Thankful

This year I am thankful...


That Target is open until 10 pm and gives me a place to wander aimlessly after Wheeler has gone to bed for some much needed alone time. 


That Target has a Starbucks near the entrance. 


That Conan O'brien's monologue is once again ending my day on a hilarious note. 


That Matt is not growing a mustache for Mo-vember. 


For the close by Houston Zoo & Children's Museum, and for a good friend that is a graphic designer and knows how to work the system...


For email, g-chat, unlimited long distance minutes, and frequent flier miles that shrink the many miles between me and my mom.


For online shopping. I love love love you and your naughty convenience. You make spending money so easy, its almost like play money ( almost...). 


To be a mommy. Best job I have had yet!


The age of DVR's (I don't have to miss my shows for whatever game Matt is watching... and the game lasts half as long when you can fast forward the commercials and time outs!)


That the thought of cooking my own Thanksgiving feast no longer makes me break out in an anxious sweat and I am able to relax and enjoy this awesome holiday with good friends, good food and my wonderful little family. 

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Nope not Christmas... I'm talking about Fall in Texas, and I LOVE IT! Here in Houston we have more or less 2 seasons. Hot as hell and fall.  And while the +100 degree weather for 5 months straight might sound nice to some of my dear Canadians, trust me it gets old. There isn't too much fun about being cooped up inside with the air conditioning from June until October. So now that our beautiful,wonderful, fabulous Fall is here, we have spent every possible minute outside in the backyard, at the zoo, at the beach, and at the park.  Here are some of our favorite Fall pictures so far and a glimpse into one of our favorite parts of living in Texas!

At Galveston the beginning of October.

 Wheeler's favorite game is to steal all of Murphy's toys and chew them or run away with them. Murphy has been very patient with him. 

Sophie came to visit Murphy... and us too. 

Golfing with daddy. 

Playing outside with his best buddy Olivia!

Grandma and Papa came to visit last weekend and took some great pictures of Wheeler. We are going to miss them so much when they move...

Halloweak...

I'm not the biggest Halloween fanatic. Maybe it is my lack of creativity, but every year this holiday just seems to be a little over done and over rated to me. And between my poorly carved pumpkin and lazy last minute costume, I find myself wishing it would just get out of the way so we can move on to Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year I tried to do a little better for Wheeler's sake. We decorated the door like a spider web, carved a few pumpkins and went to both the ward trunk or treat and our neighborhood parade/ trick or treat party. Here are a few pictures... 

Come on... hats are a totally acceptable Halloween costume for adults! 

Trick or treating with Livy... who was the cutest Harry Potter ever! 

Getting down to business. 

The next morning he carried around his Mickey ears every where he went. Pretty darn cute even if Halloween is lame.