Birthday

Wow, I am so blessed by my family!  My husband is the best and wins the prize for creativity and thoughfulness.  On Thursday, he suprised me by giving me a pampering day.  He arranged several fun apointments for me (Chiropractor, pedicure and hair highlighting, and coffee)  and then stayed home for the day with Trey and the Direct TV installer guy.  What a fun day.  After all those fun events he had roses and lunch for me as well as dinner out!  What a guy!  I'm truly blessed to have such an amazing husband!

The kids were busy with projects as well.  Trey made a fun snowglobe with his picture in it.  Nicole decorated a coffee mug for me and Rebekah made a cool mosaic and special poem!  Bob had all the kids pose for a photo that spelled I Love you and then put it in a cool frame!  What a fun day!  Wow, I need a nap now!

Pumpkin Carving

We did our traditional pumpkin carving, only we did it after Halloween!!!  It was fun to see each creative kid create their own pumpkin.

Reformation Party

Bob and Rebekah had the opportunity to attend a Reformation party at church on Wednesday night before Halloween.  They learned all about the Reformation and Martin Luther.  Rebekah dressed as royalty as Lady Katelyn and Bob was a knight.  They enjoyed their evening and learned a lot about church history.

Halloween

It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's SUPERMAN!!!

And the fearless SUPERGIRL!!!  Looking so cute!

Don't forget the Super Hero "Miss Smarty Pants!"

We had a great time doing some Trick-or Treating in our neighborhood and there wasn't any snow this year!

Rebekah was the official treat giver this year and the little ones went out to gather candy.

LOL

Our boy makes us laugh just about every day.  Last night at dinner we were having carrots with Ranch.  Trey looked at the "Hidden Valley" Ranch bottle, which we've had on our table countless times since he was born and said, "Mama, look!  Somebody went down that road and dropped thier food."  You just have to go look at the bottle of Ranch.  There is a picture of a field of lettuce in a valley and in the foreground there is a pepper, tomato and container of milk.  We just laughed out loud!!  He sure does keep us in stitches, but it also reminded me to really look at life from a child's eyes.  He sees new things everyday and is soooo excited.  So today, look at your "bottle of Ranch" and see what you can see.

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Every year we go to the pumpkin patch with our good friends - the Hoffarts.  This year was no exception. The kids got to ride ponies, play in a corn silo, have their faces painted, swing on a HUGE tire swing and then ride the hay wagon out to pick pumpkins.  We always have such a great time.  It was beautiful weather for October and such fun memories!

Fabulous Fall

Hi Everyone,

After fighting with picture sizes and trying to resend an email with many pictures, AND crying after looking at Katie's precious kids, I decided it was high time that I start a blog.  So, here is my first attempt at blogging.  Hope you enjoy!