11.22.2011

wedding trip to dallas...

on the weekend of october 22nd...we headed down for a dallas wedding with one of burt's closest friends...the rehearsal dinner was texas chic themed...it was cute seeing everyone all countryed-up...cowboy boots and turquoise galore

we stayed with aunt mandy and uncle aaron, and the boys definitely wore each other out!

the wedding was at the marie gabrielle, and it was absolutely beautiful!


the beautiful bride and groom!
congratulations matt and rachel and thank you for such a fabulous evening!!!

11.18.2011

pumpkin patch and halloween 2011

oh my sweet blue eyed babies...


our attempt at taking a family picture

1st try...no durham
2nd try...no mccoy
3rd try...enough already mom!
picking out his perfect pumpkin
i guess it took someone else taking it to actually have a family shot :)
finished product...unfortunately, after a very warm weekend, they quickly spoiled...oh well!
on our way to the halloween carnival...my little caveman and his pet rock
he was not a huge fan of this outfit, but i made it and he was definitely wearing it even if he had to carry it...it was coming with us! poor guy, though, kept getting fur all over his hands from the sticky candy!



my sweet little rock!

the aftermath...such a dirty little baby
wild thing!


10.28.2011

durham's christening

on september 11, 2011
durham leahy box was baptized at first united methodist church...
he wore the box family christening gown that has been used for many generations
his godparents, lynne and chris stinson
grandaddy, gracie, papa, aunt mandy, us and auntie b
sweet liam came to watch too!
afterwards, we went to east side grill to have a wonderful brunch

the box boys
entertaining mccoy

mccoy's "look"...
his outfit was made by my mother and grandmother for my brother many years ago
it was such a beautiful day, and we are truly blessed to have found a church that we call home!

10.07.2011

the month of september...

the month of september has been a very busy one...i think every weekend, we were either gone or had some big event at the house...

enjoying a little reading with the boys
on labor day weekend, we headed up to the roach's house for hudson's 2nd birthday...mccoy loved the bouncy neigh neigh
then the next day, we got to ride on some real neigh neighs!


another weekend, the boys and i headed to tulsa to see auntie b while burt went to new orleans...
such a cutie pa tootie
we went to the aquarium where mccoy saw lots and lots of nemos!

then we went to this park near auntie b's house where they had some very unconventional toys...this is some swingy thing that goes around and around
mccoy and i watching leaves float down the steps
baby d hanging out in the beautiful weather...working on some smiles
they also had some really neat water fountains that you could run though...mccoy got a kick out of those until he got totally drenched then he was done

one random day, mccoy kept talking about nemo but it was too late to turn on the movie, so i found him his swim diapers with nemo on it...now, we all have nemo heads!
durham wasn't so sure about it
another weekend, we took our first official family road trip down to little rock for madeline's 1st birthday party...i can't even believe that she is already one...but then again, i have two kiddos now and that still is wild to me...
beautiful birthday girl

the layout was so beautiful...and i love how mandy has pictures of madeline everywhere!

i think it is fair to say mccoy liked his piece of cake and maybe some other random ones too

i was so impressed that this family shot turned out...two out of four smiling is pretty good!
we stayed in hot springs that night so that we could go see g.g. emily (great grandmother emily) the next morning...this was the first time for her to meet durham

mccoy loves this harmonica, but he was trying to share it with durham (so sweet)...unfortunately, durham doesn't understand how to blow yet :)
all in all, we have had a lot of fun...durham also got baptized but i'm posting those pictures separate...now, i'm loving this weather and decorating for fall!