Colton's First Birthday Party!!!

Colton is turning one year old!!! This year has gone by so fast!!! We had a small party for him with some friends, family, and neighbors. Colton was excited about everything, all the people, cake, ice cream, pizza, presents!!! Thank you everyone for coming !!!

Keeping warm!!

It's getting cold here ( in the 40's!) so the pets kept me warm while
watching TV last night!!

Hot Apple Cider to Apples!

What could be a better Saturday night? Hot Apple Cider and a game of Apples to Apples with the Castlemans!

Loving the Fall Weather!!

This weekend C3 went to the Easley Antique Show on Main Street. We also went for a walk through the woods to look at the fall colors at a friends house!!! It's starting to get chilly here and i now realize that i should invest in some close toe shoes!!! Can't wear flip flops year round here :(

Olive Branch Mississippi!!

This weekend C3 went to visit Nene and Papa in Olive Branch Mississippi! We had a great time and wish we lived closer than an 8 hour drive!

Every day we took an afternoon or morning walk around the neighborhood!





Zoe and Tori became best friends!
Colton and Papa- Trot Trot to Boston!
Casey and I got our teeth cleaned by my mom on Thursday, and on Friday Casey got two fillings and i got two Root Canals!!! Not the highlight of the trip!

Casey riding around on my mom's scooter!! On the roof top of The Peabody Hotel- Memphis TNCasey and his new hat outside of the famous BB Kings !!


Best BBQ in Memphis!! View from on top of The Peabody- Over looking the Mississippi river!! Waiting for the ducks at The PeabodyColton eating his Pre-Birthday Cake!!! He loved it!!

The Lion King- Part 2

Colton wanted to try on his Lion outfit again before he gets too big to fit into it! We had to take a few more pictures because he is just so cute!

Sunday Football and Chili!

Sunday we spent the day watching Football and eating Chili! I made my Nana's (My Great Grandmothers) Famous Chili.

Chili is the best meal for the fall, so i have decided to share with you all my Nana's Famous Chili recipe.

Ingredients:

2 lbs Ground Beef ( i sometimes use a bit more meat)

3 Tablespoons Chile Powder ( i normally use than 3 tablespoons too)

2 Teaspoons Salt

1 Teaspoon Sugar

1 Onion Chopped

1 Cup Water

1 Bay Leaf

2 Cans (15oz) tomato sauce

2 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil

2 Tablespoons Flour

2 ( 1 lbs) cans of Kidney beans undrained

- Brown the meat; drain

- in a pot or crock pot combine meat, chili powder, salt, sugar, onion, tomato sauce, water, and bay leaf and let simmer

- in a separate pot combine oil, flour and beans- cook on medium heat till beans are hot

- Add beans to meat mixture and cook for at least one hour

Enjoy!

Pumpkin Festival- Pumpkintown, SC

After the parade we went to the festival. Colton was not happy getting this picture taken in the Pumpkin Patch. But he loved the Pumpkin Ice Cream!

It was a long day for Baby Colton but we loved spending the day together and being outside in the fall weather and experiencing the South Carolina culture.

Pumpkin Festival- Parade

This weekend C3 went to Pumpkintown, SC for their Pumpkin Festival. We woke up early to go to the Parade.

It was great! Casey loved all the old trucks and cars. Colton loved the Horses. The parade was interesting... if you owned a tracter, 4 wheeler, horse, dirt bike, or anything camo; i think you were able to walk in the Parade.

BBQ Saturday

This Saturday C3 went to two BBQ's. We went to Kate and Josh's for lunch and we went to Adams for dinner. We played baggo at both and at Adams house Colton went on his first hay ride!!