Happy Halloween!

We actually had Halloween last night. I don't know why, but the borough of Shippensburg decided that the 30th would be the official night for trick or treating. Our dear friend and babysitter, Hebe, came over with her son, Devante. Dallas and Devante each made a pizza for dinner. I was too busy helping Dallas to take pictures during the pizza making but they had a great time. This picture shows the finished product. They made smiley faces with the pepperoni but as you can see they were eating them as they placed them on so some of the pepperoni are missing or half eaten! Once they finished dinner we got them dressed and headed out right at 6:00. Since Daddy Dallas is in Asheville I had to leave the candy bowl sitting out front and hope that no one would help themselves to the whole bowl. Thanks to Devante, Dallas quickly learned how to push the door bell, say "trick or treat", reach out for his candy (he would only let the person hand it to him so he could put the candy in his pumpkin!), and of course say "thank you"! Once we arrived home they plopped right down on the rug in the foyer and dumped out their goodies. Dallas dove right in to a mini bag of m&m's and then I had to take it away. I have never let him have more than one or two m&m's or a hershey kiss so as I expected the whole bag had him bouncing off of the walls! If anyone is wondering what happened to the disco Dallas and the monkey outfits, let me explain. It has been getting in the 30's at night here so there was no way I could keep him warm in the disco outfit without a coat which would have ruined the whole thing. I was disappointed in the monkey costume once it arrived (I ordered it from ebay) because it looked like it could have been a dog, a lion, a bear, or a monkey! Since we have had a Nemo themed year thus far, I found a Nemo costume and I think it was perfect. All of the kids at Dallas' school dressed up today to go trick or treating on the campus. In case you don't know, Dallas attends school at the Child and Family Center on the campus of Shippensburg University. I went to help chaperone and walked right out the door without my camera! They were so cute in their outfits and got lots of candy from the faculty and staff! Thank you to Hebe and Devante for trick or treating with us! We will miss you both when we leave.

We are little late on carving the pumpkin since we have been out of town so much, but we were finally able to get to it this weekend. I have great memories of carving a pumpkin with my family and I had this grand idea in my head that we would have this fun tradition to start with Dallas. We gathered up newspaper and all of the other supplies and headed out to get started. Little Dallas could have cared less so Daddy Dallas did it all on his own. I was able to snap a few cute pictures but in between little Dallas was hiding behind the tree and running around the yard. I am not giving up on starting the tradition just yet, but we will have to see how things go next year before we decide! The remainder of the weekend was spent in the basement. When we moved to Shippensburg, we did not have a yard sale before we left SC and said we would do it when we got here. We ended up with a house that has a huge basement so we had a "good" place to hide all of our junk! We decided we were absolutely NOT moving it again so we finally went through lots of boxes filled with stuff. I have no idea why we had kept so many things this long. There were old cell phone boxes with instructions, lots of computer things, books, school papers, tons of pens, clothes, pool supplies and equipment and lots and lots of cords! There were phone cords, cable cords, cords to stero equipment that we no longer have and to computers we no longer have. I do not consider either of us pack rats but you would not have believed it seeing all of that stuff! We also came across old pictures from our childhoods, things from our wedding (like my bouquet made from bows to use for the rehersal), our beloved dog Fancy's collar (which made me tear up), and the stork that was in our yard greeting us when we arrived home for the first time with our precious son. Even though it was alot of work it was kind of fun to see what treasures may be in each box. We hauled everything up to the garage and I will be arranging it this week for a yard sale next weekend. I know it is cold for a yard sale but SC has nothing on PA as far as yard sales go! They have them all of the time, everywhere, every day of the week.

Enjoy!

