HALLOWEEN 2011

We started our Halloween celebration with the annual Ward "Trunk or Treat"

Evan as "Baby Crockett"

The following day was celebrated by trick or treating at "Scare on the Square". We have the cutest, little town square here in Collierville where most local activities take place. We love it--it has kind of a Mayberry sort of feel.

We ended by heading back to our house for food, friends, and fun. It was potluck--everyone brought a pot of soup and I provided the rest. It turned out to be a great idea and a really good way to get to know some of our new neighbors better.

My zombie, bride, vampire and baby Crockett had a wonderful night. I'm thinking a tradition was started :)

1ST ANNUAL ENJELICA COVE BLOCK PARTY

We have been very fortunate to live in a very friendly, safe, clean, SOUTHERN neighborhood. Within the last couple of months we have had lots of new move-in's, so my neighbor and I decided we needed to have a "getting to know you" block party. We have people in our circle who have lived here for years so it was nice to have a mix of old and new. Mr. Floyd smoked us some BBQ and the rest potluck of course. We had a great time and I'm pretty sure a tradition was started.

HINTON, MCKAY, UPCHURCH, QUICK, REES, CARTER, COX, SHAUL, SMITH, LUCENTI, ROBINSON, JACKSON, SEELEY, MILLER & MRJDA

ENJELICA COVE 2011

FALL BREAK IN THE OZARKS

We decided to head west for fall break....well 3 hours west. I was looking online and realized we had a timeshare in northern Arkansas, up in the Ozark mountains, so we decided to give it a try. It was beautiful but very, very remote....almost creepy remote!!! After a few days of not really seeing anybody we started wondering if we were part of some horror movie. We realized we were in a golfing retirement community where the average age was 80 and with the weather being too cold to golf ---I guess they were all hiding. The highlight of the trip was Sugarloaf Mtn. Dave was so kind to take the kids hiking and let me stay home and just veg for hours. It was a great deal for all. The scenery was beautiful and the kids loved it!!!

With it being so secluded (not even any WI-FI) we learned that we had to make do with what we had. The kids watched lots of movies, played board games, went swimming & ate lots of crap~what more could you want for fall break. Needless to say we had a good time. Carson brought his friend Jarret and we just hope he didn't go home telling his family we're all completely nuts!!!

RED

As most of you already know---I decided I wanted a change so I went BIG!!!! I have NEVER put any color in my hair and one day I decided just to go for it. My friend Amy did it for me for a whopping $12.99 (Loreal from Target). I love it!!!! She did a great job and I really like the color. Thanks Natalie for helping us out on that haha :) I'm not sure how long I'll keep it, but I thought it would be good for the fall and why not??? It's just hair-and it can be changed back plus Dave loves it!!! So for now-I'm a REDHEAD~

Cara's field trip to the Memphis Lichterman Center

This year Cara's class visited the Lichterman Center for their field trip. The field trip was based on animals and the habitats that they live in. Like her mother, Cara was over it after about 20 minutes....until they brought the snake out. Most kids opted out of the snake petting but she hopped right up and was as brave as could be. Cara has a great teacher and a great group of kids in her class-making it a very fun day for her.

TARA OAKS TIGER WALK

Cara and Ryleigh did great at their school fundraiser. The girls both ran for 20 minutes straight. I was shocked at how competitive Ryleigh was. Cara of course was more worried about the social aspect but little Ryleigh ran and ran hard. I was very impressed!!!

OLE MISS VS. BYU

Most of you know we're not big BYU fans around here, but we couldn't pass up the opportunity of watching a UTAH school play in the South against an SEC team. I'm so glad we went. I fell in love with the town of Oxford and was so impressed with the Ole Miss campus.

The kids had a great time. They got to experience "The Grove" which is really just a big drunken party but they didn't know...to them it was just a lot (and I mean a lot) of people eating and having fun. The size of the stadium was just massive too. Carson was in football heaven. My favorite part was seeing all of the Ole Miss girls in their dresses and Greek Row. The homes were big and beautiful-very southern. In the end it was nice to see BYU win and I'll definitely be back to Oxford for a little shopping and dining--my new favorite place!!!