Happy Thanksgiving!

I am Thankful for all of YOU.

"Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.

Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts."

1 Chronicles 16:8 and 9

Catch - Up ( Sounds like Ketchup!) Post

BIG thanks to Marie at Memarie lane for these adorable bows. I never win anything usually, but I supposed it was just destiny that Emily own these ones! ;) Thanks again, Marie!!

HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY BIIIIRRRTHDAY, BOBBY!!!!
32 years, baby!
Or as Bobby said, "Oh my gosh, split me in half and you have two people who can drive!"

Green frosting is yummy!

Yesterday Chris' class went on a field trip to the Jasmine Moran's Children Museum. It is SO COOL! So many things to do and it's all hands on. The kids loved it!

Chris in a Model T Ford.

Grocery shopping


Mr. Bones rides the bike with Chris

The firetruck was a big hit with the boys.
Last, but certainly not least , Chris' very favorite room... the court room. Chris LOVED being a judge and ordering me around. Hmmmm, I may have ponder that one for awhile.
There was so much more than I have pictures of. Huge bubble tunnels, a new labyrinth maze around a castle, a water works table, wheelchairs, art stuff, a green screen video. I was impressed. If we could get people to drive an hour, we would totally have Chris' birthday party there.

Halloween Pics

Today Chris had his Harvest Party at school. They were encouraged to dress as farmers, cowboys, and scarecrows. Chris (well, Mommy, actually) chose cowboy. I thought that for the evening, Chris might switch into Spiderman mode, but he wanted to stick with cowboy/sheriff. So here are the pictures from last night.

Chris the Cowboy/Sheriff and Princess Emily

Katie the Cheetah and Connie the Chicken

All the kiddos.

Busted!

So that's where Emily's chocolate milk disappeared to!

Season's End

Chris trying to "get in there!" in the last game of the soccer season.

Ooops. Second to last game of the season. Good shot of the "tunnel".

Bbbrrrrrrr. Cold Grandma and Emmy.

Cute cake.

About half of the team at the end of season party.

Cute, cute trophies.


Chris with Coach Jacobs. We'll be requesting him next year for sure. He's an AWESOME coach.

The team with their trophies. Go Wildcats!!

HUGE spider web in our tree. It was hard to see it in a picture because the sky was cloudy.

Emily being a ballerina -- she's walking on her toes. The mouth thing is extreme concentration.Satisfied smile on the ballerina's face.

Two moons.

Three soccer players after the games.

Alive.

We're still here and kicking. (Well, Chris is kicking, due to soccer. The rest of us are still breathing.) The blog break? I have no excuse but boredom.
Cheers.

How about I post some random pictures as a peace offering? Agreed?

Day of Rest

We had a wonderful long Labor Day weekend. It truly was a weekend of rest and relaxation for us.


Bobby and I were deep in conversation while the kids were "painting". We heard them giggling a little too joyfully and turned to see them looking like this:

Then we decide to try to make Bobby look like a rock star....
His parents just thought that he stuck his finger in a light socket. : )

Lastly, we had a "swimming party" at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Right after he had woken up, Chris started talking about how excited he was about the party. When I told him that it was just the family and we were just swimming, like we always do, he said that he thought we meant a real party with a cake and everything. Oh, and he wanted a swimming pool cake. Well, I had some blue cake decorating spray that I had bought for a birthday and never used, so I figured it might be kinda fun to try to make a cake look like a swimming pool. This is what we ended up with.

Hope you all had a great weekend too!

Goooaaaallll!

Chris is a soccer player now!

Emily and I cheered from the sidelines at his first practice.

Look at how tall he is! The kids on the team are 4 and 5 yrs. old -- but several of the ones in this line are in his K-5 class with him.

Hot and sweaty, but very very happy!

First Day of School

Yesterday was Chris' very first day of Kindergarten! He has Mrs. Smith and she seems wonderful.

Here he is bright and early in his uniform.

And then we got to school and I made him sit at his desk. He was not a happy camper.
He did cry a little when I left but Mrs. Smith came over and hugged on him and whispered in his ear - again, I think she's going to be wonderful!

When I picked Chris up, he was so happy! He gave Mrs. Smith a big hug (which he doesn't do usually - I have to beg him to give me a hug!) and didn't stop talking the whole way home. He had a great day!

Emily's first day of Little Sprouts was last week. This is the picture of her on her first day!
She loves her teacher, "Miss" Sarah!

Say Cheese (But Not Too Big)!

Last week I took the kids to have their pictures taken. We hadn't gotten any done since Emily turned one, so I figured it was about time!

I'm mailing copies to all the family, but here's a sneak peek:

What?

Oooohhhh.... I forgot to mention that these were the out-takes? Worried for a minute, were ya?

We tried out a new place called Portrait Innovations. It's definitely a nice change from our local JCPenneys which had gone way downhill in the 4 years that we used them.

We had the hardest time getting Chris to look, well, normal. The photographer was a young gal and she didn't do much to make them smile and laugh; she just kind of sat there and said
"Smile big". See the weird, pained expression on Chris' face? That's him smiling big. Only I didn't figure that out until afterward when we were already at home. When I said "just do a small smile" he looked like he could be a catalog model. Oh well.
We managed to get a couple of really cute shots and I think I want our annual Christmas card picture to be done here.

If you want to see the real pictures that we had printed just let me know and I'll email them to you. : )