Dance

Last week was observation day for parents at dance class. 

This girl rocked the dance floor. She dominated it. Even so that a parent came up to me afterwards and said she was the best one in the class. 

We are proud and there's nothing wrong with that.

Way to go, Sissy!

My Boys.

Olivia and I are lucky girls. 

Saturday Fun Day

Daddy went to an Ole Miss game one Saturday so we stayed home and had Saturday fun day. We went to buy new shoes for everyone, had a little ceramic painting fun and then decorated caramel apples. These are the days I love. A good time was had by all (including mommy).

*notice Olivia's OBsession with dolphins....*

Halloween 2014

The houses in our new neighborhood are so spaced out and it is full of older people so we decided to carry on with our usual plans and trick-or-treat in our old neighborhood with the Strehlows. We had a great (and COLD) time trick-or-treating. Made me miss our old crib a little. 

Woody and Jessie had a GREAT time.

Pumpkin Carving Party

 Our cousin, Sydney was in town so we decided to have everyone over for some chili and pumpkin carving. This was our first year to do this but it might just become a tradition.
Olivia's pumpkin had dolphins carved into it and Wil Franklin's was a ninja turtle.
A fun time was had by all.

Introducing...

Our best friends, Jay and Rebecca, had a baby girl last week!

We could not be any more thrilled for them. We can't wait to watch her grow.

Campbell Claire Baker

Born on 11-12-14

weighing 7lb 13oz and 20.5"long

She is perfect in every way!

The Fury Baby

Olivia has been calling Lilly her "best friend." Not real sure if the feeling is mutual. 

They sleep together, play together, lay together, watch tv together and they are both "puppies" together. Sometimes a fury friend really is a best friend. 

Pumpkin Patch Fun

We have made it an annual tradition to make the drive to Mitchell Farms pumpkin patch. It is seriously a highlight for the kids. We have made some memories that we will cherish forever at that place. Heck, we may purchase a "jump pillow" for our backyard because they have so much fun!

Friday Nights

Friday nights at the Collins' household are just so crazy. Ha! 

But really, we have been loving our new yard. We had our very first camp fire in our very own backyard a few weeks ago. We roasted hot dogs, same some songs and enjoyed God's creation.

And the kids had a BLAST. 

It was the first, but I'm sure it won't be the last.

This kid...

...we can't take him anywhere.

Park Day

On Wednesday mornings while Olivia is in school, Ford and I will meet some friends at the park. After therapy every Wednesday morning, we will leave and he'll start saying "park, park, park." 

Smitten...

...that's what these two are. Not quite sure how all this started and wasn't really expecting this quite so early. They love each other and are just so smitten. 

May the force be with him if it were to wok out in many, many years 

(I'm sure his mother would say the same thing.)

Jammie Day

We had a jammie day a few months back. Now I can't even remember why we were all home. I think it was a Friday and I let Olivia skip school for fun. Anyway, I took pictures all day of them and the fun we had. I know with big girl school around the corner these days are numbered. 

That makes me SO sad.

We took full advantage of our relaxing day.

Time could pause right here and I would be just fine.

Sweet boy.