Weekend Wrap-Up ... TWO weekends ago, that is!

Goodness... posting has just gotten away from me lately!! I can not believe that I am two weekends behind in posting! Not to mention so fun posts from activities at Ethan's school!! I promise that I'll get caught up on everything ASAP! :)

TWO weekends ago.. (11th & 12th)

Ok, these pictures dont really have anything to do with the weekend, other than that's when I took them, but they were too cute not to post. Ethan and Huck have such a fun and special relationship. In fact, Ethan calls Huck either his "Buddy" or his "Brother"! It really is adorable. Huck is really starting to listen to Ethan too... you know, all the basic commands, "sit", "stay", "down", "HUCK.. NO!!!! THAT'S MY LOVIE!!!!".. you know.. the basics! ha!

I snapped this one and thought it was precious! I was in the kitchen and could hear them playing.. this is what i walked into. Ethan.. pantless.. and Huck obeying his every command! LOVE it!

This was later that night.. playing in the kitchen.

I love that E can tumble all over Huck and Huck doesn't mind one bit! He is definitely the world's BEST dog!!! I think these two are going to have so much fun growing up with each other! :)

Ok... on to the weekend...

Saturday morning we woke up bright and early and headed to one of my favorite fall festivals of the year.. the Germantown Festival. As we we walking up to all the crafts tents, it started raining. Luckily, it was just a light rain for a few minutes and then stopped, so we got to still enjoy it!

What a ham!

I stocked up on tons of adorable fall/holiday decorations for the house and LK loaded up on hairbows!! The kids and Chris even came home with new Memphis t-shirts.. me, not to much! ha! ;) And of course, we STUFFED our faces with pronto pups and funnel cakes! YUM! (you know that's the real reason I go... haha! jk!) We had a great time! After snacking, we met up with Chris' parents, granparents, Aunt Debbie and out of town visitors.

Chris and I left the kids with his parents for the rest of the afternoon, so they could enjoy all the rides. We decided to go by Saddlecreek and do a little shopping. After that, we came home to enjoy the peace and quiet for just a few minutes. And this guy needed some extra attention...

I know he's a boy.. but goodness.. isn't he just pretty?! :)

He doens't realize that he's an 80+ lb dog.. he thinks he's tiny and that your lap is where is belongs!

After a quick "nap", it was off to dinner! With the craziness of our September schedule, Chris and I had to celebrate our Anniversary a little early this year. So we decided to keep it low key and go to dinner. Of course, we went to a definite fave.. Bonefish! You can never go wrong with their Bang Bang Shrimp and Mango Salsa Salmon (definitely get it with the steamed mixed veggies and potatoes au gratin!). Chris ordered their new Tokyo Style Ahi Tuna and LOVED it! He said it had just the right spice.

I got Chris a new watch from Outdoors! He really liked it! Best part is that he can switch up the bands.

Little did I know, but I had a HUGE surprise waiting for me....

this little blue box..

Yes... I squealed with delight!

I had desperatly been in need of some new pearl earrings and boy did he deliver! :) I am one happy girl!! Now, I have new beauties in my ears and my old ones are put away for LK! (she has pearl studs, but they're just the baby size - so she is super excited about Mommy's new gift! haha!)

I sure do love this man.. and is WAY too good to me! :)

Other than that, the weekend was pretty calm. Sunday afternoon we went to get the kiddos new mattress sets (and let me just tell you that that $500 price tag just about gave me a heart attack!!! REALLY??! SO expensive!), so now they're REALLY not babies anymore!

I hope everyone is having a great Monday! I promise that I'll get all caught up this week!

Show Us Your Life - Living Rooms

I am SO excited that Kelly is doing the "Show Us Where You Live" posts again! I never really participated last year, b/c my blog was newer and I just didn't catch on in time. So, I am definitely joining the fun this go around!! :) It works out perfectly too because I still haven't posted pics of the new house. So, now I can do it week by week! It's definitely NOT finished, but I can show you the progress thus far.

When looking at these... please keep in mind that we lost over 1000 sq feet of house in the move! That's East Memphis for you.. you pay for location, NOT size! ha! Oh well... I'd give up the extra space any day! :)

Living Room

no drapes yet... I have my eye on a yellow linen though! :) I also just recently bought some material for pillows, so hopefull I'll get around to making those soon.

more LR - that's the kid's "corner" in the back (we dont have a playroom anymore)

view from the front door

and, of course, these guys! ha!

Like I said.. ALOT to still be done! And I haven't cleaned in a while.. so yes, there's dust and dog hair EVERYWHERE! haha! None the less.. I hope you enjoyed!!:)

Head over to Kelly's blog and see everyone else's Living Rooms.. next week - MASTER BEDROOMS!!

Our "Special Outing"

We woke up early Saturday morning and surprised the kids with a special visit to Papa's work! Chris' dad works for Caterpillar in Memphis and was working on a Saturday, so we got to go up so the kids could ride on the "tractors". Ethan has been before, but LK never has. And even I got to go this time to take pictures! :) We had SO much fun!!! There are construction vehicles galore... every little boy's (and big boy's) dream! I can't tell you which Stickles boy was the most excited about the adventure! ha!

no one but LK can make a bright yellow tractor look so good ;)

SO serious!

i think this one definitely deserves a frame! :)

HAPPINESS!

i sure do love him

look how big that dumptruck is!!! we didn't get to ride on one of these.. hopefully next time! :)

We got to stay for about 45 min or so and had a blast! Ethan was running around crazy from one SUPER BIG vehicle to the next! I was nervous at first, but then just let him run loose. It was hilarious to watch him climb up the sides of these ridicously large machines and not be the least be scared! We had such a great time hanging out with Papa and hearing about all the machines, what they do and how they work. After our visit Papa had to get back to work on a bulldozer for BFI (yes, the dump... GROSS!). It was an emergency job, which is why he was there on Saturday. Lucky for him, this was a rather new one, so it didn't stink too bad yet! lol :)

We are definitely looking forward to our next visit!