Boo!

As you can tell Ty was Batman this year and Miss Laci was Minnie Mouse (only felt it was fitting for Laci to be Minnie as Ty was Mickey on his first "trick-or-treat" Halloween). As you can see she's not wearing the ears....she traded those in for Ty's cape. He didn't want to wear it and she really did, however, they are still the cutest on this block!! We had a fantastic night! We first went to Grandad Mike and Nana Maryann's for our first candy grab, then back to our neighborhood for more trick-or-treating and then topped it all off with our pumpkin pizza and homeade pumpkin pie!

We're ready.....

We are excited and ready for Halloween! This week we've been wearing our gear and finally picked out our pumpkins and got them carved. Ty and I got on-line and searched for just the right face for our pumpkins and Ty gave Daddy a scary face and he was able to copy it on his! We did this in stages one day. Cleaned them up before Laci's nap and then Ty and I carved ours while Laci slept (thought nap time would be the best time to bring out the knives!). When Laci woke up we then brought her out and let her color her pumpkin with markers. Everyone was happy and loved their punkins! Daddy has been working long and hard this week so we helped him out by cleaning his out and then he was able to come home early and carve!

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Can you guess who's is who's??

Field Trip

Wednesday last week was Ty's field trip to the pumpkin patch. The weather was right for fall - cool, windy and cloudy.... sure got us in the mood! Laci was able to attend this field trip and was so excited! We stopped off at the park to play and eat our lunch before heading to the pumpkin patch. Ty had great fun with all his friends and Laci loved playing in and amongst all the big kids! Ty needed no help feeding the animals and Laci learned how to climb a fence! I thought for a moment she was going to scale it and jump in with the goats (or puppy, as she calls them). They both were having so much fun I could barely pull them away!

Pictures

I'm finally getting around to getting pictures done of the kids. 11 months late for Laci and at least Ty is still four for his fourth year pictures. After using just hurry, quick photographers and then after the last try with a new photographer in town Jason just said go back to the wonderful girl that took Ty's first year pics, Machelle! We discussed how we loved every shot she got, plus she's experienced and great with kids! We had our studio shoot this last week and then we'll go to the park in the next few weeks for more. She is working on all the photographs now, but was able to put a few up on her blog. Thought you might like a taste.



My babies, courtsey of Mac Photography.....


http://studiomacphotography.blogspot.com/

News

A month or so ago the media interviewed Jason again on progress at the convention center. Below is the video and I've attached the link for the actual article that was in the paper. Ty loved to see and hear his Daddy on the video and this really confused Laci as she could hear him but could not see where he was at all times. She just kept saying "Dad-ee, Dad-ee".

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=334&articleid=20090802_11_A11_JoeyAg213561&archive=yes

Great job, babe - we love you and are so proud of you!

Since I heard from double the two (Judy and Amy) I will try and do better at posting.

This was a freebie picture that was taken a month or so ago. I am not very pleased in the photographer who took this picture but considering the circumstances...this was the best one of the two and of course free. The deal was they sent me a mailing for a free sitting fee and photograph. That's to draw you in and once I got there and I quickly realized why it was free. I had to do all the work. I ran around constantly placing the kids in poses with hardly any direction. Very awkward and very weird. Fine....I stuck it out and hoped for one good shot for my freebie, sweat and all. Their mailer mentioned that they were new and offering this incentive so they could get their name out there and start a reputation. Well, I'm not sure this is going to help them. I took my freebie and ran. They are not an experience photographer for children. Needless to say we are going to go to an established photographer in town who doesn't charge $60 for an 8x10. Crazy..... but these kids are cute no matter who takes their picture!!!

Is there anyone out there?

Hello out there, does anyone look at this thing anymore?

If so, I'm going to be better about posting updates! I thought that the only people viewing were Judy and Amy but found out some of the Fitzgerald/Cox family misses the updates after Amanda's wedding recently. So....if there are more than just two people viewing I'm going to give this thing my best effort and update you all on our Martin happenings - if you're interested???