I composed this post months ago but am just now getting around to posting it. I am such a slacker and NOT into blogging lately.

We have been bbq-ing a lot before it gets too cold.

Johnny got tubes in his ears....so long ear infections!! The poor kid has had constant ear infections for the last year.

The boys carved some pumpkins.

The Skinner Crew. Batman, Robin, and a ladybug.

Downtown Trick-or-treating in Athens

Robin..or as Johnny says "Wah-min!"

Dane made hawaiin style pizza and Johnny made pep and cheese:) They were super yummy!


Ryan took Dane to a hockey clinic which Dane thought was the coolest thing ever! He got to put all the gear on and the OU hockey team taught all the kids how to skate, needless to say, now he wants to be a hockey player.

All suited up and ready to get on the ice.

I Love all of the colors during this season. I have never seen anything like it before. The bright reds, oranges, pinks, and yellows are amazing! These pictures don't do it justice.

WOW!!

I can't believe Roxy is 1! She is such a good baby and loves everybody, especially her brothers. Our family is so in love with our baby girl.

Her stats:
80th percentile for height
90th percentile for weight

*She is on her way to becoming a walker.
-Ry had been out of town and surprised us all by showing up at our house a couple of hours early because he was able to slip onto an earlier flight. No more than a half hour after he got home Roxy decided to take her first steps. We were all so excited and shocked bc she just does NOT seem to care about walking. I am so glad that Ryan was able to be here for her first steps since he has missed so many "firsts" over the last couple of years due to medical school and traveling.

*She is the biggest copy cat.
-if she hears someone cough, she coughs; if one of her brothers screams, she scream (and then usually they all continue to scream and giggle and out-scream eachother which DRIVES ME CRAZY!)
-During family prayer I always glance over at her and she folds her arms and bows her head like everybody else.

*She waves "hi" to everybody she sees.

*She has crazy hair that is long in some spots and short in other spots so I have had to get creative with it since she won't wear headbands anymore.

*She climbs the stairs faster than anyone in the family and just learned how to come down them on her own:)

*She loves her new forward facing car seat.

*She LOVES to dance and bounce on her bum, constantly. If she hears a beat she stops what she is doing and starts dancing.

*She climbs up the luv sac, over the arm of the couch and then dives back the other way over the arm of the couch and does a nose-dive down the luv sac.

*If someone is laying on the ground, she can't help but tackle them (especially if it's Dane- she LOVES Dane).

Now onto recent pics of our cute, growing baby girl.


the crazy hair I mentioned.



My Halloween baby:)