I had a super fun interior design event this past Wednesday night. It was held at Workplay and the band was phenomenal!! They were a Beatles tribute band. I'm a Beatles fan so I thoroughly enjoyed it. Even those who weren't Beatles fans said they loved the music and were surprised by how many tunes they knew but had no idea the Beatles sang. They started out with a rocking performance of "Come Together". When the bass started booming through the theater and the lead singer started "shoop"-ing into the mic I knew a great night was ahead. We had a blast! We were all thankful for the vendors who threw this fun bash.

Christi (my co-worker), Denise (my boss), and me

The band

Some former co-workers of mine--Jennifer, Alesha, me and Lori

One of my best friends--Alesha--and me

Roll Tide Roll!

Tatum, Jennifer, and me

I know most of you who read this blog are Auburn fans and I'm sorry you have to read that I love the Tide and I'm super proud of our comeback over the last couple of years after many dreadful seasons. I have not been to Tuscaloosa in three seasons since last year we had a little guy and the season before I was pregnant. I was way past due for some game day fun. Here are a few pictures of our exciting time with friends.

What tailgate is complete without a coffee table and remote control?

Nice.

A motley crew after a long day.

Jeremy, Akash, Derrick, Lantis, Brandon, me and Tatum

A little cornhole on the quad.

Miss Gypsy was our mascot all day. Sweet doggy!

Me and one of my best friends from high school, Kristen.

Gina and me


Me, Gina and Tatum

We luckily had toilets close by, but the name cracked me up every time I used it.

Me, Jennifer and Tatum

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

We had a great time Saturday taking Hudson trick-or-treating. He loved his costume. He ran around behind people saying "EW! BUG!". I think he thought he was scaring us in his spider outfit. He is such a funny little guy. He was so sweet in his spider costume.

My handsome spider

We went to see all the grandparents and our friends Jason and Alesha. Hudson started calling Jason and Alesha "Lulu and Gagoo" several months ago. We're not sure where he came up with that, but it has stuck. He asks me all the time where they are. Ha! Needless to say, he loves his Lulu and Gagoo. Being the crazy fun people they are, they went all out with Halloween decorations and they just so happened to have a giant spider web on their front porch. Perfect photo op for the Hud bug, dont you think?

That spider is as big as me!

Gagoo, I'm not so sure about this.

A rat!?

They've got all kinds of creatures here!

Playing Jason's baby guitar.

He loved their dogs.

Let's go before one of these creatures gets me! I got my candy!

Need motivation

Anyone else feeling exceptionally un-motivated these days? I had a jam packed week last week. Literally--I had to check my schedule hour by hour to make sure I wasn't missing something. Just because its not that insane this week gives me no reason to be lazy. I just can't get motivated to do anything--blog, work, do housework, nothing. I think I need a vacation. I have lots of things I need to do and not a lot of time to do them, but yet I keep procrastinating. Someone please give me a little push. (sigh)

What's been happenin'

Yes, I realize it has been two weeks since I've posted an entry. Shame on me. I warned in my last post that life was very hectic and boy has it been. I can't even begin to tell you everything that has been going on in the wonderful world of Hollis, but its all been good and its been busy. I've had lots of photo shoots in the last couple of weeks so I'm working on getting all of those posted on the Lens Envy Blog. There are some cute ones coming so be on the lookout for those.

A couple of weeks ago we went to Boo at the Zoo with two other families. We had a great time. We've all got kids around the same age, so they all had a blast. Hudson loved the train and the carousel. Pictures from that trip are posted here.

Hudson on the ride to the zoo.

The Hollis, Jackson and Chand families (minus Brennan who was asleep in the stroller)

Roll Tide!

Hudson, Averi and Jonah


Waving to mommy from the carousel

Lantis and Hudson looking mischievous as always

Baby Brennan. He was such a good sport in the cold.

The Hollis Fam

The girls and our babies

We had the fall festival at our church this past Saturday and it was a lot of fun for the kids. Here are a few of those pictures as well.

