Happy Halloween

The kids pumpkins they carved. From Left to right carved by: Sarah, Adam, Jack and Grace (with the help of daddy of course)

Costumes

Sarah the beautiful cheerleader!
Adam the crime fighting Batman!
Jack the "bone-man" skeleton!
Grace the cute U of M cheerleader!
My sweet cheerleaders!!

Fall?

You would've never guessed it was Fall here yesterday had it not been for all these beautiful colored leaves. It was in the mid to upper 70's yesterday and just beautiful. The air felt wonderful, but like a warm Fall season which is weird for October. I hope this means our real Fall weather will be extended before the cold snowy winter sets in. I guess I shouldn't complain about warm weather since we'll have plenty of cold here pretty soon. It feels more like Fall today. These pictures are from our tree in the front yard. I love the Fall colors, but I wish the camera could really catch the color in full detail, they are much prettier in person.

Broken Bone

This time instead of Jack or Dan breaking something it was Sarah. We were at Bible study at a friends house on Sunday and Sarah and her friends were playing a game, as she was going down the stairs she tripped over herself, stubbing her big toe. Well, I guess she actually stepped on her big toe if you can imagine that, it kinda curled under her foot as she stepped down. Anyway, I brushed the injury off as just a strain and told her she would be fine the next day. She wasn't fine, but went to school on Monday as usual, limping. When she got home and was still complaining I took a look and discovered a bruised and swollen big toe so when Dan got home I took her Urgent Care (not a first choice place, but our only option). The x-rays revealed a broken toe with an official diagnosis of: "Nondisplaced Salter II fracture in distal phalanx of the right great toe." She has to wear a special boot/shoe to keep her toe from getting re-injured since the part she broke is on her growth plate but since it wasn't displaced it was a clean break she should heal nicely in about 3 weeks.

Pumpkin belly...

Well, here is my latest belly shot. I am 35 weeks and have gained 30 pounds so far. I think my iron is still low because I have been feeling winded lately. I'll get it checked next week. Only 5 more weeks left. The count down begins... I threw in a couple bare skinned shots for those of you wanting to see raw belly. LOL *winking to my sis* Sorry if you feel you've been blinded by my bright white stretched out belly skin. LOL

See any resemblence here?

We thought it would be fun to pose with pictures we thought best resembled us~
See why we had so much fun?
This pumpkin was really heavy so it totally felt like me! LOL

Pumpkin Picking

We took the kids to a local Orchard this weekend and rode the tractor, picked out pumpkins, had cinnamon sugar pumpkin donuts and apple cider, and took home a peck of HoneyCrisp Apples (the best apples). We had the kids pick out pumpkins that best resembled them by size, so Sarah's was the biggest since she is the oldest and Grace was the smallest since she is the youngest. We had fun!

Fire Station Open House

I think he would make a wonderful fireman, don't you?
Same here, who wouldn't want to be rescued by these two fine looking boys!!

The Fire Station two blocks behind our house holds and annual Open House for fire safety week. This is the second time we've gone. The last time, Jack was not even two years old. Things sure change as they get older though, can you tell Sarah was not too thrilled about posing for the picture with the hat on. I think she was alittle embarrassed! Last time we went she couldn't get enough, this time only the boys were having a good time.

My big girl...

Being alittle camera shy like her daddy, Grace was trying to pose for her big girl picture. I didn't think it appropriate to take a picture of her in her "big girl underwear" to post for all to see, but that is the reason for this post. My little Gracie girl is potty trained. Sure I know there will be occasional accidents, but for the most part and I mean the most part, she is potty trained. She wears underwear all day long, to church and even when we go to town. She only wears pull-ups at night and lately she stays dry then too. She even wears underwear for nap time. She will turn 2 next month and seeing how the new baby is also due next month I will consider her potty trained "just in time" which makes me happy not to have to change two diapers, YIPEE!
What a big girl you are Grace!

Crazy!?!

Have you ever awoke from a dream in the middle of the night either quoting out loud or in your head what was going on in your dream? Well I have, twice in one night. Not quite sure now if it was the same dream or not. I don't really remember exactly what was going on in my dream but here is what I said, in my head as I was waking up at 2am the other morning...

Quote #1: "Yeah well a screaming midget just drove off with my suburban!"
* First of all... I don't even own a surburban, and second...a midget? (no offense to little people)

Quote #2: "There's a cook's kettle in the garage...let's have a BBQ!"
* Yeah...I am pretty sure you can't have a BBQ with a kettle in the garage, and what the heck is a cook's kettle anyway?

And also, who was I talking to..both times?

I am going to blame this on strange pregnancy hormones like the poor mans PB&J sandwiches, which I still serve on a daily basis! Hey, I like PB&J...well sometimes.


**This blog was dedicated to my sis over at Beautiful Girlhood, she complained that I hadn't blogged in awhile, so here ya go...I hope you're ROFLing right now!! :D
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Let your Yes be Yes and your No be No

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