Happy Halloween!

Cowgirls

I did a little dressing up myself too at work. It was fun and easy...which is what we wanted this year!

What a weekend...

Cade's 4th birthday party theme was to be Wizard of Oz. I had some scenery left over from Halloween last year that my coworkers and I had painted. They are pretty neat and Cade & Cash both really like the Wizard of Oz and will sit through the entire movie in awe. We played it almost twice all the way thru one time on my way to my brothers. So it only seemed appropriate to have this be our theme. Cade would be the Tinman and Cash the Scarecrow. The other kids attending the party were going to dress up as characters as well. However, Cash got sick the night before the party and then it wasn't long before Cade did too. Cade never got as bad as Cash, but with a 101 temp I had to call off the party. So we attempted to have somewhat of a celebration with close family that were already there and that had traveled so far to celebrate with Cade. Not to mention, we had a perfectly good cake! It was devestating, but not as devestating as it would have been to get the other children sick and/or their parents. So here are the pics we did manage to catch of our little tinman and his cousins for his 4th birthday!

He was as happy as could be for a kid who just had their party cancelled! lol.

My friend Brooke painted his little hat with the "4" on it. Super cute idea...thanks Brooke!

My little munchkin nephew

My sister-in-law made this/put this outfit together the morning of the party! If you think he's cute here, you should have seen him in person!!!

The Tinman and the forest

Cousins

Photo Shoot

I wanted to share some photos that a friend took of the boys late this summer. I keep forgetting that I have yet to post them (its been crazy and my netbook has been out of commission). I am just as proud of these pic stoday as I was the first day I saw them :) They are so playful and true to life. They were taken by Katie Parrish and you can view her work at http://www.katieparrishphotography.com/. She is phenomenal and I couldn't be more pleased with the outcome...especially considering the weather. It was probably one of THE hottest days of the summer (or at least it felt :)). Thanks again Katie for forever capturing the messiness, the preciousness, and the bond of my two little boys!