Happy Thanksgiving!

Meant to post these pictures before the birthday ones, so I guess things are a little out of order. We had a nice trip (planes, trains, and automobiles aside) to Mississippi to visit Uncle Mike, Aunt Amy, Michael, and Matthew. Casey enjoyed the big back yard, and following Matthew around whenever he had the chance.


No, he wasn't watching a 3D movie.


On the couch with Dad and Michael


Making pumpkin pie with Aunt Amy






Lily (guess I didn't get a good picture of Copper)




watch out for wrestling dogs!






"seems kind of high"


"yeah, it does seem high"





counting page numbers with Matthew

Happy 4th Birthday Casey!

Hot wheels tracks were the hit of the day on Casey's birthday (Dad had fun too!)
And later we had pizza, so Casey needed to play with the rolling pin and roll out some flour.
Thanks for all the cards and presents that were sent!






A little creative arranging of the tracks









And back at it the day after his birthday.

A few house things

We finally got a hand rail installed at our house. We didn't like the "traditional" ones with the curly-ques and all that frill, so we decided to have something custom made. We were inspired by our neighbor's railing (made of wood) and thought we might try the same pattern with wrought iron. The maker was intrigued and decided to give it a try. This one, he said, will go in his book to show future customers. We love it too! (pattern is "chippendale")













And here are our new curtains and shelves (for toys, mostly) from Ikea.



Oh, and new dining chairs too (boy, need to stop swiping that credit card!!)