Today was a banner day for little Lonestar. Alicia and her mom - Mama Hazel, Gran, Erin (with Connor and Archer) headed over to the modern day living area of Santa - the mall - to get a picture.
Liam did great, unlike his father at his age. He smiled a ton and didn't cry. Congratulations Liam on a successful meeting and I am sure you secured for yourself a fine Christmas under the tree!
We had a great time with the Lake family in Arkansas. The weather was beautiful and it was fun having the extended family together to share in a great feast. Here are some pics of our time in Searcy.
Several weeks ago we had family pictures taken in Cabot,Arkansas (just down the road from Little Rock) by a phenomenal photographer. We heard about Christy Hollingshead from a friend of ours and checked out her photoblog and I was blown away. I had seen work from many photographers but hers was far and away the best I have ever seen. I told Alicia that we needed to get us and Lonestar over to Cabot to have pictures made of the family. She was truly fun to work with and as you can see below she is creative. Her pictures are definitely works of art to be placed in the home. I highly reccomend her if you want to have beautiful and unique photos of your family made. Thank you Christy for your excellent work!
Check out her blog - Christy Hollingshead Photography
Liam had his first Halloween experience yesterday and we had a blast. By a difficult process of elimination, Liam decided that he would be a monkey. The kid absolutely enjoys being in his costume. As I recognize this my man driven praciticality is stoked because not only did we get him a costume but we have him a winter outfit to boot!
We had many trick or treaters come by the house and we had them all grab a handful of our concoction of candy thrown into a bucket. What were the favorite costumes this year that came to the Ponderosa? Fairies outnumbered the rest 4-1 (Disney makes a killing on Halloween) followed by Power Rangers, Cheerleaders, Pirates, Storm Troopers, Transformers, Superwoman, football players, and dragons. On the a la carte list were - one Elvis, one Peter Pan, one Hannah Montana, one Britney Spears (circa Mickey Mouse Club but what was that parent thinking?), and one Rocky Balboa.
Here are some pics of our lil'Monkey:
