The Saxton Lair

Raven's Favorite Winter Spot

2011-12-12T10:52:00.000-05:00

Halloween

2011-11-16T10:01:00.003-05:00

We didn't take Raven trick-or-treating this year, but we did take her to the church trunk-or-treat. Raven was a chicken, Mikel a farmer and I was a road (I-985/I-85 merger to be precise). There were some really good costumers there but I only got pictures of a couple of them.

We went to just a couple of trunks, because we'd be the ones eating most of the candy. It was a fun night.

Wordless Wednesday

2011-11-16T09:54:00.003-05:00

AWA

2011-11-16T07:45:00.005-05:00

We had fun this year at AWA, back in September. Raven came with us and we stayed Friday night at a hotel. Raven was wary of the hotel at first, but after a while she enjoyed crawling all over the place looking at all the new stuff to mess with.

We ate at Big Chow Grill. It's basically a all you can eat buffet stir fry place. You pick your noodles or rice, veggies, raw meat and sauce and give it to the chef, they stir fry it up and bring it to your table. It was good stuff.

For a while Raven just crawled back and forth from room to room in the hotel.

Mikel carried Raven around on his back most of the time. We tried the stroller, but it was a pain to get around in the crowds. We weren't able to do as much with Raven there, like watch videos and such, but we loved having her with us!

On Saturday we took Raven to mom and pops and they watched her so we could do a Death Note murder mystery that night and see The Suzan in concert. And hey, we ran into ol' Zach. I'm glad he came, it wouldn't have been the same if we didn't get to hang out with him at AWA!

The Funimation booth was giving out free Super Sayan hair from Dragon Ball Z in honor of the show coming out on bluray. Lots of people were wearing the hair around, so Zach and I decided to get some.

Raven's 1 Year Old

2011-11-15T11:21:00.001-05:00

Raven had a great birthday! We had a lot of family in attendance and she got some great presents!

Raven didn't eat much of her cake, but she enjoyed squishing it up with her hand.

Thanks to everyone who came!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-10-19T10:34:00.000-04:00

The Beach

2011-10-13T10:49:00.007-04:00

Started our trip with a wonderful Cracker Barrel breakfast!

A morning family walk on the beach. Raven forces us to wake up at 6 anyway so we thought we might as well enjoy the scenery and look for sea shells.

Raven wasn't a big fan of the ocean, but we dug a shallow hole and kept filling it up with water. She loved splashing around in it and climbing into the hole.

I tried to make a sand cube, but this was as cubey as I could get it.

Mikel dug a hole and stuck Raven in it.

Can you find the ghost crab?

We had lots of fun! Thanks mom and dad!

Apple Orchard

2011-09-12T06:58:00.006-04:00

This past weekend we went to the apple orchards to see some pig racing and have some Fall fun! (even though it's not technically Fall yet...) The weather was awesome though!

The orchard wasn't very crowded, so the big slide they had was totally abandoned. So we all took advantage of it!

We had a great Saturday!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-07-20T07:37:00.001-04:00

4th of July

2011-07-05T08:47:00.005-04:00

Raven got to see her first fireworks show this July. She slept at the park the few hours before the show started, since it was her bedtime, but then woke up a little bit before in a pretty good mood.

At first she wouldn't even look at the fireworks, she was busy playing with a plastic water bottle, but then when she saw them she started talking to them.

And then she got bored of watching the fireworks and got all fidgety so Mikel stood up with her.

To Sally!

2011-06-08T08:00:00.004-04:00

Thanks to Sally for the bath letters/number. Raven loves to chew on them in the tub!

Swimming

2011-06-08T07:40:00.004-04:00

Despite her smile, Raven's first swim adventure did not go well. It probably didn't help that she was tired and that the water was freezing. She did okay with just her feet in, but by the time I got up to her waist she decided that she did not like the pool and cried.

Her second time in the pool was a little better. She didn't like it at first and then she just looked serious for a while, not crying, but not happy.

