Let Them Be Little

Noah fixing the pumpkin with a broken stem.

There is just nothing cuter than that.

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photo challenge: let them be little

Happy Weekend!

Have any fun plans this weekend?

We do!

We're going to the Pumpkin Patch!

Yay! I look forward to going every year.

And speaking of pumpkins...

How great is the idea of embroidering
a pumpkin instead of carving it?

I saw the idea on Pinterest today

{of course!} and I just love it!

Might have to give it a try.

Have a great weekend!!

iPhone Pics

I so need to be better about posting iPhone pics.

As much as I love my dslr, it's not always practical

lugging it around with me everywhere I go.

Thank goodness for my iPhone camera!

I use it all the time.

I mean, really, what would I ever do without it?

It captures so many sweet day to day moments.

I am going to try my hardest to post some

iPhone pics every week...even if it is just a few.

Wish I would have started this a long time ago,

but better late than never, right?

The weather has been just perfect lately!

I never thought we'd see 60's and 70's.

Yay for Fall weather!!

Noah riding the Carousel at the mall.

Enjoying our beautiful weather at the park.

Noah loves the swings! And he is quite the

brave little guy always wanting to go "higher!"

Mommy and Noah snuggling to keep warm

on our train ride. It was a chilly afternoon!

At one of our nearby parks, there is a huge rock

Noah loves to climb. Yesterday he and a little girl made

their way to the top and sat there together.

And then Noah did the cutest thing...

He decided to show the little girl his new boots.

He's pretty proud of them because he got to personalize

them with Dora and Diego buttons. It made me smile seeing

him pull his pant leg up to show her the buttons. :)

Lookin' cute in Mommy's new glasses

 on the way home from church.

Noah in the Dollar Store wearing the hat

we found for his Halloween costume. I can't tell

you how excited I was to find that hat! I had been looking

all over town that morning while Noah was at MDO.

He put it on, and it was exactly what I was looking for!

I excitedly said, "Yay!!! It's perfect!!!"

Now any time Noah puts it on,

he says, "It's perfect!" :)

Noah making water hand prints one

morning after a good rain.

I love how he just has one shoe on. Ha!

Taking a nap on the way to San Antonio

with his cute little dolphin that Mimi sent him.

Noah and Daddy in San Antonio.

Enjoying some breakfast before heading to the Zoo.

Noah learned a valuable lesson a few weeks ago:

We do not take things that are not ours.

We took Einstein outside one afternoon to use the

potty and before I knew it, Noah had a pretty

red Gerber daisy in his hand. Oops!

So we took a trip over to Lowe's to pick out some

replacement flowers for the lady who planted the original daisy.

When we went to deliver the flowers, the lady opened her

door and Noah quietly said, "Sorry for picking your flower."

Of course, she was very sweet and understanding and

accepted his apology. She even planted her new

flowers the same day we gave them to her.

We spent several of our Summer nights cheering

on the Rangers. Noah loves going to the ball park!

Noah's first close encounter with a pig.

It was really funny to watch!

A sweet friend of ours invited Noah to a

party where he got to ride on a hay ride,

pet animals, and even ride a horse!

While Josh was out of the country for two long weeks,

Noah and I went to Oklahoma to stay with my parents.

We loved being with them, and I was so thankful they let us

stay with them for almost a week. Helped me out a lot!!

My parents just got a new lake house, so we got to see the new
place and spend the weekend there with my parents.

It was beautiful!!

Yay!!! Daddy's home from Vietnam!

I love this picture. :)

Noah washing the animals at the Build-a-Bear place

in the mall. He loves to go in there and just play.

Taking a Jeep ride as a family one evening!

Noah loves riding in Daddy's Jeep.

Waiting to eat some yummy pizza at Mellow Mushroom!

Noah and Mommy at the new SEA LIFE Aquarium at

Grapevine Mills Mall. We really enjoyed it and learned a lot.

Daddy got to go with us too!

Decorating Mommy's arm. :)

Noah loves to wear boots!

He will wear them any chance he gets.

Such a little boy!

Just a Little Pinterest Rant

Okay, it's about time to clear something up.

It is driving me bonkers!

My intention in writing this mini tutorial is

not to make anyone feel dumb, I just have to

write this, or I'm gonna pull all my hair out. :)

Pinterest is the best website ever. Agreed?

Seriously, props to whoever created it.

So anyway, what's the problem you ask?

Inaccurate linking

Let's go over it.

First, I want you to take a minute

and visit this lovely blog:

http://www.dandee-designs.com/

Okay, now I want you to visit this specific link:

http://www.dandee-designs.com/2009/10/rustic-ghost-suckers.html

I'm sure you see where I'm getting at.

One is the direct link to the main blog/website, and the other is

a direct link to a specific Halloween craft on that same blog.

The second type of link example {like the picture below} is

what needs to be added to the blank box when pinning a link.

So then when someone clicks the pinned link {image},

they are taken to the exact source.

Note: to get the direct link, just click on the

title of the blog post and then copy the URL.

I can't tell you the number of times I've clicked on a

pinned image to get details about a project or recipe, and

was directed to the main blog where I had to either:

a.) use the search engine

or

b.) scroll, scroll, scroll, next page, scroll, scroll, scroll, next page,

scroll, scroll, scroll, next page. Oh whatever! I give up!

Is this making any sense?

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Hope this helps and please, please pass it along! :)

Oh, and click here if you'd like to follow me.

Smooches from Samson

My parents dog, Samson, is quite the lover.

Any chance he gets, he will steal a kiss from you.

Samson especially loves Noah's sweet, kissable cheeks.

I can't blame him... I do too!

It's Been a While

Hey there!

Remember me, the girl that used to write in this little space?

I've been a super horrible blogger lately.

Life has just been busy! In a good way, of course.

But I do miss writing, and I miss sharing what's been

going on with us... especially about our little guy.

He's growing and changing and learning so much.

I hope to get back to blogging regularly very soon.

But for now, I'm busy with last minute laundry and packing.

Tomorrow we off to San Antonio to take Noah

to Sea World for his birthday! Can't wait!