Baby Girl for Justin and Kellee

We are so happy that Dallas will be having a baby GIRL cousin! Aunt Kellee and Uncle Justin found out yesterday and already have a blog set up. We can't wait to meet little Brianne Nicole! You can check out their blog at Briannenicolereeves.blogspot.com

Pumpkin Patch

I took Dallas to the pumpkin patch at Trenholm Rd. United Methodist Church while we were in Columbia. He was not really in the mood to smile until he found a tennis ball and perked up a little bit. He had fun running down the rows of pumpkins and knocking them over. He got very upset when he could not pick one up! We had a good time in Columbia and Daddy was able to join us for the game. We are currently in Asheville and then it is back to Pennsylvania. The countdown is on for the final times of burning up the road from SC to PA. It is about an 8 1/2 hour trip but can be longer with a 2 year old and 2 mini daschunds. We can't wait to only have 2 1/2 hours to Columbia or 45 minutes to Greenville.

We spent last weekend in Raleigh at Justin and Kellee's house. Bebe and PawPaw were there too and we had a great time. We went to the USC game on Saturday and it was a beautiful day. From there, little Dallas and I headed to Columbia and Daddy Dallas went to Asheville. We have purchased a home in Asheville and can't wait to move. Our house is now on the market in Shippensburg and we hope that it will move quickly. Our plan is to be in our new home by Christmas. Little Dallas was diagnosed with an ear infection 2 weeks ago and we just took the last dose of medication this morning. He has been fine and then at lunch today he had a break down. When he woke up from his nap he was complaining that his ear hurt. We went to the doc in the box since we no longer have a pediatrician here, and he either has a new infection or the last one did not go away. As some of you know, we almost had tubes put in his ears in January but we held off and these are the first infections he has had since then. He pitched a fit at the doctor's and cried the whole time. I felt so bad for him. When we got home he wanted to go outside and from these pictures you wouldn't even know he is sick. We are headed to Walgreens to pick up the presciption and some tylonol. I am still hopeful that we can keep some of our plans for the rest of the week which included a trip to the pumpkin patch and the SC State Fair.

Vote for Your Favorite: Monkey or Disco Fever

Happy Birthday Nana-Noah!

We wish you a very Happy Birthday and can't wait to see you next week!

A-Cheem

Last night Dallas was sitting in the chair with me after dinner and he started saying "a-cheem, a-cheem". I thought I knew what he wanted but I asked him to show me. I followed him to the kitchen and right to the freezer door. I asked him if he wanted ice cream while I took it out of the freezer and he said, "yeah, yeah, yeah" and started jumping up and down. I think he was just as excited about the ice cream as he was that I understood what he wanted. He was very cute and here is a few picture to prove how much he enjoyed it! I have been so busy getting things ready to put our house on the market. We have had inspectors, realtors, and appraisers coming. We sold our first house in 2 weeks and our second in 1 week so I told our realtor there was no pressure! We have found a house in Asheville that we want to buy so we are getting things done on that end as well. Thanks for all of the well wishes and congratulations from the last blog--we love reading your comments!

Congratulations Mr. Vice President!

We have exciting news to share with everyone! We are moving to Asheville, NC!!! Dallas has received a promotion at Volvo and he will now be the Vice President of the Road Machinery Business Line in North America. He will be working at the U.S. corporate headquarters which is in Asheville. We can't wait to move and be closer to family and friends. Our little town of Shippensburg has grown on us and we will always have a special place in our hearts for it, but I have to say we are so excited to be coming "home" to the south! Asheville is an absolutely beautiful place and we are planning on being there for a long time. I don't know any details yet about how quickly we will move but hopefully by the end of this year we will be settled in our new home. We are so proud of Daddy Dallas for all of his hard work and we are looking forward to this next chapter of our lives.

It has been awhile since our last post. We were all sick last week and are just getting better. Little Dallas and I spent some time outside today raking leaves. He was quite the little helper until he realized it was much more fun to jump in the leaves. He would get a running start and jump right into the pile. The neighbor kids came over and the 3 of them had fun playing. Unfortunately most of my pictures turned out blurry for some reason so these are the best of what turned out. Summer is my favorite season but fall is a close second. We are looking forward to the fall apple festivals, drives through the mountains to see the beautiful colors of fall, and Halloween hay rides! Dallas has not 1, but 2 costumes. They are so cute. As you might have figured out, Daddy and I could not agree on costumes so I bought both. Maybe I should conduct a poll to decide which one he should wear!