Then finally she started to enjoy it. She liked it much better not being in the float, though it's hard to tell from the pictures because she is making the exact same face...

Mimi and Raven in their matching sun hats!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-06-08T07:37:00.001-04:00

Wordless Wednesday

2011-05-25T07:49:00.001-04:00

Daddy's Work

2011-05-21T09:08:00.004-04:00

This past week Raven and I went to visit Mikel at work to eat lunch with him and visit his office. I always enjoy seeing where people work, that way when you think of them when they are at work, you can have a more accurate picture in your head of them. Here's Mikel's cute little cubicle!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-04-27T10:15:00.000-04:00

Easter

2011-04-24T22:17:00.005-04:00

On the Saturday before Easter we went to Vogel to hunt for Easter eggs, eat food and have fun!

Raven's checking out her goodies that the Easter bunny left her.

I had a giant basket and I thought, 'hey, I bet I could fit Raven in that basket! That would probably be a cute Easter picture!' But Raven thought more along the lines of 'Why did mom just put me in a basket?'

Regardless of her thoughts, I ended up with two decent shots.

Hope every 'bunny' had a great Easter! Haha...hah?

Oh well, here's our Easter pumpkin! Who knew pumpkins could last six months? What resilient fruits!

Nap time

2011-04-20T14:15:00.001-04:00

This baby would sleep all day if someone held her during her naps, but I've been fighting with her for a couple of months now to get her to nap in her crib. It has been awful. At first I let her nap with pillows on both sides of her to simulate being snuggled and I checked her often to make sure she could breath. She did okay with that, but the last couple of weeks I've taken the pillows out and she hates it. She rolls around, sticks her arm between the bars, has her face pushed against the sides. In rage she found the strength to roll over, but not sleep. I can't stand hearing her cry, so I'll go in there after ten minutes and she falls asleep the second I pick her up. Anyway, it has been crazy, but yesterday she actually fell asleep in her crib, so I was looking forward to testing her out today. However, Mikel texted me during his lunch and we talked on gmail, so I set Raven down on her activity mat. After his lunch I go to pick her up and put her in her crib and she is out like a light.

It's probably bad, but I just let her be. She slept a half hour before the crinkle of freddy the fireflies wings woke her up.

Rice Cereal

2011-04-20T14:12:00.003-04:00

We started Raven on rice cereal last week. Most of it ended up on the bib or her face or hands, but see really seemed to like it. She kept trying to suck the spoon, but she was opening her mouth wide. She'll be a star eater in no time!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-04-20T14:08:00.001-04:00

Wordless Wednesday

2011-04-13T08:50:00.002-04:00

What I'll Miss About Winter

2011-04-13T08:42:00.005-04:00

My sister Alison did a post like this and wanted to know what other people missed about winter, but not until this past week when I somehow had a yellow jacket, a wasp and a spider get into my house do I really miss winter.

1) I miss piling covers up on the bed and being snugly warm beneath them.
2) I miss wearing jackets everywhere because so many of my pants don't have pockets and jackets allow me to easily carry any small object I desire, key, phone, etc.
3) I miss Raven wearing that awesome yellow hat Ali made her, it is so cute.
4) I miss having fires in the fireplace.
5) Last but not least, I miss the absence of bugs. Though I suppose you must take the bad with the good, because I love looking at butterflies!

Gwinnet Braves

2011-04-11T09:25:00.003-04:00

Raven had lots of fun at her first Braves game! She was great the whole time and was happy and screaming most of the time. The only part she didn't like was when they were trying to get everyone to scream to see who could scream the loudest and that scared her, but mimi protected her! Thanks for the fun Poppy!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-03-30T09:04:00.002-04:00

Reliving Her Youth

2011-03-30T08:57:00.002-04:00

How can you tell Raven's cousin Lera has come over?

Raven has no where to play!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-03-02T09:11:00.003-05:00

Nap Time

2011-02-14T10:28:00.002-05:00

How can you tell my niece Chess has come to visit?

All of Raven's animals get a well deserved nap.

