Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! We had a nice time at my parents house this weekend. We had fun trick or treating and eating lots of yummy food. Here are some pictures from the evening.

Morgan, Me, and our Little Raccoon.


We chose to make Andrew into a raccoon this year. I had a lot of fun making his costume. We chose a raccoon, for well.... if you spend any amount of time with him, you'll understand. He gets into everything!


Here are the McKinney Cousins. Mr. Raccon, Buzz Lightyear, and Super Girl.
Note: Andrew eating a cookie. He probably had 5 tonight. The kid was all over the cookies tonight. Needless to say, we'll be sweets free for a while.


Taking Andrew trick or treating! He had a great time. It was fun to go in the neighborhood I grew up in. Lots of fun memories....

Lastly, my pumpkin I carved. What a happy jack-o-lantern.

I hope that all of you had a great weekend!

Mountain Home...

...take me home.... to the place, I belong! (sorry, John Denver was in my head!)

We went up to my grandparent's Mountain Home in Ellijay last weekend. We had SUCH a nice time. Although it was a quick trip, we had a wonderful time being there with my grandparents. Andrew had such a blast going up and down the stairs, and snooping around and finding all types of things to play with. The weather was great, the leaves were just barely starting to turn, and the air had a nice crispness to it. We also made sure to stop and get some fresh picked apples, and boy... are they good! We LOVE being up there. We can't wait to get back up there!

My grandparents had the stuffed RCA dogs. Andrew got a kick out of them. Andrew made sure to line up his toys and admire them on the stairs!

I love seeing these two photos. My grandparents have had this rocking horse for as long as I can remember. Andrew LOVES it. The pic on the left is July 2009... he was just learning how to stand holding onto things, right is Oct 2010... able to giddy up on the horse. He's growing up TOO fast!

Thanks grandma and grandpa! We had a great time, and can't wait to get back up there!

Happy Birthday, Andrew.

Andrew's second birthday was on Wednesday, the 13th. I can't believe that he's already two! We had a great time celebrating his birthday with my family. We went out to Alpharetta and had a great time. I made a Mickey Mouse birthday cake. We had Mickey ears, balloons, and plenty of Mickey toys. Andrew was in heaven! He LOVES Mickey Mouse!

Here are a few pictures of his soiree.

Learning...

Although Andrew isn't talking much, I'm enjoying all the other things he is learning. It's been so much fun watching him grow! I can't believe that he will be 2 next week.

Andrew just LOVES to make towers. He'll just make them, then simply admire them. It's so fun - once he's done - he'll get this big grin and claps ecstatically for himself. Love it!

Also - if you've been around Andrew at all - you know how he loves to line things up. He loves playing with my fake fruit that I use as a centerpiece. I was quite impressed when I realized that he had separated them by color, then proceeded to make two lines. Such a smart little guy.

Tradition.

Some things seem to never change. Morgan is not a Chinese food lover, I on the other hand, LOVE it. So, after Morgan and I got married, when I kissed my Chinese restaurant love goodbye, I started a tradition.

Every General Conference while Morgan is off going to Priesthood Session I go out and get Chinese Food. I've shared this special event (yeah, it's an event to me) with closest friends, a sister, and a sis-in-law. Even when I was only 10 days from delivering Andrew, and as swollen as you can believe - I risked consuming MSG to carry on this great tradition. So, to keep up with it - I ventured out tonight to have my Chinese. And oh, was it good.

I do have to admit - while I was enjoying my Hot and Sour Soup - I couldn't help but think of my sweet little sister who had one horrible incident while enjoying some yummy soup in China. (click here, then here)

So, do you have any "Priesthood Session Traditions?"