Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!  What a week!! With meetings and church functions and trick or treating, this week has flown by. (Yea!!!) Bellah and I have had a blast with this holiday!  This picture is from Bellah trying on her Halloween outfit right before the Fall Festival at church. (They didn't do a trunk or treat this year but they let the kids dress up at least - I know- Lame-o!!)

Bellah loved going around in her outfit.  In case you couldn't tell, she was little red riding hood. She and mommy were twinners this year! (Check out the last picture for my outfit.) She did the cake walk and came back with some little chocolate bar. She found her little friend Ian and ran laps around the satellite dish on the sidewalk - it was so stinkin' hilarious!!

There was some music at the Fall Festival at church and Bellah was a dancin' fool!!  We had some square dancers show up from Sun City (You know, the neighborhood that hates kids ;) ) and Bellah was hooked - I could not get her to leave.  It was 8pm and she was running around dancing and trying to get me to square dance with her too!!  I eventually got her to leave, but it was definitely pulling teeth!  I'm glad that she had fun - she loves going to church!

So, on Friday, Bellah's school had a Halloween Party, which really was come and see how much sugar your kids can eat before getting sick!  I mean seriously, do you really need to have parents of 2-year-olds sign up for, cookies and cupcakes and any other sugary substance you can get your hands on? Really - REALLY!!  But, I guess it's Halloween - I'll let her get high on candy once a year, I guess... :(

The lady in the orange UT shirt is her teacher Miss Heather .  I had woken Bellah up from her nap when I got there so she was a little clingy and unhappy at first, but then she saw the sugar cookies and got VERY excited! lol .... She has my sweet tooth. :o)  

So, Bellah and I decided to go trick or treating with some friends in the ward.  This little boy is Ethan (I know! Great name!) and he LOVES Bellah and she LOVES him too!  She is always talking about Ethan and Savannah (his little sister).  Ethan is a few months older than Bellah (His b-day is March) but they have a great time.  Kinda like Camden and Gage - a little wacky and get really hyper together - pretty crazy! :o) They are a trip!!

So, of course, in Halloween spirit, Zeta dressed up too.  And, how appropriate - a Devil Dog..... crazy little rat! :o)  j/k Zeta. ;o)

Since I hardly ever (well, never really) take Zeta for walks, I couldn't find her collar or leash, so after a few times of her trying to run and get candy from strangers too and running into garages, I had to ground her.  Into the stroller, she loved it - I know she did. :o)

Here's Bellah, after a house or two - starting to get the process down.  At first she wanted to sit in the stroller, but after the first house she was allllll about walking!! Too funny!!!

Here she is doing her thing - at first we did a few houses without porch lights on, but from what I understand, if your porch light is off - you don' t want trick or treaters.  But Bellah wanted to see. :o)

It was sooooo much fun watching Bellah start to understand what was going on.  We were with Ethan and Savannah and Jenny (the older daughter) was walking around Savannah and Sandra and I were kinda hanging back and watching and talking.  It was so cute to watch Bellah look and Ethan and Savannah going up to the door and getting candy in their bags and understand that she could get candy just by going up to doors too.

So there's Ethan and Bellah again.  Ethan was Elmo. :o)  Everyone loved Bellah's outfits - soooo cute and they loved Zeta's too.  :o)

Candy! Candy, candy, candy, candy, candy, candy, candy!!!!  A very happy Bellah with a sack full of candy.  At one point it was getting so heavy she kept dragging it!  So, we had to unload a little so that she could keep going! hahahahaha!!  We stayed out for an hour and a half!  The last 15 minutes were Bellah in the stoller because she was too exhausted to walk!  I don't think she's ever walked that much in her life!  It was awesome!!

And to continue the tradition of the coolest accountant -  we were allowed to dress up for work today.  In case you don't live in Texas, there's one thing you have to understand - Texans are crazy for football.   I mean, seriously crazy!  They go nuts over high school football- seriously!! They are also crazy about college football.  So, for those "too cool" to dress up, they wore their team shirts instead of a costume.  And Ginger, our receptionist, felt we might need a little intervention, so she wore a referee costume. lol! Soo funny!! :o)  And, of course, I was little red riding hood too.  Bellah and I were twinners! :o)   I didn't get a picture of us together (I know, I know) but Arien did, so I'm gonna harass her for the pix and I'll post it when I get it.

So, we had a really great Halloween week and we are so excited that October is over! One more month closer to daddy coming home! Daddy can take Bellah next year while mommy holds down the fort. :o)  We hope you guys had a great Halloween and we are soooo excited for this holiday season to come and go.  We have so much to do and so many people to see - it's going to be awesome!!! :o)  Take care and stay tuned for more posts - I love doing this! 

Love you!

JB & B

Pumpkin Painting :o)

So, a few weeks ago, Bellah and I got some pumpkins at the grocery store and this week we decided to paint them.  Obviously Bellah can't use knives and things, so painting was the next best thing.  So, we painted pumpkins - this first one is Bellah creation... my little Van Gogh!!

This next one, is mine.  Awesome, I know!! :o)  You can see Bellah's amazing creation in the background.