Raven's Blessing

2011-02-09T10:30:00.002-05:00

Raven was blessed on the 6th of February at our church. It was a very beautiful blessing and we were happy to have several family members in attendance.

Raven's First Laugh!!

2011-02-08T17:14:00.002-05:00

Snow Days

2011-01-27T17:15:00.006-05:00

The snow day was fun at first! We sledded, made snow angels, enjoyed the view, made fires.

See how beautiful it was!

However after days had passed and hours of shoveling later, not so beautiful...

Christmas Pictures!

2011-01-27T14:08:00.003-05:00

Wordless Wednesday

2011-01-12T09:39:00.002-05:00

Comparison

2010-12-22T16:56:00.001-05:00

3d Ultra sound compared to new born Raven!

Raven's Birth Facts

2010-11-23T15:40:00.001-05:00

Fun Birthday Facts

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Half birthday: May 13
Birthstone: Yellow Topaz
Birth Flower: Chrysanthemum or Chrysanthemum
Chinese Zodiac: Year of The White Metal Tiger
Your baby will start kindergarten in 2016, be old enough to drive a car in 2026, finish high school in 2029, and will graduate from college with the class of 2033, give or take a year.

Raven!

2010-11-23T15:10:00.003-05:00

Our sweet baby Raven was born November 12, 2010. My blood pressure had been high and when I went to my doctor it was even higher so he sent me to a high risk pregnancy doctor who sent me to the hospital. At the hospital they ran some tests and diagnosed me with pre-eclampsia and decided to take Raven immediately. She was breech so they went ahead and delivered her by c-section. She was born about 3 weeks early but is healthy as can be! She was born 5lbs 12oz and 19in long.

Here's some pictures of her bedroom.

It's a girl!!

2010-08-06T14:47:00.002-04:00

Myrtle Beach Vacation

2010-07-25T19:11:00.004-04:00

At the beginning of June we went to Myrtle Beach for some fun in the sun!

Our breakfast everyday consisted of a healthy portion of Dunkin Donuts.

It rained briefly one night on our walk back from the ice cream shop.

We couldn't resist ordering room service one night. Delicious pizza, salad and sprite!

On our last night there we went to Planet Hollywood for dinner.

After Planet Hollywood we went putt-putting at a Peter Pan themed mini golf course. I'm making an awful face in this picture because I actually felt pretty awful. I some how acquired pink eye in both eyes and it was just starting to manifest itself. I also got a UTI that night and was quite miserable until thankfully my doctor called me in some meds at a 24 hour pharmacy, otherwise the trip home would have been quite miserable. Regardless, Mikel and I tied at mini golf!

Regardless of my medical conditions the last night we had a lot of fun!

Before and After

2010-06-07T14:21:00.008-04:00

Finally, after being in the house now for almost a year, I've decided to post the before and after pictures. There is still a lot to do, but now that our floors aren't all nasty and the house isn't pink, it's livable!

My Birthday! (which was in March)

2010-05-01T09:39:00.002-04:00

For my birthday this year Mikel surprised me and took me to the Shakespeare Tavern! It was a really neat place.

We ate first, Mikel got a King's sub or something, my food was much better though! I got a cornish pasty and it was great!

We saw King Lear, it was a lot of fun and a very good performance!

We're Gonna Have a Baby!!

2010-04-30T16:33:00.007-04:00

Here's some pictures of our little gummy bear baby! I am currently 8 almost 9 weeks pregnant. I had my first ultrasound today and the baby is looking great and has a strong heart beat! The due date is currently December 6th. How exciting!!

Video Test

2010-04-12T21:14:00.004-04:00

I had to test something out, so I used this short video I made with Ali and Jared a while ago. Thought I'd post it for fun... WARNING! This video may be scary to children. Amy told me to put that, I hope I didn't scare her children...

Sledding!

2010-02-13T12:30:00.003-05:00

It's me sledding! We have a great front yard for sledding. The only problem is that sometimes the path steers you into our driveway into a slushie wet puddle. So, I put my hand down to try and steer away from the driveway and then I scream at the end, because it didn't work.

