Halloween 2018

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. The creativity and inspiration that goes into little kids costumes is what I look forward to every year and seeing how excited kids get for their costumes is just simply magical.

I also read a quote that said “Halloween is one of the only holiday where you are not obligated to spend with family” bahaha so true!!

We ended up celebrating Halloween 3 times this year. I put a lot of thought and time into my kids’ costumes, so I want to make sure that they get the most use out of them.

I’m trying to get away with family costumes (by family I mean my son and daughter) for as long as I can. They dressed up as the Alfalfa and Darla off of the Little Rascals and were adorable!

We started off the holiday with a block party in my parents neighborhood. Grady had an awful cough so we ended up having to leave before the costume contest but I’m for sure that we would have won!

That Sunday we purchased tickets to the Tulsa Zoo. We ended up doing Sunday and figured it wouldn’t be as crowded as another day and it was a blast. We met up with my sister and her kiddos and my mom and dad. This is probably be an annual event

On the actual day of Halloween we stayed around our neighborhood and went trick or treating. We started super early around 5:30 and there was no one out or handing out candy and we got super nervous it was going to be a bust but they ended up coming out of the woodworks and we ran out of candy early in the night.

I’m already thinking of ideas for next year and hoping Grady will let me do another year of him and his sister dressing up together.

September/October Recap

Where do I even begin. We rolled into September with style and just keep trying to keep our head above water. We are the busiest we probably have ever been but I know everyone is busy so I’m trying to work on just embracing it and not making in an excuse or crutch.

Grady was asking us repeatedly to go to another baseball game since the first one we took him to. Luckily the Drillers went into playoffs so we went to the final game and of course he loved it. It wasn’t busy so we got pictures with the mascot and Grady just had a blast. We moved into our rental at the beginning of August and the adventure of it all was starting to slow down and the situation was really taking a number on all of us. But again, we wanted to embrace this stage of our lives and we are making the most of it. We started a “God” box where we write down all our worries and pray about them before we put them in a box and it has worked wonders for us and our family.

We tried out the new Gathering Place in Tulsa and I cannot wait to take the kiddos back. They have everything for every age something that is long overdue for Tulsa.

Everything was starting to work itself out and we were finally starting to feel “normal” and then October 3^rd hit. As I was driving home from work I got rear ended on the highway. Life threw us another curve ball. The air bags didn’t deploy and my head hit the steering wheel causing the worst migraine I have ever had. I passionately believe that you cannot control what happens to you but you can control how you react to the things that do happen to you. I have chosen to remain positive during this situation.

Chad purchased Bruno Mars tickets back in March of this year and the time had finally came. If you know me than you know my love for Bruno. It was a blast and I cannot wait until his next concert.

Grady and I also celebrated a Mommy/Son date where we went to the donut shop and then went to the Zoo with a friend. This was long overdue and something both of us needed.

I’m not a perfect mom and sometimes my kids test my patience, like when Grady has to have every single car in the diaper bag before we leave the house but the love these 2 have for one another is priceless and makes life so much sweeter.