The Great Pumpkin Man at the fall festival

Hudson loving a sugar cookie

The Itsy Bisty Spider :)

Saturday The Tide barely pulled off a win over Tennessee. I was on the edge of my seat screaming and biting my nails. Needless to say we were dancing and screaming all over the house when Tennessee's last field goal attempt (that would have won them the game) was blocked by Terrance Cody. It was beautiful. It was close, but hey, a win's a win, right?

Sunday evening our friends Jason and Alesha came over for our annual pumpkin carving festivities. We had a great time with them as always and the pumpkins turned out really cute. I tried my hand at making pumpkin seed brittle after the carving. I found the recipe in a Martha Stewart Halloween magazine and it was a big failure. The mixture tasted and looked fantastic, but it was far from brittle. I left it sitting out to harden for over 24 hours and it never hardened. I called it pumpkin seed goo and tossed it in the trash last night. Oh well. I get points for trying to be creative.

Lantis and his pumpkin

Jason and his pumpkin

Alesha and her giant pumpkin she can barely pick up

Me and my baby monster pumpkin

The whole gang

Lantis hard at work!

Alesha hard at work with Hudson supervising behind.

So there's a brief run down of our world. There's much more--too much to tell--but I think that's most of the big stuff. I think I'll be caught up on everything work-wise later this week so hopefully I can get back into my normal posting habits and keep you all constantly updated on our lives. I know you can't stand the suspense!

I need another me

Really. Can anyone play me for a couple of weeks? I need another me. The next month is absolutely jam-packed for me. There's not a night that I don't have something to do or a weekend day without a photo shoot, which means I've got to find time to edit photos and fill Christmas card and print orders, AND do everything else that is required to keep the daily routine up and running. This is a fantastic problem to have and I am in NO WAY complaining. I've been praying for this problem and it seems that He's heard my prayers. I know He won't give me more than I can handle, so I'm heading into the next few weeks with enthusiasm and hope that there's lots more to come! I could just do without the small stuff right now such as hair color appointments, get-togethers, and general housework. I see lots of dust bunnies, crumbs, laundry, and yuck building up in this house over the next couple of weeks. Needless to say, if my blog entries are few and far between from now until mid-November, you'll know why.

It seems like the Fall season always brings choas with it. There are so many events that keep everyone stretched thin--football games, fall festivals, Halloween parties, outdoor events and concerts. It's like we're all trying to get the last bit of fun out of our system before we head into hybernation during the winter months. Just today I was trying to schedule a get-together for one of our many groups of friends and its proving to be dang near impossible. Everyone is so busy right now. Guess its not just me. I know you all can probably feel my pain, so you all wanna join me in saying, "I need another me!"?

The Pumpkin Patch

Pretty Pumpkins

Hudson trying to pick it up.

Won't someone help me pick up these pumpkins?

He found a baby pumpkin just his size.

He sat down on a pumpkin-mommy sees the perfect photo op.

Hudson and all our pumpkins we picked out.

Lantis found this cool one.

He loved the John Deere tractors they had all over the farm. He couldn't pedal so Poppie was forced to push him around on it.

Yay! (who knows why?)

Finally...a good picture of the three of us.

Hudson and Poppie walking back to the car.

Of course we couldn't pass up the fresh lemonade. Guess who loved it?!

We visited the Pumpkin Patch at Old Baker Farm in Harpersville today. We had a really great time and I think Hudson enjoyed it too. He was content and happy the entire time. We particularly liked the hay ride that took us out to the patch. I could have stayed on that ride all day. They had an area where you could see and touch some farm animals. Hudson didn't want to touch any of them, but he did like looking at them. They had a corn maze and a maze made out of hay bales. There was plenty of food to be eaten and picnic areas. If you're looking for a fun family outing I would recommend it. Oh, and we left with some very pretty pumpkins also! They even carry the pumpkins out for you so that you dont have to lug a 10 pound pumpkin in addition to the kid, and everything that goes along the kiddos. Go check it out!