October begins

Yay! All caught up! This is now my FAVORITE time of the year. I love all that October brings; the change of weather (sometimes), the fall colors, the excitement of Halloween, my moms house getting decorated, and then going into the holiday season. It makes me so happy. My mom is off on her annual October vacation so Hallie and I are manning the house while Tyler is at work. Tate and Clay are on two weeks of fall break. Clay is actually in Hawaii visiting his girlfriend. Lucky dog. Speaking of my brothers, Chad gets home in March!! Thats only 5 months away! So scary that he's almost done! Anyways, yesterday to get out of the house Tate and I took Hallie to the zoo. Hallie hadn't been yet besides zoo lights, and Tate and I haven't gone in almost 8 years, so we had a lot of fun. Hallie loved all the animals, and we all slept really well after the long day.

Hallie has blossomed into such a funny kid lately. I seriously can not believe she is the same cranky baby that she was last year. She laughs at everything, and loves making other people laugh. She has the biggest sense of humor and she knows how to use it to get away with things. Already..were in trouble. She keeps us all entertained throughout the day by keeping us laughing. She's communicating really well, and loves giving herself praise. She says thank you to anyone who gives her something, and she says good girl when she knows she's being good. I just absolutely adore that little girl. And on a side note, I am SO excited about her Halloween costume!!!

Well its the first weekend of October so that means its time to get back to Conference. Oh, if any of you actually read this and want a good snack during a session, I highly recommend this one: caramel corn SO YUMMY!!!!