Planning those Meals

Up This Week:

• Monday we had Beef Stroganoff in the Crockpot (It turned out super yummy).
• Tuesday we had baked potatoes and zero point soup.
• Wednesday we will be Trunking or Treating at Church.
• Thursday we are having Lemon Dijon Chicken with Potatoes (minus the tapioca unless someone can tell me where on earth to find that stuff?!! Searched Walmart high and low with no luck...).
• Friday we will be eating leftovers.
• Saturday we are going to eat One Dish Chicken Bake.
• Sunday we are taking nacho cheese and chips to Community Group. 

What will you be eating??

Pumpkin Carving 2012

It's that time of the year again, Pumpkin Carving Time! And just like every other year, we headed to Becky & Gary's house for some intense carving. It is so funny to think how much Griffin has changed between last year and this year!! Here he is last year with his friend Jesse:

And this year:

We carved Elmo this year, pretty fitting huh?

Heres a look at the rest of the night... love our group!

Here is Griffin loving on Face, the largest cat I have ever known! 

And the Winner is....

The winner of our $50 Shutterfly Giveaway is.....

Kristen

Congrats girl!And a BIG THANK YOU to Shutterfly for sponsoring the giveaway!

(Winner was chosen using Random.Org)

Life Update around here

• Poor little man is getting all FOUR molars this week 😢! So not fun for anyone!!
• He also got a round of shots on Monday, AND was bit at daycare the same day! Not his day I tell ya.
• He barely slept for three nights. Just grabbing his mouth, drooling soooo badly and basically a hot mess.
• I guess we have had it coming bc we really didn't have any problems with all the other teeth.
• Mr.Pate and I are in a weight loss challenge group until December. It has actually motivated us and we have both lost. But now we need to really get serious. I hate losing weight! Blah.
• Last night, Griffin pretty much cried from when we picked him up from daycare (1pm) until 6pm. Then Daddy and Uncle D were able to cheer him up and the laughter was music to my ears! They chased him all around the house and also made many laps around our house pushing him on his train. Such great men!

Griffins First Bonfire

Our community group had a bonfire Sunday night, which was Griffin's first ever bonfire I believe. Even though he is BADLY teething, it was a great distraction from all the pain for a little bit. He had a blast and so did we!