Southern Exposure

Ali was blessed on Nov. 1st. I had the idea to take my wedding dress and have it made into a blessing dress. Seeing that I will never wear it again, I thought at least I would be able to get some good use out of it. A lady in our ward was willing to take on the LARGE project and lets just day she did a fabulous job. My dad and Pat came out for the blessing and Cousin Matt, Carrie and their family came down from Charlotte for the day. It was nice to have family here for the event.

The After

The Before

Our sweet little Alexandria

The layers and layers of dress

We are a happy family

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. Even with all the rain, we still had plenty of candy and not enough sleep. This is Rob's favorite holiday and I think after you view the pictures we will understand why....

Rob Jack-o-lantern, he always goes the extra mile with these...This year instead of candles/propane, he used flares.
Sorry Briggs, somehow I missed taking a picture of your "puking pumpkin" However you did a wonderful job!!

Ali at Trunk or Treat at Church

Our neighbor Lizzie and Owen at Trunk or Treat. We kept loosing Owen, only to find him hiding in random corners of the church eating his stash

Pumpkin Carving... Yes men, that would be a power tool

Monkey see Monkey do

What...You have never seen a shark cowboy before???

We had all our neighbors over for chili and other goodies...It rained all day and night, so we ended up eating in the garage

TRICK OR TREAT

One of our family's favorite things to do is go down town. If you have visited us, you probably already know that, because there is a good chance we took you there. They have great restaurants and a great park. Very family friendly.

In remembrance of Micheal Jackson (may he RIP) Rob hangs Briggs over the Bridge

Ali slept the whole afternoon

Trouble and More Trouble

Happy Family

Briggs and Owen, rolling down the big hill

Here are some pictures of Ali at one month old. One of the great parts about having a baby, is we get lots of visitors. Grandma Jocko came and stayed for a week, Paige and Glen, Grandma Shelley and Grandpa Bob, and Grandpa and Grandma Burton. It was nice to have the extra hands around. The only problem was, I did not take any pictures of Ali with anyone. Even though Ali is the easiest baby, I did not realize what a difference 3 kids would be.

Little Red Ridinghood

It rained the whole time Grandma Shelley and Grandpa Bob were in town, so one day we went to Jump Zone (inflatable toys) to get some energy out!

Briggs going down the pirate slide

Our sweet little girl

Our Little Monster turned three years old on October 11th. It's hard to believe he is already that old!! He is such a mischievous little guy, who does whatever he wants and doesn't care what anyone says or thinks. He can be such a little stinker, but can be so easily forgiven when he comes to you with those big blue eyes and his great big hugs. He is his big brother's biggest fan and his little sister's best "babysitter"

The Birthday Boy

Briggs and Owen opening the presents

This is the kind of cake you get for your Birthday when you send Dad and a three year old out to get it.

Owen pretty happy about the huge cake for a family of 4.5

Luckily we were able to round up some neighbors to help celebrate the big day!!

Since he was too busy crying over his Birthday cake when he turned one (it was ice cream cake and I guess too cold) We could not get too upset when he smashed this cake all over his face.

Owen's first year of preschool and Briggs' 3rd. Good thing big brother was there to show him the ropes. Briggs is going 3 times a week and Owen goes 2 times a week and then one day a week to a little group we have with some church friends. They are both still taking naps (most days) so it make it nice for me to be able to survive with three kids. They both love school. Briggs is still Mr. Social. Owen still struggles some days to go, but loves it once he is there and he has a wonderful teacher too.

Owen's offical first day of school at the preschool

Here are a few pictures of the last days of summer. We had a great summer! We spent many hours at the neighborhood pool. By the end of the summer Owen was doing flips off the diving board (Mr. no fear of anything but the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause) and Briggs could swim across the pool by himself. We are so proud of our little men, they are growing up too fast

Brotherly Love

Bath time fun

Diving For Rings...One of the boys favorite games

My Three Little Fishes

The boys loved going to the pool with their dad. He would actually play with them in the water instead of just float.

At the lake on the Rogers' boat

Briggs and Owen playing in the sand/dirt

Water slide South Carolina Style