Trick or Treat--Happy Halloween!

Tonight we trick-or-treated for the first time.  Jagger was a HUGE hit and got the hang of holding up his "doggie" bowl for "treats". 

Arkansas Halloween

We were lucky enough to fly to Arkansas for a couple days and do a few Halloween festivites and other things.  Here is Jagger and his adorable cousin Edy Jane (as little Red Riding Hood) working Trunk or Treat.

Notice them holding hands?  They had SUCH a fun time together.

Working hard for his candy:

With all his earned loot:

Sharing with Edy:

A fun family affair.  He really had more fun than the below picture shows!

Weeee!

Before we departed for our grueling 10 hour RV drive across Kansas, we captured this on video. (And yes, he wanted to wear his puppy dog costume and did for many hours to follow)

Thank you again Mom and Dad Mason for the awesome airplane!

My heart, my boys

They make me breakfast:

They do laundry:

They goof around at home:

And melt my heart on trips:

My heart, my boys, my wonderful life!

Dance machine

Our baby boy LOVES to dance.  Last weekend, Jag and I headed to Salt Lake City for one of my bestest friend's wedding.  The wedding was lovely, and when the DJ started spinning...Jag hit the floor and tore it up, big time!  I am pretty sure he was the life of the party, dancing for over an hour with all the ladies. 

He started the night off right dancing with his momma:

then danced with the Bride:

the moved on to a group of ladies:

then decided on a little one-on-one time

Before finally finding a lady of nearly his own size (ok, she was 2 and she found him), and dancing the night away with her:

Oh, what a night.

Accessorize

We have started letting Jagger pick out his own clothes on certain days. The great part is that he likes to go into our room and grab an accessory. I am not sure if it comes naturally or perhaps he just imitates what he sees, but regardless he has a new love for necklaces. 

He prefers the gold one above, a long blue one I have and of course, the Indian reservation drum necklace his daddy gave him.  Funny thing is, now he will attept to put anything that ressembles a necklace over his head to accessorize.

Where did he learn that?

Big boy bed

Since the beginning of August we have been working on transitioning Jagger from our room to his own "big boy" bed and room.  He still doesn't go down easy, the boy likes to cuddle. But once asleep he sleeps peacefully until he is hungry and we hear a cry to satiate and knock him back out. (Now, if only I could get the boy weaned).   

Yes, I took this flash and all in the middle of the night.  He ALWAYS wants to read Goodnight Gorilla before bedtime. But don't let puppy fool you. Puppy is my attempt to give him something besides momma to cuddle with to fall asleep.  (Which has been met with numerous violent throwings of puppy into the wall) But alas, I am still trying to convince him that puppy can recieve the same sweetness at night as he does in the day.  We will see.

Eight Years of Marital Bliss...

...and still kissing

and kissing.

I will never stop stealing kisses from you Jacob, love of my life.

Te amo per sempre!

Irish Head Bang

As you all know, Jagger likes to dance. Add a little live Irish band, and voila! This went on for at least an hour.  Sadly, I ran out of video space on my camera. ENJOY!

AirVenture

My wonderful husband has always wanted to attend the International AirVenture show in Oshkosh, WI. But so do most other pilots. (To give you an idea of its popularity-during this week, Oshkosh is the busiest airport in the WORLD! An airplane lands almost every 30 seconds!) 

DAY 1:

Although this is a "fly-in" advent, we drove.  We took a leisurely road trip up the coast of Lake Michigan and made some stops along the way.  Here are a few snapshots, of yet another, amazing trip.  First stop, Cedarburg, WI. Beautiful, historic, little town we loved.

Next we stopped at Port Washington, WI.  Perfect day, scenic lake views and a relaxing walk around the Port, made a great break.

We ended the evening in a historic little Irish hotel built in the 1800's, in Plymouth. It only has 18 rooms, and also considered a B&B since a made to order omelet and breakfast buffet are included.  We were lucky enough to also be there on a night that offered free live Irish music.  (Jagger LOVED it--video hopefully to follow)

DAY 2:

After breakfast we made our way into Oshkosh (via scenic route around Lake Winnebago) and started the fun.  I have NEVER seen so many airplanes in my life in one spot! It was amazing. From old warbirds, to historic airliners, bi-planes, single engine, ultra lights, and multi-million dollar private jets and more. From new models for sale, used, private planes that were flown in (and camped under) and more. It was insane.  So, here are a small handful of the MANY pictures we took of the air show!

In honor of you, Mom Mason:

Before we headed out of town we ate at this scrumptious little drive in diner that is over 50 years old. The waitress' still take and deliver your order on roller-skates! We enjoyed some homemade rootbeer floats, hamburgers, onion rings and headed home.

Of course, we had to end the night at a Cracker Barrel by request of my darling dearest.  It was a wonderful time had by all. 

(Did I mention Jagger now reaches for our hands to be held when walking?  We are smitten.)

The End.