Snow day and the Creek

2010-02-13T11:52:00.006-05:00

First, here's the birthday cake I made for Mikel. It's the first ice cream cake I've ever made. It turned out pretty well I think!

Mikel and I had fun sledding and playing in the snow!

This sled was VERY expensive! It was 3 dollars at Ace hardware and it came rolled up like a poster. It sure did slide well though.

Here's Mr. Plitt enjoying the snow.

Here's our snow man swimming away from the snow sharks.

Here's the creek in our backyard. It's a nice big creek. Dad and I cut a nice path to it from our backyard a couple of weeks ago.

So there you are Jared! See what a nice big creek it is??

Coke Museum

2010-01-23T18:45:00.007-05:00

Mikel and I both had last Monday off for the Martin Luther King holiday, so we went to the new coke museum in Atlanta.

They had a cheesy 4D movie. The 4D movie part was good, but it was REALLY cheesy.

The tasting room is always a crowd pleaser! And you can't help but leave feeling like you're gonna pop!

They give you a free bottle coke at the end too! Here's me reaching for one.

Afterward we went to Underground Atlanta and ate at Johnny Rockets. They gave us two nickels to use in the little juke box at our table, it played our songs over the restaurant speakers. Very neat!

Christmas time has come and gone!

2010-01-14T20:25:00.004-05:00

OBTAINING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE: The Tree fit perfectly into the Jeep!

Spritermints are a delicious holiday beverage!

MAGICAL NIGHTS OF LIGHTS:

((they're really having a conversation! or are they??))

CHRISTMAS EVE WITH MIKEL'S FAM:

CHRISTMAS MORNING... WITH BACON!

NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH OUR FRIENDS, WE PLAYED BANG!

Halloween

2009-11-04T23:02:00.005-05:00

We started Halloween off with a Zombie party. Thanks for dressing up Kt and Jeff! Mikel and I were Bill and Zoey from Left 4 Dead.

Mikel and I dressed as pirates for Halloween this year. We went to Amy's house and walked around with our nieces, nephew and cousins as they trick or treated.

We carved our pumpkin, two days late maybe, but it still turned out well I think. It's a silhouette of the four survivors from the Zombie video game Left 4 Dead. Here's our pumpkin inspiration.

And our actual pumpkin.

Speaking of pumpkins, here's Willburt!

Disney World

2009-11-04T22:08:00.015-05:00

For those of you who don't know, Mikel and I went to Disney World for a few days near the end of October. Mikel's incredibly nice Aunt Stephanie took the entire family to Disney! We had a great time and stayed at the All-Star Movie hotel.

Each building of hotel rooms had a different theme. Ours was Fantasia. They also had Toy Story, Dalmatians, Mighty Ducks and Love Bug (we were really glad we didn't get that one).

The first night we went to the Magic Kingdom. They were open until 12am for Mickey's not so scary Halloween party.

The hotel was really neat. Besides the main Fantasia pool, there was a pool by the mighty ducks called the "duck pond." The Dalmatian area looked like a lot of fun too.

We also went to Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM). Aunt Stephanie and Uncle John gave us all family reunion t-shirts that were really neat. Tower of Terror and the Rockin' Roller coaster were a ton of fun. That night we saw Fantasmic, it was a really awesome show, then we came back to the hotel and went swimming!

We had a great time in Disney World! Thank you Aunt Stephanie!

Mr. Potato Head

2009-10-03T18:57:00.005-04:00

I watched Emma and Ellie today and we checked up on my potato supply. The Idaho's are doing fine, my sweet potato... not so sweet anymore. However, everything turned out okay because we decided to turn the potato into Mr. Potato Head.

The girls each had to have a turn holding Mr. Potato Head. Ellie looks like she can't wait to get her mitts on it!

