Happy Halloween

One of the displays at the end of the cul-de-sac















Hanging out with the neighbors






















Landon and me






















Speed Racer Trick-or-Treats (at our house) ;o)















Landon hanging out with his buddies






















And now....."Post-Candy Landon" (God help us...)






















Fake smile















Stopping for a quick sandwich...






















Checking out the loot!















The fire pit where the kids roasted marshmallows






















And more post-candy shots ;o)....















































































Click here for last year's Halloween post :o)

Nice Costume, Mom!

I'll only tell you the story if you promise not to laugh....My mom was running to her Bible study class at her church (literally running) when something caught her attention. She turned to look at whatever it was (still running) and smacked into a concrete post. She hit it so hard that she almost knocked herself out and now she has this gorgeous black eye just in time for Halloween--Hee hee hee!

Monkeying Around With Nana

Gotta love cheap entertainment! Shortly after recording this video, Landon bit the dust...LITERALLY! He fell off of his ghetto rope swing and got a huge mouthful of dirt! (My mom would probably appreciate me also telling you that she went home before this happened--ha ha ha--it was strangely not a result of her grabbing his leg while he hung on to a stick!) :oD

PS) Words of a wise parent: "Is that a dangerous game you're playing? No? Well, show us again!"...Yeeaahhhhhh, cameras are a bad influence. *blush*

Varicella in the House!

Well...It happened. Every non-vaccinating parent's nightmare: One of the diseases seems to have caught up with us. BUT...this cloud might just have a silver lining (fingers crossed!!!). You see, Landon's rash isn't the typical varicella rash (fluid-filled blisters that eventually scab over)--It looks more like flat little insect bites. It also doesn't seem to be itching!!! He's a little tired, but he's not suffering the typical chickenpox fever and horrible chickenpox misery.

Chickenpox did cross my mind as a possibility, but it didn't seem likely--I still remember my own case of chickenpox like it was yesterday and it was 1987!!! (Can you say "NIGHTMARE"??!!) It wasn't until after a blood test at the pediatrician's office confirmed it that I could really believe the diagnosis. Apparently, Landon (ironically) caught this from a vaccinated kid who happened to get a milder ("breakthrough") form of the disease. Here's the great part: The breakthrough form of the virus still offers the same lifetime immunity as the "real thing". This would not be the case if we had vaccinated him.

Pray that the virus really is just a mild form and that there are no complications further down the road.

As for you other non-vaxxers: Chickenpox party anyone? ;o)

Dr. Landon and His Very Loud Mother

Here's a crappy cell phone video for you...(Just trying it out to see if it would work). You can't even understand what Landon's saying, but now that I know how to do this, it might be video overload! Muhahaha!

Listen to Me on the Radio Tomorrow!!

Tomorrow night from 9-10 pm (EST), my brother, John, and I (and a couple of other people will be guests on the Catholic radio program NextWave Live. The topic of discussion will be the five non-negotiables for Catholic voters--My topic is pretty hefty: abortion. I might sound like a moron, but tune in anyway! You can listen live at the EWTN website. Let me what you think! :o)

Is It Just Me (and Andy)...

...Or is this FUNNY?! Ha ha ha ha!


Maybe you have to work in this field to see the humor? ;o)