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Thanksgiving trip to VA

This Thanksgiving we got to go home to Virginia to see my family. It was so much fun and just great to get away and have a break from school. The kids had a blast and did not want to leave.

Here is Katelynn with her cousins who played together all weekend.
Anyone who knows me well knows I am a big Virginia Tech football fan. We decided to get tickets and go to the game while we were there. I made everyone dress up in VT clothes for the big day...
Even Brennon was a cute little hokie fan!
At the game the stadium was packed even though it was only 30 degrees outside. We won and it was so fun to be part of the crowd. VT stadium is known to be one of the loudest stadiums in the country because of their fans.


Of course the highlight of the trip for the kids was the horses. Even Brennon enjoyed riding and wasn't scared this year.
Katelynn wanted to ride every second of every day. She became confident enough to ride Suzy all by herself and she thought she was so cool.


Thanks to American Airlines we had to lug most of our luggage onto the plane. Note to self, next time fly an airline where you can check your bags! (At least the kids were good).
Grandma and Grandpa were amazing with the kids. They became fast buddies and wanted their attention the whole time. Thanks Mom and Dad for making it a great memory for all of us!

Brennon is 2!

Twilight fans

I went to see twilight with some friends a the day it came out. We had fun and it was so fun to have a girls night out. We are hoping for a series. Wish I could have joined the Chicago group to see it too. Hope you guys had fun. :)

Finally

Quick update....

All in the Alva household are now free from sickness. (Knock on wood)

Hope fully we can keep this up through Thanksgiving and our trip to VA.

Sick, sick go AWAY!

Ok, so here is a recap of our week:

Day 1:
Katelynn fever, Brennon fever, Katelynn throw up, Brennon throw up

Day 2:
Katelynn coughing, Brennon diarrhea, Matt sick

Day 3:
Katelynn ear infection, Brennon coughing

Day 4:
Brennon throw up...... to be continued.......

Result: Two cranky kids, one cranky husband, and a very tired wife.
I love fall, but I hate all the sicknesses it brings, please go away!

Costume party

Katelynn is now at the age where she has to choose her costume. Drum roll please...... I bet you will never guess that she chose to ride a horse as a cowgirl. She had so much fun and of course had sound effects to go with it. I guess I had fun dressing her up the last few years in my favorites.... I thought it would be fun to see her in her costumes each year...

7 Months.... The ladybug
1 Year... Pink Poodle

2 Years... Fairy
3 Years... Elephant (I think she chose this one too)


4 Years... Cowgirl
Brennon was an Alligator this year. We found this adorable costume and I had to get it. I love how the head comes out the front and the tail comes out the back. Check out our slide show of other halloween pictures

Halloween has come and gone

Fun with the kids

We have been going on a lot of walks lately with the beautiful fall weather. Brennon has taken on the stroller habit and it may not be too manly, but it keeps him happy (and at least it's blue). It reminds me of Katelynn at his age and the countless neighborhood walks we went on with her stroller.
The kids have been having fun together and keeping each other entertained while I am in school.
I have been practicing hair styles on Katelynn and wanted her to have a braided crown. It actually turned out pretty cute and stayed all through church.

Time out has been the corner for both of our kids, but sometimes they just like to play in them.

Pumpkin Patch

Today we headed out to a pumpkin patch and had fun seeing all the animals, taking a hayride and looking at pumpkins.

Brennon made friends with another pumpkin patch visitor. Doesn't this remind you of Katelynn at his age.... no fear and loving animals?
Dad and Brennon enjoying walking around
Katelynn loved all the Disney characters they had.


I bet you can't guess what her favorite animal there was?
Mom and Brennon having fun..

The whole family. Brennon was ready to go if you can't tell.

Fall Pictures

We are really still waiting for fall here in Texas, but I still wanted to get some fun pictures of the kids. I made them dress warm anyway. They have had fun with the pumpkins and getting ready for halloween.

Brennon kept trying to pick up the pumpkins. Finally he gave up and just "hung out".



This is the only good picture we got with both of them sitting still, but they are definately cheese balls in it.

Crazy life as we know it.

So I know I have been a horrible slacker this month at posting. I feel like we have been really busy, yet it is mostly from normal day-to-day things, so I don't have much to say. School is still going well and I am 2/3 of the way done. Yay! Matt has been so great with the kids and is teaching them new things every day. Katelynn reads me new starter books every day when I come home. We are so proud of all she is learning at home and at preschool. We carved our first pumpkin the other day and I added hair so I could take it to school and display it.
The kids are having so much fun playing together and are getting so big! Here are a few pics of them...


Lately we have had a bunch of girls come in to the salon for Homecoming. I have had so much fun doing their hair for the big dance. It brings back memories... Here is one of the cute girls that I got to do her hair.