S-T-E-A-K

2009-09-21T20:17:00.001-04:00

Peelander-Z is known for involving the crowd and their antics on stage. Watching their concert at AWA also showed me that their songs involve little more than a few words being repeated over and over. However, that doesn't matter a whole lot because they are very entertaining to watch and they rock hard. Here's a clip from their song called "steak." How do you like yours? MEDIUM RARE!!

Anime Weekend Atlanta

2009-09-21T18:38:00.008-04:00

AWA has once again come and gone. Mikel and I had lots of fun dressing up this year. On Friday we were characters from a zombie video game called Left 4 Dead. Here's a picture of our characters and pictures of us.

I made the hand gun and shot gun using pvc pipe, cardboard, styrene, hot glue and spray paint!

On Saturday we dressed as Final Fantasy characters. Mikel is a Dragoon and I'm a Black Mage. We made most of both of these costumes ourselves. For Mikel's armor we used foam sheets and hot glued styrene (a thin moldable plastic) onto the foam. I sewed my hat and cloak from scratch.

As is tradition, we ate at Jocks and Jills. Thanks to mom and pop we actually ate there twice this year!

On Saturday night we saw a Japanese action comic rock band called Peelander-Z perform. They were a lot of fun. They say they are from planet Peelander-Z and their names are Peelander yellow, green and red. They also signed a poster for us.

A fun time was had by all!

Disney buys out Marvel

2009-09-03T23:20:00.003-04:00

For anyone who hasn't heard the horrible news, Disney is in the process of buying out comic book company Marvel. Don't get me wrong, I love Disney as much as the next girl. Who can deny the classics? Aladdin, Lion King, Mulan, all wonderful movies! But when the company that created Mickey Mouse takes over the company that created Venom, interests get crossed and unnatural things happen.

I'm still hoping for the best, but the way Disney tends to overkill any semi popular character or show that they create, my hopes aren't too high. Let's just cross our fingers that Disney is a little more careful with things that they didn't create and hopefully not ruin the inventive strength of marvel comics.

The beginning of our Before's and After's

2009-07-30T10:12:00.005-04:00

Before

We painted, changed the floors, got a new vanity/countertop/faucet, and a new mirror.

After

Now, this after isn't really complete, I still have to get a towel rack to go above the toilet, but it's mainly done and my friend Sara wanted to see the paint. I'll put more up as I finish stuff!

((Thanks to Amy for all of the Before pictures I have! She took all of them because I couldn't find my camera, it was packed up somewhere in a box!))

Mexico Beach, Florida

2009-07-18T22:55:00.005-04:00

Mikel and I went to Mexico Beach for our 1 year anniversary. We had a nice room overlooking the ocean.

The scenery was beautiful,

The food was delicious,

Here Mikel's eating a soft shelled crab Po' boy.

Check it out close up, claws and all.

And of course the beach was funtastic! Thanks to mom and pop we had some lovely shade, I don't know what we would have done without it!

And what's a trip to the beach without a treasure hunt? Mom, dad, Ali, Jared and Chess came to Mexico Beach about a month earlier than us. While they were here they buried a treasure and gave us the map to find it right before we began our journey here.

We followed the map carefully and X marks the spot.

Mikel dug up the spot and who would of thought,

We found the treasure! We were really happy/surprised that it was still buried there after all that time.

July 4th

2009-07-18T21:22:00.005-04:00

Mikel and I went to see fireworks on the 3rd.

They had a Beatles cover band playing called The Return. They did pretty well and were fun to listen too.

Easter...

2009-05-17T16:30:00.002-04:00

I wasn't going to post any Easter pictures because Easter was so long ago, but I had these pictures saved as a draft from May. I must of started to post them and then stopped. So, I'll just post them real quick anyway.

Mikel's Easter basket.

Here he is eating his edible grass, as the package states, it's "grass-tastic."

Halle made an egg just for me! How awesome!

St. Patrick's day and a slug...

2009-03-28T14:41:00.002-04:00

This is Summits Tavern in Cumming, GA. Every St. Patrick's day they have a special meal for $2.09.

