Giving Thanks

We got to have a nice long Thanksgiving break away from the craziness of everyday life.

The kids had a great time swinging...

 

 

 

Playing :)...

 eating...

   climbing...

  still climbing...

 

  

with great family

And of course some yummy food!!

 

And maybe a little rest

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween

Here are some pictures of our Halloween cuties!! We went to a small church up the road for some quick trunk or treating.  Then we came back to our neighborhood (some of our neighbors get very into it!) to trick or treat!

 

 Brooke was a really cute dragon! She even "roared" at several people after they gave her candy :)

 

Heading out to trick or treat!

Fall Festival

On Friday, Hana's school had its annual Fall Festival.  It is full of games, treats, and snacks.  We weren't able to go last year.  But we sure had a great time this year :)

They played games...

 

 

And got their faces painted!

  

And of course, we can't forget Madeline!

Happy Fall!

Pumpkins... 2

Brooke's class went back to the pumpkin patch yesterday.  They got to pick out little pumpkins and hear a story! Cute times :)

Then last night the girls made jack-o-lanterns out of there pumpkins.  The pumpkins were too small to carve, so we used construction paper :) They made some cute faces!!

Pumpkins!

Yes, yes, once again it is quite some time since I updated this blog.  Sigh.  I guess that is just my life these days! Busy busy!! Sooo...
A week or so ago we went to the pumpkin patch as a family.  It was a beautiful fall day.  The air was crisp and cool! Yay fall!!

Our new baby girl... Jenna!

So we got our puppy!! She is an adorable little girl!!  So far she is really laid back.  She is kind of timid, but I think that is just the newness of her new house.  The girls love her already!!  Here she is!!

 

 

 

 

Isn't she adorable!!??

Yup... another update

So my life is a little crazy and despite my best intentions I don't get around to updating this blog very often.  And more often than not, when I do update it is in bullets.  Well this post will be no different!  Here come the bullets...

• Brooke loves school and is doing great.  Last week, the letter of the week was "M"... so we cut out pictures in the magazines and sent things to school that started with "M".  This week is "Y"... not so easy!! But we are doing our best :)  She is loving it... but she talks all of the time about being in Kindergarten and going to school with Hana!! That will be here soon enough!
• Hana is really liking 1st grade.  I haven't gone in to help in the classroom yet, they have been doing testing and haven't started groups yet.  They should start next week :) I look forward to meeting all of her new classmates!
• Madeline is... well Madeline.  She is super super verbal.  She says whole sentences.  My favorite thing is that she says "my" instead of "me".  So she would say... "my is a pincess"  Those little imperfections are so cute when it is your last baby!!
• We are most likely getting a dog.  A Schnauzer.  We are big dog people. But when you have a small house with 3 kids, one kid with allergies, the size of the dog doesn't matter so much :) We are picking the dog out on Thursday...
  
  Look how cute she is!!! (this is one that I held... It may be the one we take.  Who knows!!)
• I am still leading my Moms group.  We are studying the Book of Acts. Great study!
• Jack is doing a tennis ladder.  It is great for him to get out, meet new people and play!!
• We got Direct TV.  We were unhappy with our Charter cable and the way they treated their established customers... so we switched.  So far we love it.  A lot more channels!!
• I have been doing a lot of photography sessions and I have a lot coming up.  I even did my first wedding.  It was very stressful and parts of it were hard.  But it was a good learning experience and I am glad that I did it. Here are two of my favorites from the ceremony.

OK... that is all of the bullets I have for now :)