Journaling my Journey

I can't believe my little boy is three years old. Time has gone by so fast sometimes I just have to stop and slow down and remember to enjoy it. Keller's birthday was very low key this year with just the grandparents (Mommo and Bappa and Papa Todd and Nonnie) enjoying it with us this year. Keller was very excited about his birthday cake and all he could talk about for weeks was white birthday cake with Woody and Buzz. He got his wish. Not that Keller even was interested in the cake, all he wanted was the icing! He couldn't even wait until after dinner to dig in. I leave the room for one minute and this is what I came back to. FYI, he then took a turn eating the frosting on all but 2 of the 10 cupcakes on the table. He loves frosting! When it was present time, the first thing he did was take the bows off of one of the presents and affix them to the side of his head. Oh did he think he was so cute much to his dad's mortification (earlier in the evening he enjoying marc...

Keller really got into helping with the Christmas tree decorations this year.  Only he hung them all in the same spot! And, of course, anal me...when we were all done, I had to go and move them and space them out equally! See the dog hanging upside down? That's a ornament for Jessie (our Bullmastiff who now lives in Durant with Jed's brother). Somehow Keller managed to hang her upside and backwards! All better!

I finally found the computer cord to my camera, so I can update all the pictures that I have taken this fall. My previous few posts have been what I found on my iPhone, and I had forgotten I had so many on my actual camera. So here is another fall update: Here is a picture of my mom and me at Danae's wedding in August. Keller spent a weekend in September in Pauls Valley with Karis at Jed's parents. They have the most fun sliding down the hill in the backyard using the lid to the sandbox. You can tell by the expression on his face that Keller isn't too sure what he has gotten himself into with his cousin. Things were a bit better once she decided to ride with him, instead of pushing him. For Halloween, we decide to let Keller get his own pumpkin to paint. I tried to get him to carve one with me, but as soon as he felt the slimey guts on his hands, he had enough of that. He thoroughly enjoyed painting the pumpkin though! Eating Halloween candy. Keller's favorite k...

Shopping for Christmas decorationg items at Lowe's one day Keller found his new favorite hat to wear. He calls it his Ho Ho Hat and always has it on his head. I don't think I have expressed enough how much he LOVES Santa this year. Everywhere we go and see a Santa, he goes bezerk and wants to talk to Santa or hug him or touch him, etc. Lowe's had a ginormous Santa and Keller just had to look at it. Poor kid didn't understand why he could only touch Santa's foot. We couldn't make him understand the fact that Santa was suspended from the ceiling and he couldn't climb up to see him. Oh how he loved that Santa!

Keller loves showing his support for the Sooners (even when they are losing against Baylor...)

For Halloween, Keller was once again a figher pilot. At first I felt bad because he was a fighter pilot last year, but then I realized it was okay because Keller wanted to be a pilot again. He idolizes his Uncle Tanner and the flight suit fits him so well why not get the use out of it while we can. Keller really got into Halloween this year and had a blast trick-or-treating....for about an hour. Then, he decided he was tired of walking around and wanted to go home to hand out candy instead. That is where the fun truly began. He loved handing kids a handful of the candy and telling them, "Here ya go. Your're welcome." before they even had a chance to ask for it. So cute. In November we also had a nice 2 week period when our water heater out  (thanks for the wonderful earthquakes we've been having) and we had to wait for a part to come in for it to be fixed. We spent one weekend in Pauls Valley at Jed's parent's house. While there we made a scrumptious dinner f...

We took Keller to the Norman pumpkin patch to pick out his own pumpkin this year. He loved running around and around and picking up all the different pumpkins. Too bad he didn't like carving them too. I tried to get him to help me pull the guts out of a pumpkin one day after school. He wanted no part of that. Soon as his hands felt the slimy, messy innards, he was done helping!

It has been an extraordinarily busy fall this year with October being the busiest month of all. So much has happened since school started back in August. Keller started a new school called The Pumpkin Shell and he absolutely loves it. Jed's bbq sauce business is taking off and he is filling orders all the time. I am teaching Theatre this year and that has me so busy I don't know if my head will ever stop spinning. Where has 2011 gone? I have tried to post random pictures when I have had a chance but I decided today while I actually have nothing to do, I had better catch up on my blogging. So what follows is an some of the goings on of the season and some captions to follow.  Nonnie bought Keller a hippity hop (or whatever, that's what I called it when I was little...). He loved hopping on this thing.   And crashing...   Keller in Grandpa Summers' OU hat. (He died in 2007, but would have loved this picture)   Future Sooners linebacker!  ...