October Fun

I carved my first real pumpkin this past weekend at the Haight's Annual Pumpkin Party. I carved this pumpkin in honor of Jeremy -b/c he was camping at Big Bear (see pics below), and this is usually his type of activity. he is definitely the patient one in our family. i almost gave up a few times.  but really glad i finished.

I finished mine just in time for the big showdown, when everyone was taking pics of all the pumpkins lined up.

the big show stopper was definitely the Haight's E.T. phone home pumpkin:

Just the girls chillen:

Happy Halloween!!

And here are some pics Jeremy took at Big Bear (jeepin with the Shelby's)

i'm a new Aunt!!

My lil sis Sarah gave birth to her first child Friday morning and the baby was 9 POUNDS 4 OUNCES!!! i was in shock, because Sarah was so skinny her entire pregnancy!!

Allow me to introduce a sweet little baby girl...
Eleanor Adaline Whitman!

Boys will be boys

I was looking back at some pictures i took over the summer, and thought they looked kind of "Spooky" - so i thought i'd post them.

our neighbors, the Jensens, have a protector and huge canvas that they hang up in the courtyard area during the summer and watch movies with a group of people from our apartment complex. well one of the nights, they thought it would be an excellent idea to put the xbox 360 on the humongo screen. boys will be boys. meanwhile i experimented with a tripod and was able to get great lighting and did not even use the flash. but the movement with slow shutter speed to capture the natural moon/xbox light turned out a bit spooky and jeremy is completely see-through here.  

the "big screen" - with our little apartment in the background.

"Victory--time limit reached"

p.s. in case you can't tell, jeremy loves his calling in young mens.

These are a few of my favorite things

I was chatting with a new co-worker today and found out that she went to school at Tulane and loved living in New Orleans. We reminisced a bit, and it made me totally home sick. I miss so many things about New Orleans. so here are a few of my favorite things... (Thanks to FLICKR!!!)

Garden District

Oak Trees/Audabon Park

Bananas Foster/Palace Cafe

Roman Candy Wagon. Best chocolate chewing taffy candy

Jazz band

Mississippi River/Behind the Riverwalk

Latters on Mardi Gras Day

Beads stuck in trees

Street Car/St. Charles Ave.

The Camellia Grill/Chocolate Freeze -yummmm

His and Hers

---HOBBIES---

His creating rock sliders for the jeep:

Check out the purrty 45 degree angles

Hers making a blanket:

(Special thanks to Kay Mortensen -my old roomie- for the exact blanket idea. i loved it so much i went to the fabric store the same day i saw the one she made for Becky - my other old roomie.)

Running too fast

FIGURATIVELY that is! (i don't remember the last time i literally 'ran'.)

i just realized that i'm wearing 2 different tennis shoes. one old (dirty), and one new (white). So sad that i just realized this at 11am.