Halloween

I just realize how long it has been since my last blog. Oops! But here is my Halloween update.
My parents invited us out with them to a Halloween party they were attending. Bobby and I didn't exactly dress up. I was Fuddy and Bobby was Duddy. But we had a blast getting my parents ready and spending the evening with them and their friends.

One thing about their friends, they always treat you like you are their best friend and give you such a warm welcome.

We spent Saturday night before Halloween at a party with my parents. Bobby and I did not dress up so we went as "Fuddy" and "Duddy."

It was a lot of fun helping my parents get ready. My mom had some pretty awesome socks.

I handled the white makeup and mom handled the eye liner but Dad actually did his own lipstick.

My mom is allergic to face paint so she used a TON of green eye shadow. I think she looked great.

Dad as Dracula and Mom as the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz

Mom was tired of waiting for karaoke to start up so she sang along with the Glee soundtrack from my ipod.

She finally got on stage.

Mom and her buddies - Michelle and Nicole

My dad with three (out of four) of his favorite ladies...of course me being the most important. But somebody had to take the picture. :-)

Top 2 in the Costume Contest
Freddy Krueger (Michelle's son Corey)

And the winner! My dad.
I was so proud!

Love These People

Last weekend, Bob and I spent the evening with some very special people. It was a celebration of Emily and Nicole's birthdays. These friends are the ones you can not talk to for weeks or months and it is like you were never apart. They are all so warm and friendly and hilarious. I seriously have never laughed as hard in my life as I did last Saturday. We all gathered at Emily and Tyler's home for food and a crazy game of BINGO.

Emily, Michael, and Katie
Can you tell Emily and Katie are sisters?!?


This family is extremely talented and they have recently taken up various string instruments.
Emily and Ginny showed off their talents (sort of).


Tyler's mom indulged both Emily's new hobby of guitar and mandolin with her extreme obsession with all things Twilight with guitar books for the soundtracks to the first two movies. She was ecstatic!

Nicole LOVES the outdoors and even has her own camper! She just purchased a new camper and is decorating it with Scotty dogs. Her "mom" got her a stained glass scotty for the camper window.

Ginny can play any instrument she picks up. It is really sickening!

So...this family plays a hilarious version of Bingo. The winner of each round gets to choose a prize from the table. The prizes are white elephants gifts that all of the players have brought. Each prize can be "stolen" twice before it is frozen with that last person. It is really amazing to watching people fight over a used board game or cooler. I had completely horrible luck. As evident from the picture above, I went a whole round without any of my numbers being called. Bobby, who had never played Bingo in his life, had beginners luck and won two rounds. Although, I did get a prize for a clean sheet.

Katie snagged a very coveted prize - a kite! Bobby really wanted this kite, again because he has never flown a kite in his life, but couldn't steal from sweet Katie.

One of the loudest, fiercest competitiors was Tyler. He was hysterical - as always.

I am not sure Michael won a round either! But, as always, he was so cheery and so very funny. He has the most recognizable laugh ever and you can't not laugh when he does.

Nicholas Turns Two

My sweet bud Nicholas turns two this week and will be celebrating at Disney World. Last weekend Amanda threw Nicholas a birthday party. Its theme - Winnie the Pooh. Nicholas LOVES Pooh!

We found a card that would sing the Winnie the Pooh theme song. Nicholas LOVED it. He was so shocked when he opened it and it sang to him.

Nicholas' cute cake. Amanda did a great job with lots of fun food and decorations.

Nicholas and one of his many faces.
I had a great time visiting with this fun boy and his family to celebrate his birthday. It is so funny to watch these babies grow up and become little people.

Bobby found Nicholas a super fun little playset (a castle with knights, a catapult, and drawbridge) but I bought the kiddo a few outfits including this shirt with a little monster and it says "Hungry." This definitely describes Nicholas.

Zoolight Safari

Bobby and I went to Zoolight Safari at The Birmingham Zoo with our friends, Andrew and Andrea (who also happen to be expecting their first child). It was freezing but we ended up having a good time. Most of the zoo is closed off so Bobby was a little sad that the only animals we saw were the Alabama barnyard animals. We will have to go back when it is warm (and daylight). We enjoyed hot chocolate and got to ride the train (which was scarier than I remember!). Here are a few pictures from our trip.

Best Friends' Wedding

Our best friends were married this past Saturday. I'm very excited for Ashley and Jimmy and look forward to us all four growing old together! Here a few pictures to highlight our day.

My Favorite Guys!

Getting Ready!

Best Man & Matron of Honor
Bobby and Kaley

Before the wedding - Jimmy gave Ashley the sweetest card and a beautiful strand of pearls. It was so sweet! Of course, we had to touch up her makeup after she cried. :-)

Mr. and Mrs. Black!

The Wedding Party -
Kaley (Ashley's sister), Ashley, Jimmy, and Bobby

Ashley's Wedding Shower

Ashley sporting her new cleaning gloves

Ash and Jim going through their gifts.

Ashley again with the gloves

Bobby and Jace (Ashley's nephew)

Mary and Sarah

Happy Birthday, Brooklynn!

One Year old!

Bobby, Jimmy, and Vera....

(Jimmy, Bobby, & Vera)
Saturday morning Bobby and our friend, Jimmy, decided to make a potato gun. They went to work designing and building their new toy and within an hour, they had their masterpiece. The gun, now known as Vera, is an interesting contraption. They stuff half of a potato into Vera's barrel and then use a combination of Lysol spray and cheap hairspray to activate the spark from the trigger. They used a small lantern liter as their trigger. I was very surprised Vera didn't blow up in their faces. I managed to catch a couple of pictures and videos (hopefully to come later).