Brunette for a Day

Well here's your one and only chance to see me with brown hair. I dyed it today, but it didn't quite turn out the way I wanted, so I'll be dying it back blonde tomorrow!

Vacuums

Have I mentioned that Caleb's obsessed with vacuums? I kept thinking it was just a phase he would grow out of, but no, he's definitely obsessed. He asks to go to the store and look at vacuums almost on a daily basis. His favorite store is not Toys 'R' Us, but Sears, otherwise referred to as "The Vacuum Store." We were ready to leave Target once, but he wanted to stay and walk around. So I decided to stay and let him lead the way for once. He found the vacuums within a couple minutes, and stayed there for about 25 minutes, just staring and admiring. I kept trying to get him to go to the toy section, but no. He would have stayed at the vacuums longer, but I was so bored out of my mind that I finally dragged him away. He also asks to look at vacuums on the computer all the time. Well one day I got tired of looking them up for him, so I printed out a bunch of pictures off the web. They now hang above his bed so he can look at them as he goes to sleep! Crazy kid!

We got him his own little Dirt Devil for his birthday, and he LOVES it. He took it to bed with him every night for a while.

And just the other day, the real vacuum was out, and so he had to take that to his nap with him. Like I said, he's obsessed!

Funny

In case you've ever wondered what happens if you put in bubble bath AND turn on the jets . . .

Keep in mind, this bathtub is less than halfway full of actual water!

And one more random funny picture:

Zach's Birthday

First, I want to say THANK YOU to Stephanie for her beautiful photography that graces the walls of our home and the title of our blog! Your talent is amazing and not one to be taken for granted! Or to have others assume you'll work your butt off for them for free! :-)

Second, I wanted to say Stephanie and Jason threw an amazing birthday party for Zach this past weekend! We traveled down to Midland for his fifth birthday and it was sooo fun! Caleb and I both had a great time. They had a spy theme and made awesome marshmallow guns for the millions of kids that came. The backyard had tons of different targets to shoot the marshmallows at, and an obstacle course. Caleb thought the idea was to get right up to the targets and stick the gun through the hole in the middle, then shoot. He had the most fun shooting Grandpa Carroll and watching him fall over. They also had a bomb shaped pinata and a bomb shaped cake, complete with a sparking fuse sticking out of the top. Anyways, I was very impressed and Caleb had tons of fun. Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but click on "Jason and Stephanie" on the side of my blog, and you can see pictures on their blog, including a super cute one of Caleb.

New Glasses, Finally

Well some of you have asked which glasses I ended up getting. I spent two weeks looking at stores all over town, and I ended up buying the first pair I ever picked up. It took the patient employee working there finally saying in a VERY stern Hispanic accent, "You like those ones the best! It's your face they're going to be on, so you get the ones YOU like!" Well that's what I needed - someone to point out the obvious. So I promptly ordered them. One piece of advice though . . . Although your local one-stop-shopping center is very convenient, it's probably not the best idea to trust the handy-dandy optometrist attached to the store. Not the best quality doctor. He wrote my prescription wrong (put +'s instead of -'s), and wouldn't ever admit he made a mistake. When I told him I couldn't see anything with my glasses on, he told me I just needed to wear them longer to let my eyes adjust. When I told him it gives me a headache to wear them, he told me to take an aspirin! So then I finally figured out what the problem was myself - he wrote a prescription for a farsighted person, but I'm nearsighted. I went and told them that. Everyone else in the office agreed with me, but not the good ol' optometrist. He said my eyes should not have changed that much in two weeks, and there was something going on here. Had I started a new medication? Stopped taking any medications? Changed anything? "Nope, nothing," I said. I tried to tell him I had never been farsighted, but no, he could not admit he made a mistake. So I got my new prescription and, sure enough, the exact same prescription with minuses instead of pluses. My goodness, how ever did my eyes change sooo much in two weeks?!

The glasses were number 6 on the previous entry. Thank you so much to all of you who gave me your input! Now your job is to at least pretend that you LOVE my new glasses!

Nate's Graduation

Nate will be graduating from law school December 13th! One semester earlier than most of his class! Woohoo! The ceremony will be held at 5:00pm. Whoever wants to come is invited. There are only about 30 graduating, so there should be plenty of room, and hopefully it won't last too long. Congratulations to my handsome, dedicated, hard-working, wonderful husband!

Go Tech!

Get your guns up! Nate went to "the greatest football game ever" Saturday night! Texas Tech played the University of Texas, which WAS ranked number one in the nation. Notice I said WAS. Yep, we beat 'em!! We started out ahead, but then they caught up. Last minute of the game, UT scored a touchdown to pull ahead of Tech 33 to 32. Then with eight seconds left on the clock, Tech scored a touchdown and sealed the deal. The crowd rushed the field, and of course Nate joined in the fun. He went to the game with a couple of his friends while us womenfolk hung out with the kids. People had been camping outside of the stadium for an entire week leading up to the game just to get the best seats. They broke the record with how many people they packed into the stadium. Anyway, the point is, Tech beat the #1 team in the nation, who just happened to be one of our biggest rivals! We're now ranked #2! What an awesome time for Nate to be going to Tech! Of course we'll see tommorow if that ranking holds up . . .

Halloween

We had a good Halloween this year. We went to the ward Trunk-or-treat on the 24th. It was held at a farm outside of town where we got to take a hayride, see animals, eat chili, and of course, get lots of candy! Caleb was excited to see his girlfriend dressed up as a bumble-bee.

He also got to wear his fireman costume to preschool on Thursday and went trick-or-treating around all the classrooms. Then on Friday, we went to a Halloween carnival at the children's museum. Caleb played hard. His favorites were basketball and the giant snakes! The snakes were too much for his Daddy to handle, but he just wanted to stay there and watch them for like 15 minutes! We offered for him to go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood when we got home, but he said, "No, I just want to have warm milk and watch Dora." I guess we wore him out!