"Thanks For Letting Me Have A Jack-o-lantern!"

 Brave girl helping her Daddy!

 No boys in sight!

"Look at those noodles in there!"

 The boys did end up helping a little. 

Here are their design ideas:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Pretty Princesses In The SonShine Class

 Pretty Princess Minnie:

 

In case you were wondering, there really are NO boys in this class.

Pack Attack!

Winning Wednesday!

 Ready to high-five the Texas Stars!

This is how she watches hockey now: bundled in a blanket, headphones on, in mommy's lap.

Mommy took the kiddos to the Wednesday night hockey game! The Stars WON so we get 4 free tickets to the next Wednesday night game!

It's Good To Be A Guy!

Or at least the sons of the guy who doesn't need haircuts!

Sporting their FREE SportClip haircuts.

(and lollipop tongues)

Because I Just Can't Seem To Ever Be On Time Anymore.......

Happy Birthday Sweet Friend.

I love you and miss you like crazy.

It's in the mail today, I promise.

This Is Really Happening......

There will be a house on the lake next summer!

OMG!

Let's Go Girls!

Mattie, Addy, and Little Lauren

This is the only picture I took of our Arbor Drive Oktoberfest Block Party last Friday night. This has been an annual event on the drive, and this year not only did we get to attend as official residents, we hosted! It was a great night of food, families, friends, laughter, and fun! Mattie keeps asking if we can have another one!

House Happenings

I finally hung up her name:

Noah got new bedding:

This is the beginning of his Texas Tech/Sports room. I have also bought him some black sheets for the bed. I guess it's time to paint again!

Home Opener Hockey Game

  Miss M with Ice Girl Taylor

She was so excited that she let her hold and shake a pom-pom.

 A view of the action from our seats.

The boys won the Head Bang Cam Contest.

They got a t-shirt and an MVP haircut from Sport Clips. And the entire row won free haircuts. Looks like I'm taking the boys to Sport Clips for their next haircut.

The Stars won their home opener in exciting fashion - overtime and a shoot-out!

This Calls For Cake!

 Celebrating Grammy's birthday last weekend!

 CRE Spirit Day at Gigi's is a perfect excuse for cupcakes!

When Mattie found out Grandma was coming, she was adamant that we get her cake for her birthday too!

Why Do They Have To Get Big?

 I want my babies back!

Joy Is......

.....having a lunch date with my dancing cutie!

Oh To Be In Houston

Sweet Baby Tyler

 

Welcome Tyler James Brehm

Born Friday, October 5, 2012

4:19am

7 pounds 5 ounces

20 inches long

Aunt Brandy is totally smitten and in love, and I'm dying to get to Houston to snuggle him.

Big brother Eric is completely ecstatic to have a brother, FINALLY!

Big Sister Sarah is enthralled.

Big Sister/Cousin Cheyennie just wants to poke him. (According to Grandma)

Cousin Noah can't wait for him to get big enough to play football!

And we are all thanking God for this little miracle.

On My Mark, Get Set, Blog Catch Up: GO!

Tuesday, Sept 25th - Downtown for dinner at Second, and the Mohawk Theater for a William Elliot Whitmore concert.

 The infamous Congress Burger. If you are hungry enough, you can make it look like a sandwich straight out of Scooby Doo! This place also has the most insane french fries I have ever eaten.

 Me and Crystal at the concert:

 WEW:

Despite being completely drunk, his songs are great!

Wednesday, Sept. 26th - Mattie's new rug came for her room.

Saturday, Sept 29th - I headed to Houston to see Beauty and the Beast with my mom, and a very pregnant Chey! It was as amazing as ever. And yes, I did cry. Again.

 After the show, we headed back to my Brother's house to have dinner and watch Texas Tech vs. Iowa State. Here's the only pic I took.

Little Miss Sunshine, Cheyennie

Monday, October 1st - A movie/lunch date with my sweet girl to Find Nemo in 3D!

 This girl is serious about her popcorn!

Just like her daddy.

Tuesday, October 2nd - A much needed 3 hours to winterize my hair:

Wednesday, October 3rd - And it begins.......

First preseason hockey game of the season.

(If you are wondering why our friend Luke is there instead of Noah, Mr. Noah got into a little trouble and was serving out his punishment by missing the game.)

 The view from our new seats:

 First stack of wings. Yay for Power Play goals!

 These new seats are right in front of the camera guy. Lots and lots of screen time in our future!

 The seats are also near where the players come in and out. Lots and lots of high fives!

 Logan giving Mattie a kiss on the kiss cam!

 Mattie gets some high fives!

Friday, October 5th - A new little someone made his appearance into the world, but he deserves his own blog post.

Friday night, Matt took the kids to the 2nd preseason hockey game. Getting high fives like the picture above, Mattie got the game puck from Max Fortunis. She is so proud of it. We will take it back to get it signed next game.

Saturday, October 6th - Mom was in Dallas for a Jazzercise Come Together District Meeting. This is pretty much the only picture I have from the 28 hours I was gone:

Three of the corporate instructors (including the President of Jazzercise). Kimberly took a pic of our team, but I don't have a copy of it yet.

While Mom was away, the boys each played a flag football game. Logan's Bronco team destroyed the competition, with each member of his team scoring a touchdown or extra point. Logan had a TD and pulled 7 flags. Noah's game was a little closer, but they won. Noah had a TD run called back because of a phantom flag guarding call (according to Coach Dad). We're waiting for the game film to see for sure. 

Today, Sunday, October 7th - We have gone from Summer to Winter in the ATX, overnight. 

We figured out how to light the fireplace this morning. Now it's just a matter of flipping a switch. Ha. 

There you have the past 2 weeks in a nutshell. All is well. We have parent/teacher conferences on Monday. And I have to try and figure out how to escape to Houston to see about a baby!!!!