Night Visitor

Good morning. I wanted to share with you something that happened at our home last night.

After deciding to stay up a little later than usual for a Sunday night, Kellie and I were in bed watching TV when we heard a "tink" like the sound when glass cracks. Strange, it didn't sound like the TV show. Curious, she turned on the light and didn't see anything at first. Then she noticed it -- on our ceiling fan above the bed. A scorpion. I didn't give it time to fall down onto the bed, but if we had gone to sleep a half-hour earlier like we usually do...

Creepy doesn't even BEGIN to describe it.
And, yes, we were watching a Halloween movie.

I never gave much credence before to the rumors about scorpions coming in from the attic, but this one apparently made its way down the ceiling hole for the fan's wiring.

Happy Monday!

Fall Fun!

So, one of my dearest friends, Ms. Jenny Remington, reminded me that I hadn't published anything on my blog in...well...almost 7 months. Ha! So, I took some really cute pics this weekend while at the pumpkin patch and I thought, "Hey, it's the perfect opportunity to post some pics and say hi to whoever might still be checking this blog--which, I don't blame you if you gave up. Ha!

Another of my dearest friends, Sara, came down with her daughter, Kate. We invited Jen and her crew (Jer and Reid) to join us at the pumpkin patch on Saturday in Marble Falls. We went last year with Gran and UB and had such a great time--we had to go back. I brought Ethan's cowboy costume for Halloween (the same costume Dave wore at that age) and Kate and Reid wore their costumes. They were sooooo cute! It was quite hilarious to try to get a picture of the three of them looking at the camera (didn't happen--Reid was completely engrossed in inspecting the grass, Kate was laughing, and Ethan was..well..being two!).

We took a hayride and had a great lunch with our friends. There were lots and lots of different pumpkins and in the end we all adopted several orange friends to go home with us.

Hope all is well and HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Love, the Martini's