1st Place

Nate and Mallory

1st PLACE!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I get very weird this time of year! I love making the kids Halloween costumes, everyone asks me why I spend hours on something that lasts less than an hour. I can't answer that question but I enjoy it. ! This year Nathan and Caitlin are Lions! Boy do they ROAR!!!!!!!!

Tonight was Trunk or Treat at church. A few people decorate their cars and give out candy from the trunk. Nate got voted best costume !!!! Caitlin would not wear hers but I am going to make her wear it for a picture on Halloween so stay tuned!

Another fun weekend

Uncle Jeff is so much fun!

Troy helps Nate open his letter from Dad

Carving pumpkins THANKS ALI AND TROY!!!! (mom was making dinner)

One scary one happy!

I had to split my weekend up into multiple posts it was just so much fun. Aunt Ali and Troy (boyfriend) came for a visit. We finally made the smores Nathan has been asking for since July and they even carved the pumpkins Thanks so much Ali and Troy. Alison and Troy left out of here this morning for a kayak trip to Bear Island, weather had them here for a day which was fine with me! They have made it safely and the weather looks good the remaining.

We miss you Carl and can't wait to do all these things with you when you get back. I will also include pictures of the kids opening the Halloween cards you sent them. They love getting your mail!

Welcome Home Uncle Jeff!

Well after waiting a week for his jet to get fixed we finally welcomed Jeff back to the United States from a tour in Iraq. Jeff flew the last harrier out of Iraq as they are no longer needed!!!! YEAH Great to have you home safe Jeff!!! Here are a few pictures.

My 2 little pumpkins

Nate with his ghost shirt he made in school with his hand print.

Nate waiting on the tractor with his school pals.

Waiting for the tractor.

Nate takes a picture for mom

Nate loves his teacher Ariel.

Nates watches!

while his entire class dances on the stage!

Caitlins only words to me when I ask her to smile are no!!!!

Caitlin in mid-sentence NO!

Well there is a chill in the air, I really miss sunny warm St. Petersburg. I am really sad this week not only am I missing Halloween card night with the girls hosted by Blythe but also the World Series. If it were not so far and if I had a friend that had room for me I would pack the car and hit the road! Oh well as soon as Carl gets back I can't wait to head to Florida! Last week I was talking to Nate and I said Nate are you excited about trick or treat he said YES. How many houses are you going to this year. His reply " Just Susan's" oh it broke my heart. I can't believe he remembers going to Susans house before he even turned 2 but he really does and he misses Susan just as much as I do!

Okay we are doing great and we have been having fun with a visit from Grandma and Grandpa yeah and maybe even Aunt Ali this weekend.

Its that time of year

It was a cold wet weekend. WAS IT COLD! Time to fish!

Hello AGAIN

All these imagines are in the wrong order but I am to tired to care!

Enjoy!

WOW I am exhausted, not only am I supposed to care for these children but just keeping Carl happy with the emails, letters, packages, blog updates, dvd's. I really need to hire a public relations assistant so I can keep Carl happy. Okay okay I know you miss the kids so here is more pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lets see last weekend we went to Chapel Hill to visit Bob and Alice. I am so glad I went I love spending time with them but after a 3 hr morning drive there, and a 4 hr visit as soon as we got in the car I-40 was a dead stop due to an accident. We waited for 1.5 hrs I thought about running into oncoming traffic!!!!!!

I will also include some pics of the kids at the playground with Granny, Grandad and cousin Carlie. Today we went to the Fall Festival. The kids had a blast, I signed nate up for the Tractor rides, turns out it was relay races to win the tractor. He won his heat and thought he had won the tractor. He came in second in the final race. He broke down he was crying, the only kid. I tried to expalin to him that winning isn't everything and second place was great. OH man it broke my heart. Let me tell you I am totally against those ride on things but seeing my kid crying like that I thought about going out and buying him one. I knew that wasn't the right thing to do so instead we got a cookie! Cookies make everything better!!!! Caitlin got to go for a pony ride and feed some baby goats. They both loved all the bouncy things! I call them petri dishes but oh well we can all be sick next week!

Nathan School Pictures

Here are some pictures of Nathan at school . I can't say enough great things about his pre-school. I can't believe after 42 yrs they are closing this year!As you can see Nate really enjoyed the Firetrucks. The top two are Nate showing off his all about me poster and even doing a little painting.

Church

These pics are not so good in this pic you can see the back of Nate's head

You can see Caitlin next to the mic and Nate is hidden.

Nate hidden by the microphone

Caitlin wondering what in the world is going on!

Well the kids got to sing their Sunday school songs at the worship service on Sunday. They looked so cute in their choir gowns. They even had one Caitlin's size. As soon as they all got to the front Nate screamed " Hi MOM! " Caitlin sang the first song but sat in the conductors lap for the second one.