Happy Pumpkin Day!!

Gosh, It has been so so so so so very long since I have blogged and honestly, not much has changed in the amazing lives of Rick and Lace other than the same ole same ole... School... Work... School... Work... Baseball... Work.. Sleep.. Rick has been on overdrive working on his portfolio for school, which I will admit is demanding and hectic and stressful as a whole. Basically, it becomes your teaching life in the classroom- this notebook filled of everything that you could imagine to create, think, dream, and teach to your students in hopes that they will reciprocate it and suceed. If you could imagine taking boards in the medical field, just reverse it and try to WRITE your own "testing boards" and put it into a notebook with over 200 pages... Stress-ful. I definately have so much respect for teachers and student teachers because they have a HARD JOB!  No wonder they get summers off- that is WELL DESERVED! So, other than working on school work, work, and life for us both, things have been somewhat boring...........

That being said, I decided I was going to spice things up a bit! After Rick and I got married we decided that we always wanted to make a special occasion out of EVERYTHING for our kids.. Easter, Halloween, Christmas, Birthdays... My sisters are the same way too, especially me and Candice. We like to create and be creative, we LOVE crafts, and we have fun just making parties FUN! This also stems to my special friend Tanya, who goes absolutely ABOVE AND BEYOND when it comes to creating a party or party-themed decor. Being bored in the Delta, I really needed something to do so I decided that I was going to have a Halloween party... For who you might ask? Brittany, my sister, was going to come and visit us and take a break from the Jackson life so she brought her dog Slugger. I thought this was a perfect opportunity to dress Abner up in a costume for sure! Rickey seems to just go with the flow when I get these crazy whims so he let me go to town with Decorating- just for the 5 of us... :)

I actually had a blast and loved getting into the SPOOOOKY spirit! Abner dressed as a Skeleton (I was determined to find him the Killer Whale costume I was obsessed with but since he's extremely large, I had trouble finding an XXXL- and this is no joke, thats the size his weight required). Sluggar dressed as a Bumblebee and was sooo cute. Rickey and Britt had a pumpkin carving contest and I made cupcakes that actually were quite tasty! Rick has eaten almost the entire batch of Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Vanilla Mint icing and I loved the Pumpkin Cupcakes myself. We even had 6 trick or treaters come and they were soooo cute! It made me miss all my little ones and my sweet baby nephews, Harrison and Ben, who were a Monkey and a Pirate. It really was a fun get together and I just love hanging out with people who I love. I MISSSSS seeing my sisters because we never get to spend a whole lot of time together. Here are some pics of the Decor and treats! :) Happy Halloween!

Avec tout mon couer, Lace