Happy Halloween!

Well, we planned Sam's outfit on the fact that it was way hot last year and he was roasting. This year, of course, it was in the low 60s. We didn't stay out for long. Just long enough to go to a few neighbors' homes. No one knew who he was supposed to be. Some guessed Superman, others a superhero. No one hit the nail on the head, but I blame that on the fact that we're the youngest people on the street by like 10 years and Nacho Libre is a pretty lame movie. But I still think Sam looked super sweet! He just barely got the hang of Halloween (taking candy, putting it in the pumpkin) before we finished. Here's our little wrestler:

My Grandpa Cheney passed away yesterday morning. He was an amazing man who led such a wonderful life. I will miss him so much but I know that he is happy to be reunited with my grandma after being apart for so long. I'll save the rest of my thoughts about him for my journal. To see a better post about him, go to my sister's blog.


I'm glad that I got to bring Sam to meet my grandpa once before he passed away. This was taken almost a year ago at his home in Provo. At the time, I thought Sam's hair was pretty rockin' (except for that flat part in the front). Grandpa was so great with Sam and told me that Sam was husky and should be a football player. We'll see what happens.

I am grateful for families and the knowledge that this life is not the end. I know that I will see him again.

Just finished reading this book:


A+. And I don't even really like rabbits.

For some reason, when Sam is done eating, he doesn't usually shake his head "no" or signal "all done" like he knows how. Most of the time he does this:

So dramatic! I don't know where he learned it...

A few more pictures from my parents' visit. Not sure why they're so small...

This past weekend my parents came into town for a quick visit. We had a great time with them and wish they stayed longer!

Despite Sam's nap schedule and the bad weather, we managed to do a lot of fun things. I only took a few pictures. They took more, so hopefully they can e-mail me some of them.

Thursday Sam and I took Mom and Dad to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the Children's Museum. Sam fell in love with some cars they have there and that's all he wanted to play with the whole time. When we left, we picked Dan up and grabbed dinner at a true Texas original - Tin Roof BBQ. They had country karaoke going on while we were there and one old dude was actually pretty good.

Friday we kind of chilled. It was rainy. We got Sam some new shoes and bought candy at Walmart. Then we picked up Dan and went out to dinner with my aunt and uncle and their kids who are still at home at a seafood restaurant called Pappadeux.

Saturday we went on a nice long walk, played at the park, and attended the Bayou City Art Festival. Dan and I were hoping to score a sweet deal on a piece of artwork for above our mantle, but unless you consider $2,000 a sweet deal, there was nothing to be had. Some of the artwork was really cool, some of it was less so, but the people watching was magnificent.

Also on Saturday, Mom and Dad watched Sam so that Dan and I could go out on a date! We went to Shanks to play some blacklight mini-golf. It was pretty incredible how much the place was decked out. Dan beat me by ONE STINKING POINT on the last hole! Man, it was so unfair.

Shanks also had something called Balladium where you go in this room and shoot nerf balls at each other (and targets on the wall) through air cannons. I felt like an American Gladiator.

Mom and Dad left Sunday and the house felt so empty after they were gone. Sam misses his playmates!

Sneak peek.

Last year, Sam was a horse for Halloween and he was roasting the whole night! I felt really bad for him. This time around, we're keeping it cool. Topless even.

This is what I hope Sam's Halloween costume looks like. But mine will most likely be more homemade (read: ghetto). I bought a t-shirt at Goodwill to use as a cape, red underwear, and white tights which I will have to dye. Not quite sure what to do about the red shoes. Any ideas? I saw rubber boots at Walmart but they were $10. I'm trying to keep it under $10. So far I've spent $3.75. (Plus blue dye is another $2.) I'm excited. This is probably the last Halloween where Sam won't care what his costume is so I've got to make it count, right?

UGH. Let the childproofing begin.