Halloween 2010

This year Garrison was a Pirate. This was the first year that he loved his costume and really seemed to enjoy Halloween. He filled his pumpkin up probably twice but after Adam and I took out all the chocolate, he was left with maybe 3/4 of one filled pumpkin. Still....that is wayyyyyyyyyyyy too much sugar! Right now, it's hidden away in our pantry. He had such a blast.

His first party was Saturday at my friend Dometric's house. She has a little boy, Kian, that is a couple months older than Garrison and the two of them get along so well. It is so cute to watch them play and be completely all boy. Dometric had a great party. Complete with games, food, pinata, and a clown :) Sunday for Halloween we went to my friend Jen's and let all the kids trick or treat in her neighborhood. They always have a great time. His third party was at his "school." They went trick or treating to the neighborhood shops. Since Garrison only goes 2 days a week and their party was on a day he doesn't attend, they still let Adam bring him up there and trick or treat and have fun with his class. It is so cute to see his friends growing together and enjoying the holidays this year. Enjoy the pics!

This is a picture of Garrison walking around the shops where his school went trick or treating

 Garrison and his classmates

 Garrison and daddy Halloween night

 Garrison and Kian (in black) clapping for the Pinata along with the clown

 Garrison and his new friend!!

 Little guy decided to take a break from trick or treating..(we had just started!!)

 Trick or treating with all our friends!!

Introducing....

The world's cutest pirate!!!......

Thankful Thursday's

In an effort to get my brain in blog mode more often, I am going to start a new blogging series titled "Thankful Thursday." Every Thursday, I will be blogging about different things in my life that I am thankful for. In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it is so easy to get lost in the moment and in all life's little stresses, and forget to just stop, think, and be thankful. I am truly so blessed in my life and want to share with you all the things that make my life so wonderful. God has blessed me in a million ways. So here is my first Thankful Thursday....

My sweet boys. The two most precious faces on the planet! I'm lucky enough to have a husband that loves me for me, that supports his family, that spoils me, that loves me, that brings me flowers just because, that cooks and cleans, (although I don't like him to do laundry haha), that spoils me (did I already mention that?!), that is an absolutely AMAZING father, that laughs with me, and that all in all is my absolute best friend. As far as my son goes, I could write all day long and still not be finished! He is the best part of life and the best part of me. He is such a little affectionate guy and well spoken and polite already. He is a social bee just like me and loves to entertain. His laugh is infectious. Adam and I are lucky enough that Garrison spends almost all of his time with Adam or myself and goes to "school" only two days a week. We love this arrangement, and while sometimes it causes Adam and I not to see each other as often as we'd like, we know that our son is being well taken care of. We are making memories with Garrison daily and raising him to be the man that God has planned. These two boys are the highlight of each and everyday and today I am thankful that God has chosen them for me.

On strike from Subway

I'm refusing to eat at Subway and I suggest you do the same!

Saturday Adam and I took Garrison to ride the train at Collin Creek mall. He loves it and he looks so adorable sitting in the cart while it goes around and around. After that we let him play at the indoor gym and then we had lunch. We got Garrison chickfila and then Adam and I were going to eat at Subway. Since Garrison already had his food, I sat at the table with him, while Adam ordered. Adam's subway ended up being $8, which I told him wasn't correct, and once he looked at his receipt he was overcharge by about $1.50. Keep in mind that money isn't the issue here. Obviously, I'm not peeved over less than two bucks.

Adam goes back up to the counter to tell the lady she over charged him and the cashier refuses to help him. She didn't even speak a word to Adam. Terrible customer service. Adam finally said to her "are you not going to help me?" at which the lady blankly stares at him and shrugs her shoulders. Ummm seriously?! This is not acceptable. The next day, Adam calls the Subway manager and complains both about being over charged and that the employee wouldn't help correct the situation. The manager actually has the nerve to tell Adam that most of their employees speak English as a second language and that this was a language barrier issue. To which Adam replies, so are you saying that I need to speak Spanish to eat at a Subway. About the price issue, the manager tells Adam that they have subs of the day which are much cheaper, and that maybe Adam should try this next time he visits a Subway. Does anyone see a huge issue with this?! First rather than apologizing for the lack of customer service you stand by your employee by claiming they don't speak English. Secondly, you don't acknowledge that my husband was over charged, but you tell him to order something cheaper next time!!!!!! Unbelievable!! How does ordering something cheaper help you if the employee is going to ring it up incorrectly and then speak Spanish back to you when you try and tell them they are overcharging you. No Thank you Subway...You  have for sure lost two customers! Ridiculous....Also, I should post the email that Adam received from the Manager, with about 15 grammatical errors and words missing like the and of...etc. Obviously, no one at Subway speaks English as their first language! It's really sad actually....So, my advice, don't eat at subway! :)

State Fair of Texas

A couple Monday's ago, Garrison and I went to the state fair with my brother, sister, friend Jennifer and her daughter Camdyn. We had a blast!! We got there early afternoon and stayed until the fair closed. Of course, we stuffed ourselves with fried food...between the 4 adults we shared fried frito pie, fried margarita, fried beer, fried smores, fried moon pie, corn dogs, and nachos :) Haha..seriously I may of gained ten pounds!! We saw a dog show, bird show, and many other exhibits. Garrison loved running around. I took his stroller and I think he rode in it for a total of ten minutes. This child has energy! Garrison rode his first carnival type rides and loved it. He wanted to ride more rides but he was too little for most of them. He was not happy about this at all. I'm sure next year he will be able to enjoy more of them. We had a blast!!

Adam's 30th Birthday

I wanted to surprise Adam with a fun 30th birthday and really thought long and hard about what we should do. I finally came up with the idea of chartering a bus that would drive us and our friends to Shreveport for the day.

 Pretty cool, huh?! We had so much fun. There were about 22 of us on board. We left our house at 11am and left the casino at 11pm. It's about a 3 hour trip. We have some really entertaining friends and had a great time. Thank you to all our friends that helped me surprise Adam and joined in on our great fun!

Stories from last night

1) Garrison and I were eating dinner last night and right before he eats, he clasped his hands together and prayed "Tank um for my food." Without me having to remind him that we needed to pray! He is really starting to learn good things!

2) About midway through dinner, Garrison said he wanted to go outside and play. I knew it would be too dark by the time dinner was finished and we were cleaned up, so I told Garrison this. Here is our conversation:

L: It will be too dark by then baby, we will have to go outside tomorrow.
G: It's too dark now?
L: No, it's not right now, but the moon is about to come out and we won't be able to play outside.
G: The moon come out? Mama have mote control?
L: (laughing) I don't have a remote control to the moon Garrison, we will have to wait until tomorrow when the sun comes out.

aaahhh if only I did have a remote control to the world and could control night and day!!!