Michael and Karmen sharing their lunches.
Michael and Karmen already eating their candy at the zoo.
Ready to leave mom, enough pictures...
Michael getting ready to eat some lunch!
Michael in his BSU costume going to Boo at the Zoo!It was a fun weekend! On Saturday I took Michael to Boo at the Zoo with his aunt Heather and cousin Karmen (who is only 1 1/2 months older than Michael so they were perfect together). We had a blast. Michael is a BSU football player this year (Kellen Moore to be exact) and has the full get up with fake pads and the under-eye markings. Karmen was an adorable little bumble bee complete with wings and antenna. Michael and Karmen quickly learned that taking candy out of their buckets was much more fun than getting candy put in and Michael had all his chocolate eaten before we even left the zoo. They were able to ride the carousel and Michael was put on the local news in his BSU gear. They even got to be in a costume contest where they each won a ribbon. After a couple of hours of fun at the zoo, we all went to lunch at McDonalds and then went home for some good long naps. :) We will go pick out a pumpkin this week and carve a family pumpkin just in time for Halloween. On Halloween, we haven't determined what we are doing exactly. If it's not too cold we are going with Karmen and the gang down Harrison Boulevard to trick or treat which is the historic part of town and they always have great displays. If it's cold then we will go to our subdivision's club house to decorate cookies and get some good candy and play games. It's so much fun now that Michael can enjoy the things we are doing. Life is going well for us. We are looking at new places and will hopefully be out on our own soon. We are still trying to decide whether we want a house or if we prefer to go cheap and just have an apartment again. We also adopted a new puppy. He is now 5 weeks old and a doll. We weren't looking for a puppy, but his owner said he was the last of the litter and if no one took him then he would be going to the pound that night. At 4 weeks old, they aren't even supposed to be away from their mothers so we took him in and he's doing wonderful. He is a chihuahua/pomerianian mix and we named him Cooper. Beyond family life, I recently got a raise and will be moving to a new area so we are excited about that and Mike is doing great with the prison and the CERT Team (the prison SWAT team). Life is going well and we are excited to start moving into the holiday season!
Cooper trying to sleep next to Mike's shoes.
