Pumpkins

Last weekend Uncle and Lauren came to see us! On Saturday we carved pumpkins...it was our first time and we had a lot of fun.

This pictures is staged...Reese would NOT stick his hand inside the pumpkin to get the "guts" out. He made Momma do it, but he was willing to pose with them as though he had done the work. He did sit beside me and cheer me on as I cleaned it out.

Reese and I carving "his" pumpkin. Excuse my looks I had been so sick all week long...my family didn't care though we just had a good time together.

Lauren carving her pumpkin. Poor Lauren, the boys are always trying to find something to pick on her about. She's so much fun!

Reese working hard on his bat...you can see Uncle Clay sitting and staring at his pumpkin...he was the last to finish, but he did free hand his design!

Uncle Clay carving out his pumpkin - he had to start over a few times, but it ended up looking good.

Reese and his bat - he was so proud!

Lauren's cat

The cat and bat waiting for Uncle Clay to finish!

Uncle Clay's bat in the moon.

All three together - I think we did a pretty good job for our first time carving pumpkins. We had such a great day with Uncle Clay and Lauren, we love them so much! Then on Sunday we got to see Gigi, Nathan, and Uncle Matthew as well as visit with two great families in Martin's Mill, it was a great weekend! I needed it after the week that I had.  

The Three R's

Reading, Rangers, and Reese

This past weekend was one of the past I have had in a long time!

The weekend started with Reese getting an award for his Reading - his ability to read his sight words! This made one happy reading teacher Mom. =) Here are a few pictures of the little guy.

Then on Saturday we went to our first Rangers play-off game with Katie and Matthew. I got up at 6:30 and fried chicken breasts and baked cookies for a tailgate lunch. The atmosphere was amazing! Even though we blew the lead with only 5 outs to clinch the series it was  A BLAST!!! The best game I have ever been to, despite the temperature and the 51,746 people crowded in the stadium. I really needed a day of relaxing fun with my 3 closest friends (Chris, Katie, and Matthew).

Ryan and Amanda were at the game and came and tailgated with us! It was so fun to see so many people at the game 3 hours before it started.

I hate my pregnant self in these pictures...so I tried to stay out of as many as possible.=) I love Chris so much! He is my closet friend and my beloved. I'm so blessed to be married to him.

They were free!

Love my sister so much! She's my best friend! Katie bought us tokens and we stood in line with the kids and got tattoos!

Love these two cats! Like I said it was very hot in the bleachers the first 30 minutes.

Claw and Antlers were everywhere!

This lady cracked Katie and I up all game..."hit it right here..."

Phillips, Craig, and Dean sang God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch :)

This guy was a few seats down and did a great job with the bull horn during the game!

Right after Kinsler's solo shot! He is Katie's boy!

Only in Texas...even though they didn't get the sweep it was so much fun!

I have to end the post with some pictures of Reese. As you know, if you have read my blog before, Reese loves to cook. He wanted to make a Halloween cake tonight, and my pregnant stomach could not tell him no. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

I had to start with this picture!

I didn't get pictures of him mixing it all together this time...so we just started with the icing. This was the first time Reese used a bundt pan =)

His face shows the concentration that he puts into his work...LOL!

Sprinkles...

He made a pumpkin if you couldn't tell. =)