ZOO!

A couple of weeks ago JP had the great idea to go to the zoo. We took Sunday afternoon after church and took Cale to the zoo. He had a good time. We started with a look at the monkeys. For the rest of the afternoon Cale would not stop going ''ou ou ah ah" like the monkeys, super cute:)

We saw all kinds of animals and had a great time (besides one small incident in the bird cage where Cale was attacked by birds (lesson learned: don't give the two year old the bird feed stick). I freaked him out a bit but he pretty quickly got over it.

He loved the chee-chee-ta, elephants, giraffes, monkeys, and the lion. All it all it was just so great to have a family outing!

Halloween...Booo!

For Halloween this year we decided to go to our church's fun festival. All of Cale's friends from church where there. We started out in his lion costume, but after about 30 minutes we realized that he was getting a little warm so out of the lion costume he came. Being the super mom that I am (kidding) I just whipped out the superman costume that I had brought (see other lion post) and off he went. I actually think he made a cuter superman than lion. After the church we went to our friend's house for a couple of houses of trick or treating just for the experience for Cale. He was a little scared at first, but by the time we got back to our friends house he was running up to the door holding out his bucket for more candy!!

Pumpkins!!

Every year we go to our friend's house just before Halloween to carve pumpkins. We eat great food (they are great cooks!) and then carve pumpkins out on the deck. Each year there are more and more kidos to help out. Here is Cale helping Kurt scrape out his pumpkin!

Kristen (about to pop) and Claire and Harper observing Jon carve...

Kurt then starting to 'cheat' using power tools to carve...

And the final display of the final products. Can you guess which is mine, remember what a competitor I am...

The ghosts of coarse, the second from the left on the top....winner with out a doubt :)

BOOO!

Lion says Roooaaarrrr!

Cale loves to say Roooaaarrr! We always ask him what does a tiger or a lion say and he roars like a little champ. So for Halloween I could not help but get him a lion costume. JP did remind me that we do not live in a cold climate so this outfit might be a little warm for him. I actually bought him a lighter costume (superman) later in case of a warm night! But for the fall fun festival at his daycare we when with the lion outfit. I figured he only had to be in it for an hour or less so it would work. JP and I actually got off work early and went to see all the kids dressed up. My lion was the most perfect lion ever!!! He just needs to stay away from that LSU cheerleader, trouble Cale, just trouble ;)

Ossenfort Wedding

My brother in-law and his girlfriend decided a couple of weeks ago that they were going to get married. They have known each other for a couple of months so we were all a bit on edge with this seemingly sudden decision. Once we met Jannette we felt much better, she is great for Chris. They are a very cute couple. We were very happy to find out that we were invited to the improptu 'wedding'. Jannette's folks live close by so the wedding was going to but just immediate family and their 2 closest friends. We flew JP's folks out for the event so they could be here. It was a very sweet, special time for them. We all met at a park in one of the nice parts of Dallas. I was the 'photographer', no pressure taking pictures for a professional photographer at his wedding. Here are a couple of the shots, not bad for an amateur. We are very happy for them and wish them all the best :)

Trip to see BahBah!

Well I have been quite the slacker on posting these days. I have been a bit busy with work (working Saturdays and all) and the fall is always so hectic with the holidays and Auburn football.

Back in the beginning of October Cale and I traveled to Storm Lake IA to visit with my Grandparents. My mom flew through Dallas so we traveled with her, which was fun. Cale was the traveling angel as usual. My mom's dad and my dad's mom live there in two separate places a couple of blocks from each other. Cale was so super sweet with all the new people that he met, not scared at all. I was a very proud moma! We had a great time, but Cale was pretty miserable at night with a bad cold. By the last two nights my mom and I were not getting much sleep with Cale in the room with us (poor thing could just not breath).

We had a four generation picture taken when we were there, which was very cool.

When I was little I used to call my grandfather BahBah, Cale picked this up pretty quickly. He was so cute calling his sweet great grandfather BahBah just as I had when I was his age!

We also visited a brand new park while we were there, Cale had a blast playing and watching the construction equipment just on the other side of the fence!!

I have been Tagged

I was tagged by Erin so here it is...
MAN TAG:
1. Who is your man? JP
2. How long have you been married? 9 years in December
3. How long dated? 4 years
4. How old is your man? 31, so much older than me :)
5. Who eats more? JP
6. Who said “I love you” first? JP, he is actually a very emotional being
7. Who is taller? JP
8. Who sings better? neither
9. Who is smarter? JP, he got me through me engineering degree, he was one quarter ahead
10. Whose temper is worse? mine
11. Who does the laundry? JP, he took over so that I would not have to replace clothes I did not wash per the instructions
12. Who takes out the garbage? JP
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? me
14. Who pays the bills? JP
15. Who is better with the computer? we fight over this title
16. Who mows the lawn? neither of us
17. Who cooks dinner? we eat out more than I cook but I try
18. Who drives when you are together? JP mostly, depends on who's car we are taking
19. Who pays when you go out? either of us
20. Who is most stubborn? me, I am very spoiled
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? either, no clear winner here
22. Whose parents do you see the most? mine, JP's live a little ways from an airport and it is a 12 hour drive by car
23. Who kissed who first? JP kissed me first, you can ask him about the 'wow' story
24. Who asked who out? I think JP asked me out first but it has been so long ago, we just hung out all the time
25. Who proposed? JP proposed to me on the beach on new year's eve 1997
26. Who is more sensitive? probably me
27. Who has more friends? JP, much more of a social butterfly
28. Who has more siblings? JP--2 brothers and a sister
29. Who wears the pants in the family? hmmm, interesting question

I don't know who to tag...