This morning we had a special family breakfast at Cracker Barrel and then took Alyssa out for ice cream for dessert afterwards. (Don't worry it was a late breakfast.) It was lots of fun. We wanted to make sure and get some Alyssa time in since she'll be spending the night with her Mimi tonight.





















This last picture is of Alyssa trying to cover her face and saying "NO MORE PICTURES MAMA!"

Today was a fun day...Mommy and Alyssa went to the park for a baby shower while Daddy stayed home and watched football. After that, we did meet up for some family fun. We decided we had waited as long as we could before carving our Halloween pumpkin. So, we went over to Alyssa's cousins house and all the kids carved a pumpkin! Here are some pictures from the pumpkin carving!

We have been very busy around here lately! With the summer coming to an end and cooler weather starting to appear, we've been trying to cram in as many outdoor activities as we can! And of course I've been there with my camera to capture as many moments as I could! We start off with Aunt Marlys' birthday dinner...she turned the big 30 and we made sure to help her celebrate!











Then we had cousin Kendal's pool party for her birthday:







Alyssa's Uncle Courtney (which is Alex's brother-in-law) is currently the lead guitarist in a band. They are really good and we try to go to as many of their shows as possible. Here are some pictures from their show on Labor Day at Camp Columbus...



















The next major event (and the most important) was the birth of our newest family member, Hayden Serenity. My sister (Alyssa's aunt) had her daughter on September 12, 2007. It was an exciting event for all of us and we're all so glad she's finally here. We love her very much!







Our next fun activity involved the Bowman's. We had Lilly and Casey over to spend the night with us while their parents went and spent the day at Six Flags. We took all the kids to drive GoKarts and to the Chattanooga Zoo.























When Hayden was about 2 1/2 weeks old we took her family and our family to the Tennessee Aquarium. It was lots of fun. We hadn't seen the new penguin exhibit yet. Alyssa is obsessed with the movie Surf's Up currently so she was in heaven with all the penguins!























Our most recent outing was today. We took Alyssa to the Enchanted Maze (a large corn maze that is a part of Rock City) along with her friend Blake. The weather was perfect and we had a lot of fun. Although as you can tell, Alyssa was more interested in playing in the dirt than the actual maze.



































Wow! I hadn't realized all the stuff we've been up to. On top of all the fun, I've started back school and Alex has been working lots of extra hours. Thanks to Grandad Brock's help Alex will be going back to school in the spring. We're very excited about that! Another celebration was Alex's 23rd birthday on October 3. We went to Provino's (a local Italian restaurant) with some friends and family. We also had a cookout at Mimi Brock's house the weekend after to help celebrate with the ones who couldn't make it to Provino's. We're looking forward to a fun fall season. There's a Halloween party in the works and we plan to visit the Curtis' in Memphis for Thanksgiving! Love to everyone!