Party Time

On Halloween night we had our first annual Brandermill Cul-de-sac party.  We had a great time with our neighbors playing games and eating well!!  It has been really fun to get to know these families over the past year.  

Boy I love this little monkey!
Daddy had a crazy weekend even though you can't see the exhaustion in his face.  They both look delighted to be together!  Mike spend the entire day tiling the neighbors bathroom. He did a great job.  The next day Campus Outreach sponsored the 1st annual Tangle in the Triangle.  They had students from NC State, Duke and Chapel Hill playing in a flag football tournament.  It was a huge success.  A great way to build relationships and try to build interest in getting students to go to Atlanta for our Christmas Conference. 
This is the grand finale of Halloween.  Avery came in and sat on the steps and went through her bag of candy. She got to eat one thing that night and then chose one thing every day until it is gone.  She is delighted and even though I thought we would never get her in her costume again she asked to wear it to bed.  The next morning she even woke up and wanted to wear it to the Flag Football field.
The Fairy and the Incredible!  What a match.

Such a cute crowd.  Avery loves the Learys!  She can't wait to get to there house in the mornings.
This is a 30th Birthday party for our friend Chris.  We had such a good time decorating and celebrating.

Mike and I have enjoyed watching Avery grow up so much this week.  Even today on the way home from the store she started sighing in the back seat.  I just laughed out loud because I obviously had been sighing.   She constantly makes me think about my reactions to her.  Mike and I have both  seen how we need to watch our words in front of her. Today I spilled yogurt on her shirt and said poopy Snot.  She quickly replied with a repetitive poopy snot.  Oh Well could be worse : )

Mike is working hard on campus.  Things are going great at Duke and NC Sate.  I am plugging away at becoming Bradley Certified.  Hopefully by next week I can have all of my work in to the Academy.  Please pray for energy for both of us. We have been dragging slightly with the chaos of life.

Oh By the way, I know just last week I put the picture of Avery in her crib.  Well today we got some Halloween money in the mail from MaMa and I took Avery to pick out a new pillow for a Big Girl Bed.  She picked it out and when we got back home she climbed in a big girl bed and took a great nap.  She did fall out after about 45 minutes but I helped her back in and she slept another hour and a half.  She went down great tonight also.  Lets hope the novelty doesn't wear off anytime soon!