The meal consists of mashed potatoes, corned beef, and cabbage. We both got the meal and a root beer. We ate outside on the balcony, we thought it'd be neat because it was beautiful outside but there were some smokers that messed it up. The food was good though!

Mikel enjoying some Irish favorites.

A slug we found outside our apartment!

Cooking

2009-03-08T12:58:00.004-04:00

I've been trying to cook/bake new stuff lately, there's been some successes, some failures and some in betweens.

I made this apple crumb cheesecake for Mikel's birthday. My first time making a cheesecake.

Here's some pulled pork and corm nuggets. Pork was great, corn nuggets look better than they were.

My first homemade bread. It's braided bread!

I made some blueberry cinnamon whipped cream mini cakes. A little bit messier looking then they should be, but still not too bad.

Fishing

2009-03-08T12:51:00.002-04:00

Me and pops went fishing, we had to take a picture of us with our poles because we didn't catch any fish...

Amy and the girls were at mom and pops.

Snow Day

2009-03-08T12:40:00.005-04:00

Snow day, one week ago!

Mikel and I built a snow man!

I made a snow angel.

We were quite cold by the time we came in.

And our snow man survived the next day!

Valentine's Day

2009-03-08T12:33:00.003-04:00

Mikel got me flowers and these neat little chocolate cups with cream and chocolate spoons with a chocolate covered strawberries on top.

I made chocolate suckers for Mikel!

Chinese New Year 09

2009-02-02T16:25:00.006-05:00

Me, Mikel, dad, Gram, sister Ali, brother(in-law) Jared and niece Chess went down to Chamblee for a Chinese new year celebration. This year, is the year of the Ox, that's the year that I was born in! It's gonna be a great year for me!

Here we are in China town.

Here Mikel and I are standing next to the great wall of China! or maybe it's just a painting... but still neat.

Holding my niece Chess in the Chinese Cultural center.

Mikel and dad "talking" in the cultural center where the dances and thing go on.

They had lots of authentic Chinese food for sell all around the cultural center. Here Mikel is eating a seafood pancake.

I'm showing off the yummy tentacles hanging out of my seafood pancake and some Chinese rolls are in my bowl.

This cool looking dude walked/danced around on stage and held up a sign in Chinese that I thing was saying that this year is the year of the Ox. He threw pennies at us and some candy too!

Ali and Jared are trying to feed Chess, but she's a little distracted.

We went up on a stair, balcony thing to watch the lion dance and the dragon performance.

There's the dragon.

Afterward we ate at Steak and Shake.

Then later (with no accompanying picture) we ended our day watching Kung Fu Panda, what a Chinese filled day we had. Except for the Steak and Shake I guess...

Christmas Day and shortly after

2008-12-31T11:17:00.007-05:00

Christmas morning at the Saxton residence!

I was gifted with some candy cane soda, mmmm....

Mikel seems a little too pleased with his gifts...

Christmas breakfast was delicious.

We had bacon, sausage, cream of wheat, eggs over easy, toast and a tall glass of OJ.

Time for the Christmas program. The Macpherson clan are happy dancing elves, well, most of them are happy anyway.

I begged Mikel to play the trumpet and he did wonderfully!

Bailey tried her best to get all the children in line to do the kid songs. She hosted the program and did a lovely job!

Emma hugs uncle Mikel and mother Amy smiles at them both!

My friends and I got together the Saturday after Christmas to celebrate!

We played Scattergories and Cranium and ate hot dogs and hamburgers.

((Amanda, Zach, Josh))

((Jeff, Katie, Sara and her bf Daniel))

Pre Christmas Celebrations

2008-12-07T14:02:00.005-05:00

Mikel and I decorated our lovely Christmas tree this past week. We love peppermints and candy canes, so we're going for a candy cane Christmas theme!

Even though it's tough to tell, our tree light are red and white as well!

Here we are next to our cute little tree! We'll be hard pressed to fit all our many many presents underneath it I'm sure!

