happy halloween from the mays'

after a long week apart, the two of us got to spend a nice weekend together, being lazy and boring - just how we like it.

morgan was in madison, wisconsin all week for a continued education class for work, and i was stuck at home by myself. (although, i wasn't quite 'alone' as i made my sister stay with me all week!) morgan got home friday evening and, after a minor encounter with a turkey (don't ask), we both crashed around 9pm. oh the joys of being old & married.

on saturday we attended the annual dean family spookfest in durant. we showed up decked out as wayne campbell and garth algar from wayne's world. it was quite hilarious seeing everyone in costume... especially our friend robb, who dressed up as poop. (yes, you read that right.) kashmir may have even worn a small accessory for halloween...

today we start our weekly "scrub the house" event where we clean up our extreme messes from the week past. of course, since i was the only one home last week, the messes are a little larger than normal. this is also the reason why i'm on the computer, updating our blog, and morgan is downstairs cleaning. muahaha. :)

we're excited for the trick-or-treaters tonight. morgan's brother, jerome, volunteered to help us pass out candy. hopefully we don't eat it all before the kids show up!

the mays'

garth & wayne

our über intelligent dog, aka buddy holly

growing up too fast

we were lucky enough to get to spend the weekend with morgan's sister, martina, her husband, billy, and their daughter, reagan. although the circumstances weren't ideal (morgan's uncle passed away unexpectedly on monday), we made the best of our short time together. reagan turned one on tuesday, october 19. hard to believe that she's been here for a year! she is such a happy little girl and we love her dearly. we had a small family birthday celebration for reagan on friday night. she even blew out her birthday candle all by herself (multiple times...we were trying to capture it on camera!) we hate that they live so far away, but it makes our time with them so much more precious!

betsy

once a hawkeye, always a hawkeye:)

reagan blowing out her candle

falling into fall

it seems like the days/weeks/months since our wedding have passed by very quickly. i can't believe it's already october... scratch that.. mid-october! there are so many things we thought we'd get done before the first snowfall but it's beginning to look like those tasks will have to be finished in spring. our jobs have been keeping us pretty busy -- morgan works as long as the contractors are working, which some days is 12+ hours, and i'm still working my reassignment in burlington, which is a brutal 65-mile drive one-way. luckily, relief is ahead for both of us: the winter will keep morgan in the office working a straight 40-hour week, and i took a transfer to the davenport office effective october 29. we are looking forward to spending more time together!

morgan and i went on our second annual fall drive a few weekends back and were able to get a couple of pictures of us having fun. we felt like pretty big losers as we were the only people there with a camera in tow without any children! we just laughed it off, though, and had a great time walking around the pumpkin patch & apple orchard at wilson's in iowa city (located on dingleberry road - ha!)

our children (or more accurately speaking, our pets) have been keeping us busy, busy, busy. kashmir continues to grow like a weed and shock us with new tricks and surprises. an example of said surprises: pooping on our couch. oh yeah, it's all true. he's still learning, though, and luckily granni (aka mary) has been gracious enough to pick kash up daily and take him out to the farm for "doggy daycare." she has taught him how to walk on a leash, sit, lay down, and stay. and -- SHOCKER -- he lets us know when he needs to go outside! woohoo!! weasley - on the other hand - recently came down with a slight case of fleas. have you ever tried giving a cat a flea bath? yeah. not cool. luckily we caught them in time and have a strong hold on the situation. nasty little buggers. i will never skip a round of frontline ever again!!

other than that, things are pretty much the same around the mays home. still trying to get our house fixed up to make it feel more like "home." our strict tv schedule usually gets in the way of that, but someday we'll have it done! :)

the mays'