will you???

will you get the word out that we really need to sale the rest of THESE awesome tees!!! they could be great Christmas gifts and support a good cause.

buy one, buy another!

they must go!

and we must raise more money to bring bristol home!

thanks a million for helping us literally save 1 out of a many millions of orphans!

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no spooks here, only punks

halloween....

from making our debut as a punk rockers at a fall fest with a local church.





from making friends with the precious homeless children we were helping thru this non-profit.





from trick or treating with a few folks we know...

(and yes- there will always be someone who doesn't want to sit for a pic!)

from eating chili at a little owl's house...

our halloween was full of fun tricks and treats!

hey pumpkin...

our halloween adventures to follow...

exciting stuff...

check out some exciting stuff... babies, a contest, and carvings!

i'm a several days late in posting this pic of 2 new boys on our block.
2 of my favorite peeps had their baby boys about 24hrs apart!
precious, precious...

i received a secret phone call monday explaining that briley had won the coloring contest at school and to be there wednesday for the announcement.

so i snuck in and heard the winner announced... and this girl was fired up. jumping jelly bean, passing out hugs, fired up!

proud moment for me and yes, especially for her.

was there a prize involved- yep. $25 gift card and she can't wait to spend it.

in case you haven't had enough excitement yet!

we decided that unless we were going to totally miss pumpkin carving we HAD to do it last nite.

let the carving begin... this year briley and braxton carved their own all by themselves. and joey came up with his own with a lil help from the bear.

after much anticipation... the finished products....

there's no place like...

HOME, right?
well, that's true BUT i'm thinking...
there's no place like the BEACH!!









thought i'd throw this pic in. look at the birds lined up! a bird-a-phobics worst nightmare. seems like we wasted lots of snacks this trip on these guys. not sure it's even "legal" to feed them? but, i do know you get dirty looks from some of your neighbors on the beach.

the start of the coolest sandcastle! finished product yet to come:)

briley loves her some baby jade!

our favorite climbing hut on the beach

8, 7, 5, 5, 3, 3, 2, 1 ~ the ages of the little people staying in our house.

(cousin baby jade stayed down the street and could not manage to stand on the driveway for our pic.)

my favorite pic of my briley (looking so grown up and starting to act that way too) and her proud daddy! (now back to the growing up part- i'm telling you- i'm having a hard time handling it... she is really starting to act older. getting her own fashion style, glancing in the mirror more, maturing in attitude, etc ...whoa horsey! slow down sis!)

funny stuff-

we planned this trip to the beach- not knowing the entire lankford fam would end up digging their toes in the sand too!

what started out small grew to round #2 summer family vacation with the lankford crew- every day someone new would show up or leave.

crazy and very fun.

though, we always have a blast with the extended fam- it was really awesome to stay behind a bit longer as just the 5 of us.

that is the bestest thing ever!

personally, i could have stayed even longer but... reality?!

this pic shows everyone (except uncle t-dawg who headed back to college a few days earlier). make sure you look all the way down the table to the back wall...

a peek...

it's been too long...

i had to post a taste of our adventures...

from beachin'

to poolin'

to diggin'

to drivin'

here's to fun in the sun!

stay tuned...

out of the mouths of babes...

what i heard this week...

"mommy so pretty" - what a compliment from a 2 yr old and no- it isn't provoked, he just tells me randomly and i love it!

"why do you have so many flavors in your hair?" - pretty sure this isn't a compliment from my 5 yr old. oh well- can't win them all:)