USUHS

Like me- you might be wondering what that post title stands for?

Well... Strider has been accepted to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences!! That's a mouthful. We are so excited. We found out late Tuesday of this week. USUHS is a military medical school in Bethesda, Maryland. Go Strider! We are so proud of you.

We Can't Get Enough

More partyin' for Lil' G this week! Despite sickness and wind we had a fun monkey party. Thanks for everyone who made it possible for us to still have it!

Monkey Cupcakes

Monkey Cake

We have a 1 Year Old!

It's unbelievable! Is Grayson really one already? This time last year I was having him! Time flies. Our sweet Little G was such a joy to watch as he opened our present and ate some cake...

A Busy Birthday

My birthday was last Wednesday and it started out with a great ebelskiver breakfast. I had never heard of these until Strider and I got married, but they are delicious.

After breakfast I had student teaching. My mentor teacher bought me lunch and the girls were sweet as we enjoyed a day of flag football. Later in the evening, I had class and while I was gone Strider surprised me with these...

Strider has been working a seasonal job putting up Christmas lights and usually he is sick of doing them by the time we need them and so he surprised me and had ours up when I got home. To end the busy day- Strider and I went out to eat at the Cheesecake Factory and then he took me shopping! A great ending to a wonderful, but busy 23rd birthday.

Handsome

Grayson recently got a haircut and boy was it needed! He did such a good job staying still and he sure looks handsome!

A Muddy Mess

Grayson is so much fun to play with and enjoys getting into EVERYTHING! As you can see- he likes playing with anything he can find in our kitchen. He also loves to play outside. Anytime he hears our front door open he bolts to crawl out and play. Just the other day he scampered to play outside while Strider watered our lawn... Below are some of the results!

My Little G all covered in mud!

Diaper and all!

Happy Halloween!!

We've had a busy, but exciting last couple of weeks. The Halloween festivities started with a wonderful Murder Mystery Dinner Party! Below are a few pictures from that and other fun Halloween activities...

The Boys

The Girls

Big Jim Ravioli and his mother-in-law Vanessa Crooner
AKA Strider & Jana

Grayson's 1st Halloween

Lil' G cowboyin' it up!

Our family at the Annual Arrington Halloween Party.

Grayson with cousins Hunter and Kenli

The other night we got a pumpkin for our family to carve. It was a lot of fun! Here is Grayson working hard to help me clean out the pumpkin.

Toward the end.
Grayson making a mess!

The finished product. Our beautifully carved pumpkin.
All I can say is Strider did all the carving!