A Time of Thanksgiving

2008-11-25T13:58:00.002-05:00

This is lame, but Ali tagged me so I'll do it. I know you sew a lot of stuff and have a baby Ali, how in the world do you have time for this nonsense? I'll do it, but I'm not gonna tag anyone so =P.

"Here's a game of tag
That should be great fun,
Count ten of your blessings
Begin with number one.
Count to number ten
Then tag four others,
You can tag your friends,
Sisters, children or mothers."

My ten blessings:

1. My Saviour, Jesus Christ ((copied from Ali's, Muwahahaha))
2. Mikel, my sweety pie honey face, lol
3. my wonderful family immediate and extended alike
4. my friends both HouseFire and non
5. my and Mikel's jobs
6. living in a free country
7. my body that allows me to work and play
8. delicious food including peppermint milkshakes available for a limited time only during the Christmas season.
9. my apartment that protects me from the very cold outside air.
10. all my stuff, my beautiful beautiful stuff that I know I would sorely miss should a fire or other disaster take them away, that I know I could live without but am still thankful for them.

Just copy the poem above to your blog and add
your ten blessings below the poem.

Halloween!

2008-11-04T09:19:00.013-05:00

It's Halloween and I'm an elf!!

Emma was a freezing Cinderella.

Ellie was a fairy too lazy to use her wings.

And Mikel was just... a cute boy!

Me and two of my three nieces!

Later that day, two of Mikel's younger sisters came over and we had fun eating funnel cake and playing Yahtzee, but unfortunately I only got pictures of Mikel doing this....

I love the Fall!!

2008-10-27T18:42:00.020-04:00

Mikel and I couldn't make it to the Apple Orchard with the rest of the family, so we went on a different day just the two of us. It was fun! We climbed trees, picked apples and drank some apple cider slushies. I even made an apple pie with the apples we picked!

Amy and Adam went to a wedding so Mikel and I watched the girls for them. We had lots of fun playing outside, watching movies and eating brownies on our kitchen floor!

Mikel and I carved our pumpkin one week before Halloween! I love carving pumpkins! Every year I have to do a different one. This year we carved a pumpkin with Zach's favorite Mario character! Can you tell what it is?

It's Boo, the ghost in Mario that come at you when you aren't looking at them and stop when you look. Could you tell what it was before I told you??

We (me, Mikel, Jeff, Katie, Amanda, Josh, Matt, and Zach ((holding the camera))). At our Halloween shindig! I'm a Vampire, Mikel's an army guy, Jeff and Katie are dirty immigrants, Amanda is a witch, and Josh is a scurvy dog aka a pirate. Matt and Zach are losers and didn't dress up.

When you're a Vampire, you just gotta rock!

AWA (Anime Weekend Atlanta)

2008-09-23T19:17:00.012-04:00

Mikel and I dressed up. I'm Chloe from Noir and he's some random guy I kill. (He thinks he's an assassin).

Amanda, Erin and I are all characters from Noir.

Chillin' outside the dealer's room resting our tired feet.

Enjoying a delicious vanilla snow, with fun, but not so delicious tapioca pearls.

Mikel got a Final Fantasy VII t-shirt and a Final Fantasy VIII necklace. What a stud.

Happy hour at our hotel, Embassy Suites, we're enjoying some free Shirley Temples and a plate of nachos.

Married!

2008-09-23T18:49:00.014-04:00

Mikel and I were married on July 12, 2008 at the LDS temple in Atlanta!

Mmmmmmmmm.... bottle drinks, I can still taste them... the cake wasn't half bad either.

Auron from FFX and Rogue from X-men are who we chose to represent us on the top of our cake!

Me and my boys! (not including Mikel and Daddy of course)

Mikel and I and his sisters drinkin' some root beer, except for Amberlie, she's so good.

Me and my sista's, Ali and Amy.

The bride and groom! We're being such posers.

That's me and my friends Amanda, Josh the wedding pirate, Katie and Jeff.

We got a blog!

2008-09-22T20:35:00.000-04:00

Hello all, we finally cracked and joined the popular world of blogging.