So, after painting the pumpkin, we had some paint left over and Bellah wasn't quite done painting. :o)  So, we decided to "think outside the pumpkin" :o)

The table was a hand-me-down thing and has been outside for a few years - so Bellah decided to spruce it up! :o)

We had so much fun - we'll have to do it again. Maybe next time it rains. :o)

Stay tuned, with Fall Festival/Trunk or Treat on Thursday and Halloween on Friday - we will have lots of fun pictures this weekend!!!! :o)

Happy Anniversary!

So, Saturday, October 18th, was our 5 year anniversary (I know!!) Since David is overseas this year we couldn't celebrate it together, but we did get gifts.  The first two pictures are of the gift I got for me and David.  As I was looking through ideas for a "wood" gift, I saw this plaque and I knew it was perfect!  

I was trying to get Bellah to hold it so that I could take a picture of her and the plaque, but as I was putting her hand on the bottom so that she woudn't drop it - it went up and hit her in her mouth: hence the teary-eyed Bellah in the next picture.  We have the plaque mounted above our front door.  I LOVE IT!!! :o) 

The next two pictures are what David sent me.  David went by the modern gift list and got me some new silverware! Ooooooooooooo..... It's a bamboo pattern.  So now, I have enough silverware for everyone in the family to visit, but only 3 people will be able actually stay in the house with us... sorry. :o/

My Precious...... Oooooooo, shiny! :o)

One of our anniversary activities, was shopping for some shirts for me for work(Kohls and JCPenny's were having great sales!!!).  While at JCPenny's, Bellah found an Elmo shirt that she just had to have! (And a pink, poodle purse :o/) :o)

And, a fantastic smile! :o)  I don't know why the picture turned out so blurry (stupid camera!!) but it was a cute smile so we had to share it.  Yes, I know it's sideways - but, hey people - I can only do so much! :op

Here we go, out to pick up mommy's anniversary dinner - Chili's... mmmmmm... :o)  I caught her as she was walking - she is not giving me the "I can't believe I have to take this purse - lame" look, because she picked it out!!!! Doh!! ;o)

So, Saturday morning, mommy was getting ready for the day and putting curlers in her hair - well, Bellah loves to play with my curlers - so while she was sitting on the sink in our bathroom, she decided to fix her hair like mommy.  She put the curlers in all by herself - precious! 

The Coolest Accountant

So, I've been trying to take a picture of my office for a few weeks now.  Being that Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays - I took the liberty of decorating my office to be more festive.

These first few pictures are of my desk - ooooooooooo, spooky!!  Obviously you can tell that I've been at the company for quite a while! lol! :)  I'm still working on decorating my office, my desk has a gimpy leg so I'm afraid to move it again, because it might break - again! Doh!

Yes, if you paid close attention you can see that I have two laptops and one monitor - I'm a very busy lady... gotta get stuff done!! :o)  I'm the only one in the office who decorated for Halloween because I've got the attitude to celebrate!!! :D

This is my door (I know! I have a door!!)  It's my list of clients to do so that my bosses don't try and overload me and know what I have to do.  I also have a calendar up with pics of Bellah on it.  My current picture is of her from Halloween last year.  I still have no idea what we are going to be this year - any suggestions? I also have a little heart shaped "valentine holder" that Bellah made last year for Valentines Day for her valentines.  It has her hand imprints on both sides - it's so cute! Right now it's my dry erase marker holder - very convenient! :o)

I've got to take some pics of the house's decorations, but I haven't had time this last week.  Being in the Primary Presidency and working take up a lot of time - who'd have thunk?  Maybe some of my sisters will move closer and help a sista out!! ;o)

Stay tuned for the anniversary up-date.  I just got my anniversary gifts in the mail from David (and myself) and they are soooooo cute!!! Wahoooooo!! Love you!

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JB & B

Bellah's New Do

Well, after many years of short, unmanageable hair - we have come to the point where her hair is long enough to do all kinds of cute things with! After taking Jojo's advice (letting Bellah see herself while I play with her hair) we have started experimenting. :o)

This past weekend, while grocery shopping, we picked up some new hair clips - including these little baby butterfly clips. Bellah calls them "Yellow Clips" because that was the color she was holding.

Bellah is actually starting to enjoy having her hair put up into different styles. Now, if I can get her to sit still long enough to get the hang of braiding - that will be the next challenge!! Stay tuned for the next phase!!! :o)

Happy Friday!!

Hey Everyone!

Well, it's the first Friday in October and Bellah and I are having a nice evening at home.  Bellah is eating Lucky Charms (well, the HEB brand) and we are watching Friends on T.V.  I've been a little sick the last few days, I think Bellah brought a cold home - or maybe someone at work!

Bellah and I went to church last night (I had a Primary Presidency meeting) - I think she likes hanging out with mommy. She wants to go wherever I go - though, luckily, Hailey (an 11 year-old from church) was there and she watched Bellah for me for most of the night. Yeah!

Bellah's growing like a weed - she loves to sing and dance and run around like crazy! Her favorite song is the turtle song.  We are looking forward to daddy coming home in four months (maybe three!!!).  Until then, we have lots of holidays to celebrate!  We've already decorated for Halloween - I've decorated my office at work too.  As soon as I remember to bring my camera to work with me, I'll take some pictures of my work area. :o)