SAVANNA'S NEW ROOM

I finally finished painting Savi's room. It was a really horrible color before, not quite cream, not quite tan, really dingy looking. Now it is Pink and mint green and white with polka dots and stripes. The stripes were really tedious. Took about 4 hours just on one wall. The dots were fun though. ANd her room looks so cute! Better than I thought I could do. I love it and so does she! On the doors I painted Wardrobe (closet) Little Girls Room (bathroom) and Come Again! (hall). Also put up vinyl lettering abover her bed that reads "Always Kiss Me Goodnight".

Painting nails

Jakob came into me saying "UH OH mama" the other day and I found that he had painted his own nails. I panicked because I didn't know where he had painted them. I found the bottle of polish on my leather couch, with not 1 drop spilled. Don't know how he did it, probably painted them somewhere else and I just haven't found the spill, but he did a pretty good job actually.

64 POUNDS BY THE WAYSIDE, NEVER TO RETURN!

Well, it's official, I am only 6 pounds away from my original goal of a 70 pound weight loss. I feel really great and I couldn't have done it without all of your encouraging words, and support! Thanks all my cheerleaders!

BUBBLES AND COP CARS

Just a few random pics. Mark stopped by with the sheriff patrol car the other night, and Jake thought it was awesome. He got in behind the wheel and was having a great time. I didn't reall like seeing him in the back seat though. : ) Then I got some cute pics of the kids in a bubble bath. And mommy and Jakie! He can be soooo cheesy!

HALLOWEEN TREATS

We "Booed" our neighbors this week with little rice krispie kitty treats. You copy off a little ghost that says how they have been haunted by the Halloween spirit and leave treats with the ghost. It also says how you need to take th ghost and "Boo" someone else. We recieved the ghost on Wed from someone, still don't know who, and decided to return the favor. Mark saw the kitties in a magazine and suggested we try it. The kids really had fun, and so did Mark. : ) THey were yummy. We let jake keep his though, you can see by the pic that he licked it a few times.

OCTOBER FUN ON THE ROCKIN' ROBIN

We took the Rockin' Robin (that is what we named our boat) out for a spin this weekend! Mark has one of his boy scouts that had never really been on a boat before, so we asked David to come along. The kids had a blast tubing on the Triple Kraze, and even I went on it. We went North to lake Degray where there is good visibility in the water (not like the Ouachita river) and even I jumped in and swam. The water was pretty comparable to our beloved Flathead lake, with one exception....if you went in Flathead over the weekend you would have come out and ice cube. Degray was probably close to 77 degrees. Very nice! But alas, Savanna swam and then was FREEZING. She is always cold. This summer when we came home from the west, we got out of the car in Texas and Audrey said "I haven't been out of the car for 2 minutes and I am already sweating", and Savanna's reply was "I don't know, I think it feels pretty good!" A true Southern baby I guess. Anyhow, we had a great time at the lake and were feeling pretty good that it is October and we can still use the boat! That is one good thing about the south. Jake went on the tube and was screaming and laughing the whole time. And of course Jake christened the boat and taught us again why we always need to bring a swim diaper, by pooing everywhere, but I have spared you the pictures!

MARKS 38TH B-DAY

So he had been in Dallas all week, and I called and said you need to be home by 4:15 can you make it? He says yes, so he gets home, we put him and the whole family in the car and his suprise b-day party was going to see Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. We had a great time and the movie was hilarious. Then we brought him home to eat country ribs and red potatos and cupcakes from the local bakery. I didn't want to make a whole cake that I would be tempted to eat over the weekend. : ) We gave him a handheld radar gun for his b-day...don't laugh, it's what he wanted. I have caught him out in the yard clocking the kids at how fast they

can run....fun for the whole family!