Pumpkin Seed is Pumpkin Crazy!

~ PUMPKIN SEED loves PUMPKIN SEASON!~

Our first pumpkins of the season...Abby and I have big plans for these but for now, they are just hanging out on our front porch steps~just lookin' as cute as they can be.

I have been EXTREMELY busy with very *ahemm* important things...

Abby and I decided to go to the mall Saturday and spend some time looking at girl things~

Abby got to shop around at the Libby Lou shop where there is lots of glitter and feathers and PiNk and fun girly girl stuff....She loved testing out the Pixie Dust - - - - - - - - ->
.....She loves braclets.......

And what would a trip to the mall be if you didn't get a GiAnT BuBbLe GuM bALL and an OlD FaShIoNeD LoLlIpOp???

AND THEN.......
We went to see MawMaw and PawPaw where Abby spread out on the floor and "TOLD" mawmaw to go get her toys "please"....

OK.... Comming up tomorrow, check in for a look at a recent crochet project. I know I've been known for hatin' on crochet *BUT* you'll see why I had to do it!

Tonights Menu: Pan fried Pork Steaks, homemade mashed potatoes with gravy and buttery greenbeans..And mm' mm' was it goood!

~ PrEcIoUs MoMeNtS~

ABBY FED THE DUCKS AT THE LAKE~
SHE LOVES THE WATER AND WANTED TO GO TO THE BEACH BUT IT WAS TOO COLD...WE WENT LAST WEEK WHEN IT WAS WARMER~

ALL READY FOR YARD WORK!
WE WORKED SO HARD THAT WE HAD TO TREAT OURSELVES TO AN ORANGE PUSH POP!

SWEET LITTLE BABY GIRL PLAYING WITH HER DOLLS! SHE HAS A GREAT IMAGINATION!

Back to my old ways...

After months of pinning color swatches to the wall I finally picked a color I could live with. I painted the East Living Room wall and the extended dining room wall Sherwin Williams "Olde World Gold". With pops of vibrant reds and golds the wall comes to life and looks beautiful!

Check it out!

Checking in again...

Just doing a lot of waiting over here....Everyone has taken naps and is well rested for the long night ahead. I just made a trip out to buy some more munchies and "boredom" food......I went to every store that was open and stocked up on different things...BOTH stores occupied a few National Guardsmen baring arms and looking quiet official.

Just whipped this up today for our new little niece Kalleigh....

I cooked Migas and toast for dinner tonight...Cooking gives me something to do while we wait and it keeps Andrew and Abby happy.

This is just a picture of part of our backyard...The wind is starting to pick up and it's an eerie darkness outside.

Hurricane Havoc ( again)!

Louisianians will find ANY reason to party....we don't mind working but as soon as we can find a good excuse to get off work early, shut down businesses and schools, we're stocking up on drinks and chips and dip and candy and hunkering down for a party! Louisiana is already one of the most "partying" states as we shut down businesses early for Mardi Gras celebrations and City events and we even voted some of our parishes to have a four day school week...see EVEN the teachers want to get out early for the weekend! Anyway, Once again, we're making the best of a bad situation with Hurricane Ike estimated to make Landfall a little to our west, sometime this evening and into tonight. The stores were packed yesterday and buggies were piled high with, not only flashlights, TP, water and canned goods, but most people had a good supply of beer, chips, cookies, candy, cokes, and board games. People were buzzing with nervousness and excitement and the clerks were working faster than ever. Kroger was out of bread, of all things...and you had to wait in line for a while to fill up the gas tank or get ice.

As always, when things are looking bad, a Louisiana girl turns to her kitchen. I started cooking early yesterday and went through almost all of my pots and pans. I cooked from mid morning to about 4 3opm then headed out to moms where she had been cooking gumbo and rice and bread and cake...we combined our feasts and settled in for a night of chatting , laughing, eating, monopoly, tv, and relaxing. We had every kind of candy stacked up on the table ( thanks to chris: ) and stayed up well past midnight. We were also waiting on miss Kalleigh to make her grand entrance into the world and we kept in touch with Jason and Kim by blog and got hour by hour updates. Finally around 2:30am we got a picture of our beautiful new little addition to the big family...It was definitely worth waiting all night for. We all sang Happy birthday to her on a telephone recording and sent flowers and love to Missouri.

Right now, I'm pretty relaxed. We were pretty well prepared and have everything clean and organised and boarded up around here. I'll have updates as often as possible until the power goes out...after that, it's all notepad blogging : ) Check back for more later!

Heading straight toward South Louisiana and may turn even more North East to hit us right on. Either way, it'll be a mess...But we're praying for the best outcome!

You can never have enough cheap TP in times like these. You never know how long the stores will be shut down or if the roads will be blocked so you HAVE to stock up on the "essentials" : )Jason and FINALLY baby Kalleigh! Born at 2am July 12th..weighing 8 lbs 1oz and beautiful as they come! This is Gabe and Kimberlys fourth kiddo!!! They are a RICH RICH family!!!What a blessing those kids are! A few of us are looking forward to making a trip to Missouri sometime after the chaos with Hurricane Ike ends...we cant wait to met Kalleigh!