Fall Fun with the Family

This past weekend my parents came into town, and we celebrated my Dad's 57th birthday and my parents' 34th anniversary! Wow! It was fun to talk with them this morning over breakfast about that momentous day 34 years ago. I'm so blessed to have parents who love each other, and who are committed to each other and their marriage.

It was a beautiful weekend for family time, so we picked out pumpkins, ate too much, and played outside. Here are some cute pictures from the weekend....


Cutie Patooties and pumpkins....was unable to get all of them to smile at the same time!


Adelyn's first pumpkin....


I think she loves her pumpkin. :)


But she loves her Memaw more!!


The boys playing football together....so cute!!


Ellie loves being a big sister and one of her favorite things is to help feed Adelyn...

sooo sweet!! :)

Thoughts for the Day

Some are taking this Swine Flu paranoia a little too far
(my sister sent this picture to me, pretty cute :)

So, here are some random thoughts...

1- What does it say about the state of your life when you are only changing outfits every 48 hours??

2- And within that 48 hours, hoping you remembered to brush your teeth at least once?!

3- Those 100 Calorie packs of cookies/crackers are meant to be eaten three at a time, right?

4- Why is it that every time I change Adelyn's dirty diapers these days, I feel like I'm competing in a rodeo event? Calf roping/steer wrestling?!?

5- Being quarantined/ostracized from society for 5 days is WAY TOO LONG! I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to going to Kroger and Wal-Mart tomorrow.

6- Getting ready for a garage sale is a lot of work...but it's also kinda fun. Cleansing, organizing, getting to play "store", making some extra money so that we can go on a date night and buy Halloween costumes?!, etc.

7- The book "Crazy Love" is still kicking my butt. I think I want to read another one of his books, "Forgotten God" about the Holy Spirit. I love what Chan has to say and the way he says it, but the true concepts of 'Christianity' are so hard to live out every day!! So challenging!

8- I wish someone would hurry up and buy our mini-van. It breaks my heart to walk by her every day in the driveway.....

9- After we dropped off Dawson at work today, as we drove out of the parking lot, Ellie said, "My Daddy is so handsome." So sweet, and so true. My husband's pretty darn hot. :)

10- I REALLY hope we can actually get some sleep tonight....PLEASE GOD!


Cutest Lil' Aggie!

Golden Gator & Farm Flu

This week has been eventful, to the say the least. First, I must brag on my son. He was honored with the "Golden Gator award" at his first Awards Assembly this past Thursday. They give this award for being the sweetest, coolest, bestest kid in the class (well, that's not exactly the description....but that pretty much sums it up! :)
We were soooo proud of him! And he was pretty proud of himself too...but I think he would've been more excited had there been a new toy or ice cream involved! :)





However, just a day after he received his award, Caleb came down with the H1N1 flu. And by the way, I hate calling it swine flu....that's just not very attractive. So, that's why I'm either calling it H1N1 or the Farm Flu. Caleb's been a champ, and hasn't felt too bad except for the fever and an annoying cough. But this morning, Ellie woke up with a fever of 101.5. So, here we go again. I have a feeling Adelyn is not too far behind, because she's not acting like herself either! :( Please pray for healing for our little ones, and strength and stamina for the nurses here at the Skow Clinic. I'm feeling a little ragged already with just one patient, much less three. And I think we are all getting a bad case of cabin fever!

Here are some cute pictures of Ellie Faith, before the epidemic hit....


Doesn't she look like a snake charmer....I thought the panties with the rubber boots was a good look! :)


And this is her playing in the rain....no, mommy was not at home during these activities...


But it sure looks like she had a lot of fun!!

Lively Girls' Weekend 09

I love my mom and my sisters! It's so wonderful to have women in your family that you can enjoy hanging out with. My mom, sisters and I just went on our 3rd Annual Girls' weekend. This year, we went to Canton for First Monday. It was awesome! We stayed in Dallas on Friday (where I got to see my other favorite girl, Missy, for a few minutes). At her recommendation, we ate at this super cool place called Cuba Libre. Great food, fun atmosphere! Then we pooped out early, and just went back to our hotel. Although, it was a little disappointing that we didn't go out and paint the town, it was such a blessing to sleep for an uninterrupted 9 hours in a row! I can't even remember the last time that happened!! We headed to Canton the next morning, and enjoyed a beautiful day full of shopping and fatty food! If you haven't ever been to Canton, it's pretty close to what heaven is going to be like for me. :) Super cute, crafty things, all for reasonable "bargain" prices, that you can shop for while eating a funnel cake!! What could be better than that?!? I would also like to say that I'm the luckiest woman in the world to have a Super Dad for a husband, because none of this fun would've been possible without his loving, willingness to take on three crazy kids by himself! God Bless Dawson Skow!!

Some fun pictures from the adventure...

Mom and Lisa toasting our night out together..


Our super yummy dessert, with fried bananas, ice cream, and other heavenly things.


My beautiful, baby sister and me...when did she become a grown-up?!?


Yes--four grown women played with the baggage carts up and down the hallways in a fancy hotel....even my mom!! Isn't she cool?!?


My other beautiful sister....enjoying her turn down the hallway!

There are other fun photos from the weekend.....but I've been threatened with the loss of my life if I shared them on my blog....you'll just have to wonder.... :)