Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Bon Voyage Uncle Matt!

My brother, Matt, has headed out to Colorado for about 6 months or so to live and work out there for a while. He is quite the outdoorsman, always planning for and going on exciting trips and we are excited for him in his biggest adventure yet! We will definitely miss him while he's away, but are really excited for him and all the fun he's going to be having :)

Matt came home last week to visit one last time before heading west. Since Tony went to Kentucky for the UGA game, Owen and I packed up and headed over to my parents for the weekend so that we could spend as much time as we could with Matt. We had a great visit and I enjoyed the time that we had to sit around talking and catching up on each others' lives, watching movies, hiking in the woods, and staying up late (or my ridiculous attempt to anyways!).

My brother is such an awesome guy and is so interesting and intelligent. He knows so much about the outdoors--he is really skilled and passionate about his hobbies and interests. We always have great conversations and I enjoy every minute that I get to spend with him. If you happen to read this Matt, I want you to know that I love you so much and I feel so blessed to be your sister :) I hope you have a blast in Colorado and I can't wait for you to get back and tell me all about it. It is so cool that you've taken this trip--you really are awesome! I took lots of pictures of our weekend with Uncle Matt and here are a few of my favorites :)
Hiking in the woods
(you can't see him, but Owen is in the Bjorn with Geebee)
breakfast with Pops!






Love you Matt!!!

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Owen's First Halloween

Halloween was so much fun this year! Having a child to share it with (even if he's not old enough to trick-or-treat yet!) just makes it that much more exciting and special. Owen was a cowboy and we had such a blast. He didn't even mind wearing his costume at all, what a good sport he was! :) We had a chili dinner at our house and our annual bonfire in our driveway with our neighbors and had a great time as usual. It's so hard to believe that in our gang last year, there were only 3 children and this year there are 8! Next year, with the additions of Baby Bowen and Troy Holzman, and maybe even another Honaker too, we'll just keep growing--oh what fun! We got some fun pictures of all the kids together. Tony and I are so blessed to have such wonderful friends that have such great kids for Owen to grow up with. Here are a few (...okay a bunch!) of highlights from Owen's very first Halloween!

Owen's First Halloween