Monday, November 23, 2009

Holiday Parade

Our town had their big Holiday Parade on Saturday. It was really fun! It lasted almost 2 hours. Whew! The kids loved it. I think they gathered more candy from the parade than they got from Halloween. Really. They had many great things to see. It was really nice weather, and Santa even made an appearance at the end. Unicycles. Wow, when is the last time you saw this in a parade? It is amazing they can even stay balanced.
They had many local marching bands. It was really fun to hear them play. They do a great job.



A funny entry. It was a replica of a outhouse. If you notice, it has a satellite on the top. :)

The kids enjoyed the whole parade. They didn't complain once on how long it lasted. They really had a fun time.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Belated Good News

Remember the DVD's that got "lost" on top of my car. Blockbuster notified me that the "lost" DVD's made their way back home. They were turned in by someone! My faith has been restored in man-kind. Thank you whoever you are. You have officially made my day! Now I can show my face in Blockbuster again.

Our little cook

This was our day on Saturday. We went on a lovely walk around Oak Openings, and the weather was great! 64 degrees. I love it! Before we left that morning, Carson make breakfast. Carson has been making pancakes by himself for awhile. He found a new recipe he wanted to try and he was very excited with the results. They were apple pancakes with ice cream. I little different, but everyone liked them. Carson really likes to cook, and help in the kitchen. He will make a great husband someday.




Sunday, November 8, 2009

Happy Birthday Mara!

Mara turned 7 years old today! I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by. She is a great addition to our family. We are so glad we have her. She was born Nov. 8th, 2002 at 7:16pm. She weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces, and was 19 1/2 inches long. She was born on her due date! We love you Mara!

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Princess Ball

Mara went to the Princess Ball tonight with her Daddy. It was held at BGSU and was for girls 6-12. They all had an escort. Mara has been talking about this for weeks. We told her she could go as part of her birthday celebration. She got a new dress, tiara, and clip on earrings for the event, and her birthday. I admit that I had fun dressing her up, and doing her hair. She is my only girl.:) This is Mara and one of her friends from school dancing it up at the ball.
She was so happy with how she looked, and all her accessories. I even put a little makeup on her for final touches. They really made it nice for the girls. They had activities, and dancing. Slow songs, fast songs, and even group songs, and line dancing.


Mara was really excited to bring her dad as her date. They make a great couple, and look fantastic!

She is so beautiful. I know that I am biased. LOL. She is really lucky to have gorgeous hair, and great big eyes. I really didn't have to do much to make her more lovely than she already is.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween 2009

We had a great Halloween this year. The weather was fair, just a little chilly. The kids had a great time Trick-or-Treating. This neighborhood is filled with children on Halloween. We actually ran out of candy by 7:30pm. I actually ended up sitting outside on my porch, like everyone else in the neighborhood, to pass out candy. It was incredible how many children were out. I have never seen anything like it. In the past, we have always lived in pretty quiet neighborhoods, so this was really different, but really fun as well! Lee had a great time walking around with the kids, they had fun seeing all the different costumes and of course getting the candy. These are 3 of our pumpkins this year.

Lee enjoyed dressing up this year with the kids. Any guesses on what you think he dressed up as?
Carson was our Special Forces Agent. He was ready to protect as a moments notice.


Mara was our beautiful Japanese Princess. She loves the pretty costumes. Nothing scary for her!



Kale was our fearless Knight. He loved having a sword, and helmet. He thought getting candy so easily was the best thing ever, besides eating it!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Trunk or Treat

Our ward had a Trunk or Treat activity this week. The kids love wearing their Halloween costumes! They had a costume parade, and then were able to collect the candy. They also had dancing in the gym with doughnuts and apple cider. This year Mara is a Japanese princess, Carson is a Special Forces agent, and Kale is a Knight. They are really excited about all the fun activities they get to participate in.Kale kept wanting to make repeat appearances to all the cars. He would have gone back for 3rds and 4th's if allowed. He thought it was great that you could get candy so easily. :)

We carved our pumpkins this week. We had the kids clean out their own this year. They weren't so sure about it!


Carson thought it wasn't bad at all.


Kale needed to go shirtless for the possibility of getting his clothes very messy.

The finished products will be shown, when we have official pictures of Halloween night!