5 Years!!!

Last Saturday, November 15th, Craig and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary.  It's weird, sometimes I feel like we just got married and sometimes I feel like this is the way it's always been.  I'm so thankful to have him as my husband.   He always knows how to comfort me and make me feel better.  Sometimes I think he knows me better than me!  :)  I love everything about him and can't wait to spend 95 more years together!  Craig is such a good daddy too and Sydney just ADORES him!  She looks forward to him coming home everyday from work.  She'll run to him and give him a big hug...I know it makes his day!

So, to celebrate our anniversary, we kind of had a marathon of dating.  It worked out great because Craig's parents were in town so we had free babysitting and they were able to get some quality time with Miss Sydney.  On Friday night, we went and saw the new James Bond movie...I think it's called Quantum of Solace.  Honestly, the movie wasn't that fantastic...I actually fell asleep!  But, it was still nice to get out with just the two of us and enjoy some alone time.  Then on Saturday night, Craig took me to this Italian restaurant that has live Jazz music called Terilli's.  That was so fun and the food was delicious!!  Then on Tuesday night, Craig surprised me with tickets to see One Republic at the House of Blues in Dallas.  Once upon a time, Craig and I went to concerts all the time so we definitely felt like our young dating selves again that night.  Oh, and to our surprise (because we didn't check until right before the concert) Augustana opened for One Republic and we really like them too.  All in all we had a fantastic 5th anniversary and can't wait to celebrate many more to come!  

October Recap

Okay I realize I'm soooo far behind on posting. Trust me...everyone has let me know. So here's a quick recap of October.

We took Sydney to a pumpkin patch at a church near our house. The funniest thing was that she was the most interested in the gourds and the pumpkins with warts (not sure that's what they are really called but that's what I call them) than she was the regular pumpkins.

Hmmm...which one to choose??















Perfect!! A gourd!














I love these things!














Cheese!














Carefully choosing the perfect pumpkin to take home...














Got it!














Then on Halloween Sydney had another parade at school. Each class "made" their own costumes and Sydney's class was candy corn. It was pretty cute and I still can't figure out how they got her to stay still long enough to get her face painted!






























Then that night we got Sydney dressed up in her Halloween costume and took her to the Fall Festival at church. She was Dorothy this year and absolutely LOVED her costume. She loved her red sparkly shoes most of all!


Checking out her new shoes










































Here are some of the fun games she played:


Fishing





















Sifting for gold--she liked the gold stone more than the candy she won!





















Shopping spree





















Temper tantrum after her turn with the game was over....















Mason aka Tony Romo (love the taped up pinky!)





















Sydney and Madison...BFF's















Time to go home...notice how she's getting the sucker all over daddy's face! :)