Merry Christmas!!

We were very prepared this year for Santa to stop by and have a quick break, along w/ the reindeer and their snack too-hence the carrots and Oatmeal bowl :-) Christmas morning is always an adventure, and this year was no exception. Hopefully it was an amazing day for many, and bless those who we know, now count on memories of year's past to celebrate happy moments, and cherish those who have perished in recent weeks.  Let them know God's presence is always there.

Happy Birthday Emily

How about a 4yr. old birthday celebration w/ Chuck E Cheese and friends! Luckily, there weren't many people or other birthdays going on then, so we had a pretty good time w/out the "big crowd".  Emily said her favorite present she got for her birthday was her Unicorn Stompies, showcased in the picture above holding her new bedspread for her "big girl" bed she will have very soon.  Until then, she will be tucked into her "3 yr. old bed", which will be bitter-sweet for me.....I wish I didn't have to make such a big transition, but such as life-it keeps going no matter how deep you drag your heels!

Gobble Gobble!

 What a great Turkey celebration! We had fun friends and Gma Jan and Papa AND Kailyn cousin down to see us.  Our friends have two beautiful little girls, one of which Emily has taken to quite well, Isabella-as you can see in the pics they are thick as thieves-I really like the thumbs up from Isabella-she had just finished eating supper! We decided the next day to go bowling to try and burn off some extra energy-it worked well! We are so thankful for so many things, but most of all, the chance to be together, and celebrate our time being w/ one another.

Bethpage Beauty Pageant!

Hailey's school had their first Beauty pageant show this weekend, so we decided to give it a try for fun, and to support events for the school's PTO.  We had a GREAT time, and all the girls were so nice to each other-not like on the soap opera we see on TV "Toddler's and Tiara's" or whatever it's called! Anyway, her friends in the neighborhood went too, so it was a blast! Hailey, you are even more beautiful on the inside! xoxo!

Happy Birthday Rob! #40

 This party was a surprise for Rob, who thought we would be going to a birthday dinner w/ just the neighbor's, The Davenport's, but as soon as we got to the restaurant, he saw people's cars that he knew in the parking lot, and well, it was official-there were a BUNCH of friends there to await the new "#40" year "old" man for his Birthday celebration! The pizza was delivered on a "crane",  being they provide 40in. pizza's and 60in. size pizza's.  The cake was made by a friend, whom, by the way, did such a super job making the "old man on the tractor" look SO Rob-like! :-)  It was a lot of fun, but this will be the LAST surprise party I plan for a long time! Too much stress to keep a secret! We love you! Happy 40Th!(November 5th, 2012)

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! The barn is a perfect place to work on pumpkin preparation; we went Trick-or-Treating at friend's house and neighborhood with lots of houses and candy-a-plenty!  They were tired by the end of the night; sugar rush, sugar crash! My sweet Kitties slept well!

Pumpkin Patch

What a fun little pumpkin patch we found!  Saw it many times driving down Gallatin Rd. in town but didn't ever stop by; we decided the spiders looked pretty neat from the road; glad we did!  The girls enjoyed the Hay Maze mostly, and standing next to the big black spiders made from rolled hay.  Oh, we got some pumpkins too, white ones this year :-)