Heading Out

Sunday morning, Kayla and I were heading out the door for church and I just had to get a picture. She looked too cute in her pink sweater dress.

Halloween 2008

Kayla enjoyed Halloween as a 50's Dancer.
She went for her 1st true Trick or Treating activities around the sqaure of Somerville with her cousins Austin (Darth Vader) and Allison (Fairy). Then we went to a neighborhood in Oakland and ALL of the kids racked up.

Kayla enjoyed playing with the pumpkins as we were doing our Halloween/Thanksgiving card.

Zoo Boo 2008

Kayla & I went to the Memphis Zoo for Zoo Boo 2008 this past Friday night. We went with our friend Beth, her son Neal, Beth's sister- and brother-in-law and their 2 kids.
Here are the big kids on a rock: Walker as Batman, Taylor as an Arkansas Razorback Cheerleader, & Neal as Mader from Cars.
Kayla enjoyed watching the big kids run around the zoo while she was strolling. She is a 50's Dancer with a poodle skirt. I will post better pictures of her costume in the near future.
She really enjoyed (and so did the big kids) the African Band and dancers. She was trying to dance in her stroller. while she was having a Goldfish snack. We had to put pants with her costume because Zoo Boo is at night and it was cool.

Octoberfest

The Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics Competition Barbecue Cooking Team competed in the Cleveland Octoberfest/Mississippi Delta State Barbecue Championship on October 11, 2008.
Kayla slept through most of the judging
She was very excited when we found out we finaled in ribs.
We were all thrilled to learn we won 1st place in the rib category and paid entry into the World Championship Barbecue Contest.

White Hall High School Homecoming

Tasha's High School had homecoming last Friday (Oct. 3). I can't believe my 10 year class reunion will be next year. I was disappointed that there was not a Bulldog there. I would have enjoyed seeing Kayla react to the mascot since I was the High School mascot for 2 years.
We went down on the field for the run-through. Kayla enjoyed trying to walk on the grass.
She also enjoyed spending time with her "Aunt" Maggie after she performed at half-time.
On Saturday, Kayla, her Mommy, and Nonnie went to watch Austin play football. Kayla liked the ball. Kayla enjoyed having her Nonnie keep her warm (it was a cool morning since we are used to 75).

Look out world....here she comes

Yes, she has finially decided to start walking! Please excuse my "Mommy" voice.

Time with Family

We had a Bar-B-Que Contest this past weekend in Hot Springs, AR. We got to spend some time with family. We placed 33 out of 102 teams. Which is not bad considering we have not cooked many competitions for this style of BBQ (Kansas City). We usually cook Memphis style.
Kayla with Austin
Kayla with Allison
Kayla with Austin and Allison...she loves spending time with her cousins!
Kayla with her Daddy, Pappaw, Poppie, & Grammie (sorry I cut part of her out when I took the picture!). We were waiting on results and Kayla had about all she could take of that day.