I know, I know....

You are asking yourself..., Christmas already?
What can I say?

Aren't they cute as a button?

This is what happens when

you let your kids play with the camera..... Kylie & Megan

Happy 6th Birthday Megan!!

Megan is 5 + 1 and it was tons of Fun!

Megan's Birthday weekend started on Friday when she was "STAR of the WEEK" in her Kindergarten class at school. She got to tell them all about herself, and they each took a turn asking her questions like...

What is your favorite color?
PINK & WHITE
What is your favorite food?
CREAM CHEESE CHICKEN

What is your favorite thing to do?
PLAY OUTSIDE

Part of being star of the week is bringing home
"STAR BEAR" for the whole weekend.
He is their class teddy bear and he
brings his journal with him and you get to write

everything that the two of you do together.

You can also read everything he did with

the other members of the class.

Megan took STAR BEAR with her everywhere!

Saturday night we had a family party for Megan.


She got a toy cat named Licorice, and a pink snow outfit for her American girl doll.

Grandpa Jim, being silly like always,

got Megan a trailer hitch and a dura-flame log.

The Birthday Cake....

She asked for a purse cake with cherries on it

and chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting.

Some of the other fun presents she got:

A Tinker Bell Pillow Book~ Grandpa Jim

Pink Cowgirl Boots ~ Grandpa Dave

A Cat Condo for Licorice~ Grandma Karen

Polka Dot Vest & Pink Cowgirl Hat~ Uncle Toby & Aunt Denise

Tinkerbell Story Book~Kylie (that she bought with her very own money!)

Hannah Montana Pajamas~ Grandma Lisa

Happy Birthday Megan! We Love You!

The First Snow of the Season!!

When Kylie woke up this morning and looked

out her window, she could not believe her eyes.

Enough so that she just had to come and wake

me up so that I could look too. :o)

SNOW!!! GREAT!!!!

Aiden of course said, "Somebody put snow in our garden!"

We then spent the rest of the morning filling up cups

with the blasted stuff making homemade "SNOWCONES"

Needless to say, the kids couldn't wait to get home from

school to play in the snow, and I couldn't

wait for them to keep it outside!

Ryan, Aiden, Kylie, FROSTY, & Jacey

(Jacey & Ryan are our neighbors!)

Little did we know that our innocent little snowman

was going to turn into a not so friendly

"our snowman is better than yours!"

contest with the much older kids

who live across the street! Kids!

Aiden loved making snowballs....

... and then throwing them at Uncle Toby's jeep!

Aiden really wants to mow the lawn!

FROSTY

I am really not ready for all of this cold weather...
...Snow suits, gloves, hats, scarfs & runny noses.
Hopefully this first snow will melt tomorrow! BAH HUMBUG!

A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water!

~Carl Reiner

Trick-or-Treat!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Halloween this year consisted of the usual dressing

up as silly things, trick-or-treating until we had blisters

on our feet, and enough candy to last until next year.

The weather was unusually warm so the kids could actually

wear their costumes without the 15 layers of

coats & hats & gloves, that made it so much funner!

Aiden the clown

Megan the witch

Kylie the lady-bug