Robber's Cave Mini Vacation 2011

At the end of October we took a little mini vacation (which seems to be becomming an anual tradition). This year we headed down to Robber's Cave State Park in Wilburton, OK. We stayed in on of their cabins inside the state park & were there for several nights. The cabin was nice with 2 bedrooms & a fold out couch (so each child got their own room & we didn't have to worry about them waking each other or us having to go to bed when they did!). It also had a nice kitchen & we ate breakfast & lunch at the cabin. We relaxed a bit, hiked a little, played at the little park by the lake, climbed up & down the rocks & in the caves. Isabella was able to roast marshmallows for the first time (yay for finding some w/o high fructose corn syrup although the ones I did find were itty bitty & hard to eat off a stick!). We also enjoyed a couple of the yummy Italian restaurants (Pete's & Rosanna's) in the nearby town of Krebs & shopped @ Lovera's, the town's little Italian grocery store. So all in all a fun trip!

Halloween 2011

Okay so I am really behind on our family updates blog. :( But better late than never. So here are our Halloween pictures. Isabella wanted to do a scary pumpkin & after looking at many different ones online, she chose one that was throwing up it's seeds. Daddy, Jackson, & I chose designs that were a little less scary. :) Isabella also chose the costumes this year. She wanted Jackson to be a dog so a dog he was (& a cute one at that!). She wanted a really scary costume & after looking at many costumes (& some that I thought were scary but were not scary enough for her) she chose a "Soul Reaper" costume. She didn't want to wear the mask b/c it hurt her face... so a little less scary. ;o) But I think the part she really liked was the heart that you pumped with your hand which made the green skeletons pulse out of the chest. We took the kids to Grandma & Papa's to trick or treat (I'm still pretty particular about the sweets the kids have) & then Aunt Laura & Uncle Miguel came by our house later with cupcakes. Isabella & Jackson had a fun night passing out candy to the trick or treators & at the end of the candy they didn't want to go inside!