October 2010

Well October was a month full of fun and activities!  We started the month headed to Old Fashion Days at Union Bible College (UBC), but since I forgot my camera, no pictures : (  This is an event that our family looks forward to each year, we LOVE going!!!  Keegan has wanted a bunny all summer long and when we got there and they were selling rabbits, yep you guessed it, he bought one!  We brought it home Saturday night and on Sunday afternoon he thought he would let it out for some fresh, green grass and...our dog Hailey got ahold of her, ugh!  Needless to say, that didn't make Keeg too happy, but we were able to call the people that we bought it from and they gave him another one--thanks Wheeler family, you made his day!!!  --Next we went onto carving pumpkins, something we haven't done in years.  Since we had a few pumpkins in the garden, the kids wanted to carve them, so we did.  They had fun decorating some of them with markers and other stickers too.  --On the week of the 7th, my hubby surprised me by saying "I want to buy you a ticket to the Lady Antebellum concert"!  I right away called my sister Shirley and she said YES, I want to go too, so...off we headed to Purdue to see Lady A in concert!  I couldn't believe the tickets were only $20, but that was a fun and great investment!  They did a great job and Shirl and I had a lot of fun!!  Thanks honey for the nice surprise, I appreciate those kind of "extras" that you do for me!  --In the middle of the month we had Revival at our church with Bro. Jack Smith, he did a great job!  We were only able to get into a few of the services as we had already had plans to go to MI that week.  We enjoyed ourselves in MI, it is always fun to go "home"!  While I was there, I took some family pictures for a niece of mine and some engagement pictures for another niece of mine.  I'll have to post some of them in another post.  --Kallee had a friend over to help bake/decorate cookies towards the end of the month and they turned out so yummy!  I'm surprised the kids didn't get sick they ate so many of them, but...what fun we had!  --Last but not least, I took the youngest two trick-or-treating on Saturday night at a local church that has trunk-or-treat every year.  I knew with Halloween being on a Sunday this year we wouldn't get to go like we normally do, so I thought I would at least take the time to make sure the kids got to go to this.  We even went to a few friends houses too!  That pretty much sums it up for the month of October, hope you had a great one too!

Keegan diggin' deep to find...

...yucky, slimy pumpkin guts!

Kallee did too!

Ta-da, the final out-come!

Me and my sister Shirley!

The stage at the Lady A concert

Lady Antebellum

Cookie Time

Keegan cutting out the cookies!

Time for the frosting and the...

...sprinkles!

Yummy!!!

Time for dress-up too!

Kallee & Isabelle

Little Miss "Dorthy" getting ready to go!

My little Dorthy and my little football star!!!

She made the cutest Dorthy ever!!

My handsome little football man!!

Kallee's First Day of Kindergarten

I can't hardly believe it, but my baby girl started kindergarten this month : (  I know it is just the natural progression of life, but...it really stinks!  She has been really excited from the get-go and couldn't wait to get started!  She loves her teacher, Ms. Angie, and her little friends in her class too (Abby & Macy)!  She asked her teacher the second day of school "so when are we gonna start reading?" : )  She only goes 4 days a week and only 1/2 days, so I still have her for the afternoon hours, yea!  She has only been going since the 7th of this month and they already know all their vowels and are starting on consonants.  She loves going, but she still doesn't like the fact that she has to go to bed early, she thinks she's gonna miss out on something, ha!  I'm excited to watch her learn and grow into the young lady God wants her to be.  We love you sissy!

Getting all prettied up for school : )

I made these for her the night before she started school,
so she'd have something to match her uniform.

My little princess -- all ready for school!

Talking to Mamaw before heading in for her first big day!

And she's off!!!

Standing in front of her classroom!

Sitting at her desk for the first time!

Ms. Angie taking her to show her where her cubby is so she could put her backpack away.

Standing next to her cubby!

L to R:  Kallee, Macy & Abby

Mommy & Daddy took her out for lunch after her first big day!

First Day of School 2010

Ok, so what's that saying--better late than never?!?  UGH!!!  The boys started school on August 27th this year, so I'm
kind- of a tab bit, LATE on posting this, lol!  Keegan is now my big 4th grader and Talon is now in 8th grade, where has the time went???  Keegan wasn't excited at all about going to school this year, because he moved class rooms and got a new teacher.  I assured him, he would love his new teacher, she was Talon's favorite!  Needless to say, he is enjoying school and he DOES like his new teacher, Mrs. Norfleet!  Talon is doing really good this year, he is focused on doing the best he can and it is showing!!!  We told him, that next year he is gonna really have to buckle down and get serious, because he will be starting high school.  He decided on his own, that he wants to start that process this year, that way he can be a little ahead of schedule when he starts next year.  He wants to graduate with honors, so he has his work cut out for him, but I know he can do it!  All in all, their school is year is off to a good start and they are enjoying life!!!

Keegan all smiles in his new desk!

Keegan and his new teacher, Mrs. Norfleet!

Can you tell he really didn't want me to take his picture and was being a dork because of it??! LOL!  I told him, I'm posting this online, so you'd better give me a good smile, but...I did give him fair warning!

Shattuck Family Reunion 2010

Well I've finally managed to get a post on here from our trip to MI for Labor Weekend @ my Dad's family reunion!  I have a lot more pictures, but these are what ya get, ha!  If you want to see more, you can go to the Shattuck Family website by going to:  thegeorgeandednashattuckfamily.blogspot.com.  We had a wonderful time, as usual, and can't wait to go back!  We were able to leave on Thursday morning and stay till Monday evening, so we had a nice time.  We were able to see a lot of family that we haven't seen for a year or more, so that was fun!  The kids had a blast running from event to event and just hanging out with their cousins and second cousins and third cousins and...you get the point!  There were approximately 250 for the big family dinner on Labor Day, so that was a great count!  I would like to say a HUGE thank you to all the Shattuck family board members for making this reunion a great success once again!  You worked really hard to make it a great one and you achieved your goal!  Until next year, we hope you all  live healthy and happy lives!  We love you!!!

Talon and my niece Shauna, this is my brother Doug's daughter.

Kallee & Papa

My niece Meg & I

My BIL Stan and his baby girl Meg.  He had this shirt made special for the reunion--it has a picture of Megan on it when she was just a little girl, it says "Daddy's Little Girl"!

Talon and my sister Shirley acting C*R*A*Z*Y!!!

LtoR:  Karson (great-nephew, Chris' son), Kallee (my little angel: ),
Colton (up top) & Luke (down below) (great-nephews, Kay's sons).

Karson & Kallee acting silly!

Crazy faces!

My great-niece Shekinah (Joe's girl) & great-nephew Colton (Kay's son)

Daddy w/ CJ (my niece, Mary's girl) and my nephew Tim (Shirley's son) w/ Maverick (my nephew, Mary's boy) 

My honey Jerry, along with my nephew Chris and my niece Meg--just chillin'!

My great-nephew, little Kai guy trying to get my gum : )

Me and my boys--Talon & Keegan

The teens, plus a few, that stayed in the teen dorm over the weekend!

My Daddy with his brothers & sisters (missing was Uncle Cecil)
Back Row (L to R):  Dad, Norman, Florence and Mac
Middle Row (L to R):  Coreen, Georgie, Myrtle, Marian & Donna
Front Row (L to R):  Evelyn & Nettie