Merry Christmas....

...from our family to yours.

Have a Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New Year!!!

I guess two months is more than enough time off  ;)

So without further adieu...

Here we go!

These are shots from the pumpkin patch and corn maze followed by

 the Fall Festival and then Halloween :)

I am going to do my best to play catch up and stay caught up!

Hope everyone had a wonderful October :)



The sky was an amazing fall blue that day.. but it was  H O T  let me tell ya!




Goodies on the bake sale table at the school's fall festival..



Stormy got her hair sprayed blue with decorations ;)

My Mad Hatter :)

Running to the next house for more candy!


We hope that everyone had a wonderful October! Especially
Halloween!

Ciao!
Rox

I Heart Faces -- Week 38 -- Smirk Photo Challenge



I was taking pictures at a friends house. His sister is in the background jumping on the trampoline.
He kept turning to his right and looking at me..
Every time he did he had a different goofy look on his face...
At this point I think he was getting a little annoyed with the camera ;)

Head on over to www.iheartfaces.com and check the other entries too..
You won't be disappointed :)



Five

I don't talk about him much... Although I should. He is with me everyday. Especially when the

minions are in school. He will come in and check on me every now and then.

He was running around a rundown trailer park with his brother and sister.
Eating scraps and rocks.. literally. He broke a tooth on one.
We couldn't save them all but we could take one.
He just took to me. So loving and so sweet and funny.

He is quiet unless there is a leaf blower in the vicinity or someone
 gets near the front door.

Squirrels are his sworn enemy (still not sure why). I think they have
mocked him in the past. ;-) He loses his mind when he sees one.

He even understands when we say the word. Or the the word we made up when we see
one to warn each other. "Skirna-doon".
Yea, he figured out that one too.
If you say it in the house. He will immediately run to the back door
to look out the window on full alert. ;)

He can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. Which to me means that he is completely
comfortable and safe in his surroundings.

He has been with us a year longer than Stormy.

I don't think we could love him any more.

Oh... and he has several names.. The most common is Pippin. But he answers to Pipponie.
I like to call him "The Great Pipponie".
We say it's a Pipponie world, we just live in it. :)
The Pipponator,  Pipster, Pip.
I named him after the main character in the Charles Dickens novel,
Great Expectations.

He is a lover of tennis balls and sausage balls. ;)
He is always with us when we travel.
He is quirky.. he has one front leg longer than the other and sits with it
bent at the wrist.. looking so proper.
He will ever so lightly rest his paw on your foot to get your attention when
you are eating to let you know he is there..in case you dont know he is blatantly begging. ;)
He likes to be covered up head to toe at night when we go to bed.
He is a sweet, sweet boy.

If you ask me how many are in our family, my answer will be...

Yes, there are five of us. 

xoxo

Ciao,

Rox

A boy and his Dad...

 A boy and his Dad...

On a Sunday afternoon.

After church, then lunch. When it's too hot to go outside.

Just hanging on the couch. Watching a race most likely.

Can you think of a better place to fall asleep?

We are finally back in school here.

So I hope to be posting more frequently.

Have a wonderful weekend. :)

Ciao,

Rox

Life after 5

 Matt-Daddy says that after 5.. you're no longer a little guy...

everything changes.. you're imagination is different..

 the way people perseve you is different too. 

In other words ..It all changes.

And for the record.... Matt-Daddy was a bit sad about our boy turning 6.
Although.. he would never admit it and will shrug
it off if ever asked... ;)

He just looked.... longer.

 And a little leaner..

In a word.... Older.
And for the record...?
I didn't like it either.

And the cupcakes...?
Well, they were bigger than most 6 year olds ;)

Oh. My. Word.  She was determined to not let it win! :)

We were surrounded by friends..

And family too :)

One of my most favorite people in the world was there too..
My Bro ;)

<>

My baby (still and always;).. the shirt says it all by the way ;)



Hope everyone is having a great week.
Keeping cool the best way you can too.
By the way.. everyone's face is so red because it was
and still is a scorcher down here.

Ciao!
Rox

It can be a funny thing about pictures...

Some of the best ones (at least to me) seem to happen

when you least expect it.

Hair not fixed. Face not washed. Space where the picture is made not tidy.

I think this one is my favorite...

Stormy had received some new clothes (hand-be-downs but new to us). And she

was trying everything on and of course coming in the office to show me.

I took several different ones in all kinds of different clothes and different

combinations too.

I loved them all...of course ;)

love it too...

But this series of three really stood out.
She had on a Winter coat and shorts with a t-shirt underneath.

I love series shots...


She was just leaning on my desk talking to me.  There were papers stacked up at her elbows.
Crayons on the floor. An overflowing waste basket.
But you would have never known those things if I hadn't of told you...
Everything doesn't have to be perfect.. In a photograph.
Or in life.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
And for me it was watching her have SO much fun modeling and posing for the camera.
To hear her laugh and just talk with me.
I wouldn't have cared if she had had on a potato sack. ;)


Ciao,
Rox

Only what...three weeks late?

Sorry.  I'll swear, it seems like Summer can be busier than during the

school year! Between that and the heat and NOT having A/C in the car...

in this heat seriously? It is the no fun zone if we have to go anywhere..

Especially in the daytime. :(

So here in All it's glory is my July 4th post.

On.... July 26.. (ahem)

We went to a local 4th of July parade.. well it was on Monday the 5th.

But that's neither here nor there.

It was our first time to attend and it was really fun.

We arrived early and got our spots under a nice shade tree.

Matt-Daddy with his Patriotic hat on for the parade.

My Stoney... probably my favorite shot of the day. :)

My Stormy... Love this shot... I could so see it on a card.

Matt-Daddy actually took this one. I love it too.

You just can't help but love the flag in all it's splendor..

The front of a red tractor. That is pretty American if you ask me. :)

I love a Parade!  I was covered in chill bumps when the Marine band struck up.
They were amazing!

Love this one too... If you look closely on the right you can see Stormy's
reflection in the pink shirt.

Stay cool and hydrated.
See you soon!
Ciao!
Rox

Heat... too much heat.

 So... the heat...

The heat is B-rutal right now. Especially if you live in the South. Today... it will be in

 the upper 90's with a heat index of 102 to 106.... bleck.

* insert gagging noise*

So I thought I would think cool as I hold up in my little air-conditioned space today

with my minions to entertain me, and share some

photos that might help you think cool too ...

Stoney looking like a super hero at the pool. All
he needs is his cape :)

Stormy... she would stay in the water from dawn till dusk.. maybe even after that.

See.... I love this shot by the way..

And the diving sticks... If I had a dime for every time I have thrown those this Summer :)


So everyone... Stay hydrated. Stay cool. Think cool thoughts.
Put on some Christmas music :)
Whatever you need to do.
Just stay cool !

Ciao
Roxanne