LATELY WITH THE LINKS

Monday, November 10, 2008

HALLOWEEN!!

Better late than never, right? Yes--it's more than a week past Halloween--give me a break.
I love Halloween! What's better than dressing up as someone you dream of being or just as someone or something you think is pretty, funny or cool--and going around to strangers houses and asking them for a Trick or a Treat? Hopefully you get a treat.
All the kids had great costumes. Byron was a throw-back Elvis inmate, Greyson was "Special Agent Link", Caden was Anakin Skywalker, Brynna was Batgirl, and Maggie was Tinkerbell. And..our special guest, Coleman was a super cute Monkey.
We went to our ward building for Trunk-or-Treat and then to our friends neighborhood. Every house on her street is decked out. One of the houses I may not go back to next year. Michael Meyers was walking around, the witch was stirring her brew, the candy was given out by a very scary mummy thing, and the freaky little munchkin thing guarded the gate. All living and walking around. Freaked me out.
We adults had a really good time watching the kids make believe they were who they were dressed up as and the kids took in a pirate's load of candy. Great Halloween--Can't wait until next year!

Cole-Buddy

The cutest little kid around! Chris, Lacey and Coleman came to visit over Halloween weekend--and what a great time we had. Of course we did the Halloween thing, but we also went to Fair Park in Dallas. We were supposed to watch a movie at the planitarium--but with two little one's--we didn't quite make it. But, we did get to watch Coleman and the rest of the kids run around and just have fun.
We really love it when Chris and Lacey come down and bring Mr. Coleman. He makes my heart smile.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Happy Birthday Brynna!!

Happy, Happy Birthday Brynna Dear!!!
Our Bel just turned 7 years old! And WOW, did she have a great party! She wanted a Moon Jumper's party--an inflatable bounce house party place. It was a blast. We had 13 people RSVP--and we had 36 little kids actually show up to party. CHAOS!! A few of the 36 were boys, but mostly, we had a bunch of jumping, running, screaming little girls. It was very crazy and very loud. Brynna had a great time. But, I think the best part of the weekend was that her cousins from Oklahoma came down for her special weekend. Thanks Allyssa, Riley, and Chandler--you made the weekend really fun!
So, until next year and the next big bru-ha-ha,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYNNA!!!

Magdalene--Maggie Mae

Little Miss Sass is actually what we should call her. Lately, she's been "testing her limits" or should I say "her mom and dad's limits"--Just a little here and there. She's really decided that she has an opinion on every single thing and that it's her way or the highway. I guess we can just call her "Miss Independent". No more holding her hand while walking down the sidewalk, or helping her into her stroller. She'll do it "by self". "By self" is just one of the funny little things she says. "Or not" is big in her vocabulary, too. If you ask her if she wants a snack or not, if she doesn't, she'll say "Or not". She's just so funny. Conversations are never dull and always cute.

Brynna-Bel

My heaven's--getting older every second. She's no longer a little girl. She has turned into, simply, a girl. Not little, but not too big either. We are young enough to still love Barbie--but old enough to really care what Barbie is wearing. A good thing, right?
Bel is in the 1st grade now, and love's to read. She really loves school too. She loves her teachers and her friends. Can you say Social Butterfly? Talk-talk-talk-talk. She's never been considered shy. Everyone is her best-friend, you know, even if it's the first time you've ever talked to her. I love that quality about her. She is a friend to everyone. What a good and sweet girl she is.

Caden--C Dog

I just love my little Caden. He is THE sweetest and nicest kid around--and did I mention handsome. He's now in the 5th grade--the year when things get a bit more hectic. He has more work and he's expected to be organized enough to get it all in one day, do it over the next week and then turn it in. We're still workin' on that one. Organization is not a strong point for us. He changes classes too, which is new to him. I tell you what--he absolutley LOVES science. Almost every day he comes home telling me of the experiment that they did in science lab or goes on and on about protons and neutrons and electrons. I have a hard time following because he goes into every single little detail--and he remembers every-single-detail. What a smarty-pants. He's really discovering how funny his personality is lately, too. He now know's he's funny and that he's got the gift of gab. He takes after his dad.

Greyson--G Money

You'd think I was giving this kid steroids at the rate he's growing. He's only 15, but people ask if he's 17. He's very tall for his age. He might think he acts like he's 17--but we know better. Maturity-?-it's comin' along. We'll just say we're working on it. No, really-all kidding aside--he's a really good young man. He's at the age when typical teenage angst sets in. And..we have our fair share of it. But, all in all, I think he really tries to keep a cool head when he thinks we've asked him to take out the trash one too many times. He's just at an age when we can really count on his help. He is a great helper to me. He even folds laundry (don't tell his friends).
Greyson is doing really, really well in school so far this year. He's got and extra load-basically doing two years of school in only one. We thought he'd really have to bust it and be doing work constantly to keep up. But..he hardly has any homework and he's making all A's. He has a 100% in Geometry!? I asked him if he just has never missed any question ever on anything to get that average. He replied by saying, "No--I've missed stuff, but I got a 120% on a project". Whatever--wouldn't it be great to be that smart?