Lily's Blessing

Lily was blessed on November 1st. It was so wonderful! My mom and dad were there, along with Aunt Jenny and Uncle Spencer, Aunt Sabra and Uncle Michael, Jake and Julie, and Jeff and Becca. Plus a lot of kids that come attached to these misfits we call family and friends!!! It was a beautiful blessing. Lily was so good through it all. I took these next pictures a week before her blessing. She is such a beautiful baby. I know I am her mom and supposed to think she is beautiful, but she really is!

Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year! And only a week ago! The kids were soooooo excited to dress up and go trick or treating. They were super cute in their costumes. While we were out trick or treating, I noticed that Ethan had his Halloween bucket, and the plastic grocery sack he had carried clothes in to his Aunt Jenny's house. When I asked him what he was doing with the bag, he looked up at me with a smug 8 year old smile and said, "when I say trick or treat, they put candy in both bags!!" He did not get to keep the grocery sack. He was pretty bummed that his scheme didn't work out the way he thought it would, but was soon preoccupied with all the candy he did get. Brett was a good sport and let me dress him up as Waldo, and I was his girlfriend Wanda. Our stripes, believe it or not, are made out of red duck tape! Thank you Shannon for the idea! I ran out of tape before I was finished with Brett's shirt, so only the front has stripes. He was very accommodating. We were the only adults who dressed up with our group. You might think that was embarrassing, but no, it just confirmed my theory that we are AWESOME!!! Brett may have been a little embarrassed... Happy faces... Silly faces... Scary faces!!

On A Roll

Alright, this is my third blog of the night! I am feeling a bit blogged out. Don't worry though, I think my dearth of blogs is over. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to post some more pictures of my four beautiful children. Ethan showing off at the duck pond up in paradise. I use the words "duck pond" loosely, because we saw 2 ducks, but they hid under bushes the whole time. Bonnie is just being her cute self. Eliza is having a snack under our kitchen table. Our little Lily. All four of the little rascals.

Attention to Detail

Every night before bed, I ask my kids to set out the clothes they are going to wear to school the next day. Then I ask them to show me what they have picked out. Every once in a while, I will get sidetracked with other things, and not ask to see their clothes. I know when this happens, Ethan will attempt to wear the same exact clothes he had on the day before. No matter that they have mud splattered on them, food stuck to them, popsicle dripping down them. He doesn't care. Bonnie however has a different issue. This is one of her more colorful creations. I do try to help her figure out what matches and what definitely doesn't. When I tried to explain to her that the shirt and pants were a good fit, but the red socks and purple shoes were a bit much, she said, "But Mom, this shirt has red and purple on it!" Well of course it does. How can I compete with such logic? So as much as it pained me, I sent Bonnie off to school wearing her carpis with red socks pulled up, and purple shoes on her feet.