Iphone Dump

I don't know how it happens, but I clear my pics off my phone at least once a month and before I know it, all of my memory is full again because I take so many random pics throughout the day.  Here is a small dump of some of my favorite pics!

 

Josh works in Houston now.  Over an hour from home.  There were talks of moving to Houston, but we decided at this time, it's not the right thing for us.  There are too many things we love about College Station.  Yep, I said it, we love College Station.  If you would have asked me after living here for a year, I would have never thought those word would come out of my mouth.  I love that we have a small town feel, but it's not really a small town.  We are close enough to Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Dallas that we could easily drive there in a couple of hours.  My girl has a life here, her friends are here, our friends are here, our lives are here.  My sweet husband decided he didn't want to go most of the week without seeing his girls so he gets up while most people are still sleeping so he can leave the house by 5:30 or so each morning.  On a normal day, he leaves the office by 4ish and his home by 5:30 so he still has his evenings with us.  I will never be able to express to him how much I appreciate what he does for us.  Some nights, he gets stuck in meetings or has dinners or team activities so he doesn't get home until after Alex is asleep.  Those nights, I let Alex sleep on the couch until he can get home to carry her to bed.  One night she slept on me while we waited for Josh.  I love my sweet little sleeping angel!

 ok, this one is totally random.  Have you ever had a Honeycrisp apple?  If not, get yourself to the store and get one.  They are the best apples ever.  They are only in season for a few weeks of the year.  When they are in season, we like to cut one up for dessert after dinner.  Healthy dessert, yes please!

 My girl enjoying her apple!  This was a weird night for us.  We had an early bird dinner.  Josh was out of town and Alex and I were starving for dinner at 5 so we ate!  Then shared an apple!

 Alex has such a say in what she wears now.  She rarely goes a day without wearing something purple.  Her teacher actually asked me this morning if she has a closet full of purple.  Why, yes she does!  The girl knows what she likes!  She loves boots.  I found her these adorable purple suede boots.  A match made in heaven...even if they don't match her outfit!

 Poor Cooper, he puts up with so much.  Alex thinks its hilarious when we put things on him, like her sunglasses!  He just sits there and goes along with it.  I LOVE these sunglasses.  We were at Nordstrom one day.  Alex and Josh were walking around while I tried stuff on.  Next thing I knew, Alex was carrying a shopping bag with her new purple sunglasses she just had to have!  My child needed another pair of sunglasses like she needs a hole in the head.  She is up to 10 pairs now that she wears on a regular basis.  Sunglass hoarder!

 Dance is back in full swing.  At the end of each class they get a sucker.  My child always has to pick bright then insist on me taking her picture of her tongue!  It's turned into a game, we send a pic to Josh and he guesses the flavor.  Yes, we are crazy sometimes!

The Great Pumpkin Patch Express

Josh and I took a little trip last week.  We spent Wednesday walking around Round Top, then Thursday in San Marcos and Wimberly.  Josh's parents stayed with Alex, then took her to their house for the weekend.  We lined up a special surprise for Alex on Saturday.  My girl LOVES Snoopy and trains so we took her for a ride on the Texas State Railroad on a Peanuts themed ride.  The kids were encouraged to dress up so Alex used last years Belle costume.  It was so much fun!  We started the ride in Rusk.  We were able to walk around the depot until the engineer called, "all aboard!"

 

 My girl picked out a super cute pink engineers hat at the gift shop.  She proudly carried our tickets around until it was time to board.

 On the train ride to the pumpkin patch, they handed out bags and crayons so the kids could decorate their bags to use for trick or treating when they arrived.  As soon as we got there, she spotted Snoopy and took off to see him!

 A huge hug for Snoopy!

 The entire set up was great.  They had the pumpkin patch where everyone got to pick a pumpkin, a street front so the kids could trick or treat.  They also had carnival type games set up for the kids, a petting zoo, slide, bounce house, hay ride, a stage with a guy singing kids songs and a food vendor.

 Alex and Josh picked the perfect pumpkin then we took a hay ride.

 On the train ride back, they handed out foam sticker kits to use to decorate the pumpkins.  Then Alex turned the camera on us.  She loves taking pictures!

The ride was so great, Alex is already asking to go back next year.  The Texas State Railroad has several themed rides (a Peanuts Halloween, Easter and Valentines ride along with a Polar Express ride and all the regular excursions).  I have a feeling there will be many more train rides in our future!

Picture Dump

I have tons of pictures from this month that I haven't posted, so I'm just dumping them all in one long post!

Josh's company had their fun run a few weekends ago. This is Alex's 3rd fun run and our 4th! The first one we did I was pregnant! It seems like a lifetime ago now! Josh ran and I walked with Alex in her stroller. Josh did his 5k in just over 30 minutes! I'm proud of him since he hasn't run since last years fun run! Alex had so much fun after the walk was over playing with all the other kiddos!

Later that day we went to lunch with Nathan, Mandi and Mark. The boys went to Champion Firearms while Alex and I went to Petco. They were doing a pet adoption and we saw the cutest beagle/basset mix. I swear, if we didn't already have a dog, he would have come home with us! When we got to Champion, we waited in the car for 20 minutes for Josh to finish doing whatever he was doing. I even threatened if he didn't hurry, we'd go back and get the dog! haha! He was actually buying me a little gun. He has several that he likes to shoot, and I've shot a few, but I don't like anything that kicks hard so he picked out a Ruger Mark 3 for me. I don't know much about it except that it is smaller, easy to handle and doesn't kick much. We headed to Nathan and Mandi's to shoot. We've never taken Alex out when the guys are shooting or if Josh goes to the gun range at the lake house, but we decided we'd start letting Alex be there. Josh is HUGE on gun safety. He wants to teach Alex to shoot when she is older. Who ever was shooting was a good distance from the group and we made sure every one had ear protection in or on. Alex loved wearing Josh's ears! She actually cried when she had to take them off! I had fun shooting, but quickly realized I was not dressed properly for shooting. I was wearing 5 inch wedges outside on an uneven ground. Alex and I didn't stay out too long, but it was fun to shoot a little!

We have been spending so much time in the front working on the flower beds. I pulled everything from a big bed in the front and left it completely bare for several weeks. When my mom was here a few weeks ago, she helped me pick all the plants and plant them. Alex LOVES being outside working in the dirt. We've been making trips to Lowes several times a week to get little things to add here and there! I can't wait to start on the back. I really really want to build a raised bed along our fence to plant herbs, fruit and veggies next year! We have a little area in the front that isn't too visible from the street so I planted some jalapenos, dill and cilantro. We also have pots with dill, cilantro and basil in the back. I even planted a little grape tomato plant since Alex and Josh LOVE them! We also want to add a bed or two in the back since there is just a big fat nothing there now. One will be Alex's bed where she can pick what she wants to plant!

My girl is getting much better about eating. She is starting to eat more meat on a regular basis. She is also loving on her veggies. I was peeling carrots yesterday and she picked one up and ate it. She ended up eating pretty much the entire carrot. She loves salads and seems to eat them better if I let her help prepare them and pick what she wants in hers. It's usually a mix of greens, tomatoes, carrots and cucumbers!