Eliza's Baptism

One of the best thing about being home is getting to do thing w/ my family. Last weekend Eliza got baptise. Emily's good friend Jenny took all these wonderful pictures: Our family picture. Warning MJ was NOT in the best mood that day as you can see:

The cake was so good. MJ of course ate nothing but the frosting.

Getting Together

My mom's side of the family always gets together the weekend before each major holiday. This year I decided to host Thanksgiving at my house.

Here's Miss Eliza in her turkey shirt:
The Russ' family trying to get a family shot:

I Gotta Feeling

For some reason MJ really likes the song, "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas. You got to watch the video down below w/ sound. She sings & dances a long to the song:
You can see the video by clicking on youtube You need sound to hear it, but it SO worth it!

Banana

Ben went TDY a while back ago to Pope AFB. He was TDY w/ a bunch of women on his crew so they wanted to go the mall. While they were there he wanted to get MJ something special at Build-A-Bear. He picked out a monkey. MJ was so excited to see it & named him Banana:

Halloween

I decided to take MJ to go trick or treating w/ Allie & her kids. Sorry I didn't take a lot pictures. MJ really didn't want to take pictures & it got dark really fast.

Boo At the Zoo

For a while we've been wanting to take MJ to Boo At The Zoo. My friend Lacey wanted to also go w/ us. The girls getting candy:

Then we went on the haunted train ride:

Ben saw that they had corn dogs:

I'm not sure if we'll be going back any time soon. It was crazy crowded & everything was over price. I think we all were disappointed.

50's Day

To mark the 50th day of school the kids were asked to dress up like they were in the 50's. MJ loved wearing her poodle skirt.

Trunk & Treat

The Methodist Church in Maumelle had their trunk & treat a week before Halloween. The weather was bad so they had to move it inside the church.

Doing the cake walk: Of course she picked a cake w/ lots of frosting & sprinkles:

Afterward we walked to each room to get candy. It was so crowded in there I wasn't able to get any pictures.

Miranda's School Update

MJ has been doing really good at school. She has improve so much since the school year has started. They had spirit week at school & she enjoyed dressing up each for something new.

Magic Springs

We heard that Magic Springs was having a free day for military active duty & discount prices on their family members. We have not been there in almost 10 years so we figured it would be fun.

On the merry go round she had to ride on the chicken:

The last ride of the day:

We wanted to do one of those antique photos there: