time and clean up.  There was virtually no mess (except trash from packaging) and it was so quick.  And the pumpkins really look cute. 

Pre-Nuptial Celebration

My cousin Kristin and her fiancee Rich had a pre-wedding party in Hammond before their destination wedding in Hawaii.  It was scheduled to be Saturday afternoon, October 4th starting at noon and the blessing was scheduled for 4 pm.  My dad and Ella were asked to lead the blessing ceremony and of course they were delighted to do that for Kris.  The day was perfect weather with a cool breeze and sunshine.  Family and friends showed up and got a chance to love on Kristin and Rich.  The prenuptial ceremony was really nice and 'Pastor Ella DeDeaux and Deacon James DeDeaux' did a great job.  I was so glad we got to be there and celebrate with them since we wouldn't be at the wedding.  Marriage is such an important bond and it's one of the closest we have to begin to understand God's love for us.  B and I prayed for K&R before we left.

my crazy big brother, Lloyd

The Happy Couple!

Reminded me of when Bubba talked at our rehearsal dinner.

My pops!

Saturday night after getting the kids cleaned and asleep, B & I played spades with Gma Lupe.  I love playing cards with G-Lupe.  I'm always her partner and we usually win.  This night was no different.  We pretty much stomped Bryce and Lorenzo.  It was fun and I haven't played cards with G-Lupe in a long time.  I look forward to playing with her again at Easter.  I love my G-Lupe.