All Different Things

This girl loves the car seat in my car! It's her own little head rest!

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My future car... Love this Jeep more than words can say!

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These 2 crack me up. I just wanted to get a pop out of the cabinet and they jump in. Most curious cats I've ever known!

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We gave in... One Christmas tree is up! No lights or ornaments are up yet. And clearly someone missed it! Kai also loved it but he didn't attempt to climb it like Maverick.

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My week started out GREAT! Minimal damage was done to my car, but that poor garage is another story...

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Nolan and I received our first piece of mail! 

Happy Friday!

Halloween and Hockey

I'm feeling the season a lot more than I remember. I'm so excited and can't wait for Thanksgiving and Christmas. But first I need to recap on Halloween. 

I decorated a pumpkin this year! I haven't decorated or carved one in a long time. I found a super cute mummy kit at Target. We already had the pumpkin so I just stuck the deceptions on. Everything stuck on with double sided tape. 

Of course Megan had to try out the eye balls...

A couple weeks before Halloween we got "booed." Our neighbor does this every year and the kids love it. 

Here's our Boo bags. We ran to CVS and bought a bunch of cheap Halloween stuff to toss in the bag. 

Including bouncy eye balls.. That Megan had to try out!

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Nolan recently hurt himself at a hockey game. He was racing for the puck and slammed into the boards a little too hard. Needless to say, he ended up at Urgent Care. He sprained his rotator cuff, but thankfully is doing just fine.

He felt so special with a sling! Poor guy...

Detroit Tigers

I received a text message from my grandma at 2:30, for tickets to a 4:00 Tigers game. Mind you, the ballpark is 1 hour away. And... I was napping and didn't see the message until almost 3. 

I was originally supposed to watch my Dad's dogs that evening, but fortunately I was able to go to the game instead. I ran to my Dad's to quickly feed the dogs and rushed back to my Mom's to pick up Nolan. It was probably 3:30 by this time. 

Nolan, Megan and I all met my grandma at her house. We had to stop on our way to the game to get the tickets from her financial advisor. So now it was probably 4. She also needed gas badly otherwise we'd be on the side of the road and totally miss the game! 

Finally we are back on the freeway. Nolan was checking in on the game through his phone... And you won't believe it... There was a delay in the game due to the lights turning off for an unknown reason at the time! Talk about the power of The Lord above! 

Eventually we made it there around 5 and I think it was only the 4th inning, so we didn't miss much! 

This place was CRAZY!

Gotta have those snacks! We totally missed dinner. 

We had a great time. Unfortunately they lost, but all in all it was an awesome opportunity. None of us had been to a post season game before, so we were still fortunate to have been able to go.

The Newest Addition

We lost our Claudia on July 31st. She was only about 10-11 months old. She was acting very lethargic for 2 days, so we decided to call the vet. We took her in and they did X-rays on her. They found a foreign object in her intestines. They immediately did surgery and left me in a panic. They told me they would call around 4pm to let us know how surgery went and if they would need to keep her overnight. My mom called about 30 minutes after I left the vet, crying. I knew there was bad news coming.... "They aren't able to save her. Her bowel is twisted and something is wrapped very tightly around it." My heart sank. They had called to ask for permission to put her down because there was literally nothing they could do. 

This was my sister's cat and her heart fell into a hundred pieces, completely devastated. She went with me to pick Claudia up. We couldn't hardly keep ourselves together. 

This was one of the last pictures we took of her. 

Sister and brother.

She always begged for my milk in the morning. 

Miss our snuggle time on her favorite blanket. Minis my Claudia... I love you sweet angel. 

Now to the title of this post..... Meet Kai. The little, needs-constant-attention, playful kitty. We love him dearly and are so glad he was brought into our family. He keeps Maverick attention and fights back unlike Claudia. 

The first cat I've seen lay in a magazine rack.

Pet me!

Taking a time out from playing.

There was something in the bottom of the boot that he was determined to get.

Hide and Seek... You hide and I'll count!

The school life is just killin' him!

Mackinac Island

Here in michigan there is an island that does not allow any cars except for emergency vehicles on it. We frequent here almost every summer. Bicycles are their way of transportation.. Oh and of course horses. Nolan and I took a trip with my dad and step mom in late August. 

Riding over the Mackinac Bridge. 

On the fairy to the island.

This is the bridge from the fairy ride.

Just checking into our room. Nolan found the Bible.. Love this man!

The island has a paved road around the entire perimeter and it is 8 miles. We attempted to do it, but found a different trail that was all dirt and very hilly! This was our first stop: Arch Rock. 

This was taken at a pit stop on the dirt trail. I was warn out and had to walk my bike up almost every hill!

This was also on our ride down the dirt trail. There was a spot Nolan found where he could look out and see the water.

So beautiful.

We made our way up into the island. This is the other side of Arch Rock. 

A nice, long, sweaty bike ride is not complete without a nice, cold, chocolate ice cream!

I believe this was taken from the bluffs.

Bike riding around the island.

There was even a pirate ship!

The Lone Star State

The second trip I took this summer was to Texas. My Uncle had a baby at the end if June and we got to meet her and visit with everyone else. It was so nice because the whole family made it. This is special because we don't all love in one state. 

Riding the escalator to check in!

Ready for take off... 

The Gaylord. This was the massive hotel we stayed in. There was a storm that rolled through one day and the hotel lost power... Very interesting!

So darn hot there... 106 degrees! It was very hard to lay out for any period of time due to the heat, so we spent most of the time in the pool.

Breakfast one morning inside the hotel.

This was in front of a fountain in the hotel. 

Madison and I in the arcade.

The new precious addition... Ms. Caroline.

Another spot inside the hotel.

Rangers Stadium

Cowboys Stadium

We got to visit for a short time with our good friends that transferred here. 

Olivia's birthday celebration! Big 2!

The whole family!

This girl loves to twirl her hair just like me.

Little Caroline was baptized while we were 

Just root beer, but it cracked me up. 

Missing that family so much. Can't wait to see them again.