Happy Halloween!

I decided that I would take pictures of Alex in her costume, considering what a good job Granny Glo does on them and that none of her far away relatives get to see them. My little ham was all smiles for me! She is well trained! Enjoy our cute Little Witch Alex!

Blowing magic dust for a spell!

Little Things....

Last night I had to attend a monthly meeting for work, so Nana got Alex ready for bed and stayed with her while I was gone. They were getting into bed and Alex was saying her prayers. She said "Thank you God for putting me in my new school, I love it. And thank you God for putting me in my family, I love my mommy and daddy and my grandparents. They are the best!" And of course as Nana is telling me this I am weeping, she is such a great kid!

Alex turns 6!

Shortly after school starts every year my baby gets older. I can't believe she is already 6 and in kindergarten. She is maturing so fast and this year was a true example of her getting older and more mature. She hadn't asked for anything for her birthday except for an American Girl doll. Usually by mid-summer there is a huge list of wants, but not this year. Even when her Aunt Barb asked her what she wanted she just said...."uuummmm". She also wanted to have her party this year and have her friends bring toys for kids who don't have anything. I am so blessed to have such a caring and sweet girl to call my daughter. I love my big girl!

Her friend party is coming up soon, so stay tuned for more pictures from her Six is Sweet party!


Alex opening the Hannah Montana movie!


Getting her American Doll!


So happy to see, Rebecca! (P.S. She is now affectionately known as, Rebecca Allison Easterwood. Because as per Alex, she looks like Auntie Allison!)


Getting ready to blow out her candles!


Nighty, Night Alex and Rebecca!

First Day of Kindergarten!

Alex started Kindergarten this year and is loving every minute! She was so uneasy about the first day. It was very unlike her. For months she said, "What if she went wrong?" We didn't know exactly what that meant, but she has been doing great so far and hasn't gotten in trouble yet. Let's cross our fingers!



She found her desk!


Getting out her supplies!


Alex and her teacher!

The Texas Coast

My first trip to the Texas coast since moving to Houston in 2004! Sounds a little crazy, but it is what it is! We started our trip in Corpus Christi, not really what I was thinking it would be like. But we still had fun. We went to see the Corpus Christi Hooks and had a great time. I taught Alex about all the cute boys in baseball. The next day we went to the Texas State Aquarium. It was nice, right near the ocean. The cool breeze helped, being that it was 95 degrees. We were able to see dolphins, sea turtles, sea otters, touch stingrays and check out lots of other wildlife. We went to the Birds of Flight show and Alex volunteered to be a helper for the first time.
She went right up there, and the lady started talking about the job that she was going to do. She put bird gloves on her and protective goggles telling her that this animal that they were bringing out was smelly and had sharp claws and of course, Alex freaked out!
Her face went from joy to complete terror in 3 seconds. She was telling the lady, "NO, I don't want to!" but she told her it was all a trick and brought out the animal. It was a member of the ant eater family, pretty harmless. And she quickly smiled with relief and enjoyed helping it eat it's treat of yogurt from a bottle.
We ended our trip at Mustang Beach, it was beautiful. Totally different experience for a born and raised California girl! The water was like bath water, I loved it. Alex loved the beach! David even enjoyed himself doing some body surfing.


Alex arriving at the beach finally!

Swimming in the ocean, so fearless!


So driving home was a new experience for us all. We got to go on a ferry from the island, so cool yet so terrifying. And yes, we took pictures of it. This was our view on the ferry. We were right in front. A great end to a great little family road trip!

Feeding the Ducks!

One of the greatest memories from my childhood was going to the park with my grandma and feeding the ducks. So I was excited to take Alex to feed the ducks on our trip to Long Beach. However the geese freaked her out!

Beach in Santa Barbara

We did end up making it to the beach in Santa Barbara. However, Alex did not enjoy the sand as much this time. She didn't like that she had to keep cleaning off her feet in the ocean, but every time she made it back to the towels there was more sand. She couldn't figure out how she was going to get the sand off of her. I told her it wouldn't stay on her, and that by the time we got to the car it would be gone. It was quite comical.



Our pedicured toes in the sand!




Attempting to clean the sand off her feet, for the 10th time!