What have we been up to?

Well…..
Avery Grace turned 10!!!
She got a pair of Bob’s shoes, some clothes and lots of good books!


The only girl I know who gives herself bunny ears in photos.

Jackson went to his homecoming stag.

Which apparently was the thing to do this dance...

The girls found a baby snake out back. Of course they begged to keep it. But, um...no, I don’t do snakes. <shiver>
They told me the snake had hurt his tail and so they put a band-aid on it. Hee hee.


Savannah and I took this picture with her new Kindle Fire. :)

A late night stop at Sweet Frog Yogurt? Daddy must be out of town working.
 
A blue mustache means deeeelicious!!!

Sometimes Brent’s “working” does not seem like work at all.

Just kidding. He comes home from 3 day business trips and continues to work at home.

Do you know why Lulu is smiling?

Because Nene and Grandad were coming to town!!!


Not to mention the vicious serial baby biter…

Oh the fun my mom and I had eating out, shopping, drinking yummy coffee and partaking in fattening desserts!!!


We decided to have an election party!

We all dressed in red and had such high hopes.

Of course early on our hopes were dashed. No sparkling cider or champagne was opened. Our country would continue down the depressing path we have been on.

Even Lu was sad. hee hee.

On a happy note, my dad hung the outdoor curtains I bought from Pottery Barn! We LOVE them!

Savannah had to be checked out from school last week after she vomited in the school bathroom. (She told me she felt bad before she left for school but I thought she was faking it….she IS my hypochondriac you know. Bad mom award coming my way.) I taught her how to play Clue and then we proceeded to play 4 or 5 games throughout the day.

My mums are looking fantastic!

Because Caroline and I get bored waiting for the big kids to get out of school…

With the cooler weather arriving, I am able to bring the Lu with me on my quick errands. She LOVES it. She waits so patiently for me to come out of the store.

The kids were soooo excited to drop off their Operation Christmas Child boxes at our church! The girls also dropped off bibles and letters for missionaries to take to orphans in Belize!

While going through the mounds of crap stuff laying around in every nook and cranny of my house, I came across this sweet little gem!

At my sweet little Caroline’s school Thanksgiving feast. Her teacher secretly told me she was the sweetest girl in the class. Shhhh. :)

When I finally get all the kids off to school and come home, I like to get a good snuggle in with my Lulu.

I know what you are thinking….it’s a darn shame that no one loves that dog. ;)

If the kids and I get our way, we will be adding another little fur ball in 2013! Fingers crossed!

Whatever you do...

don't take the girls waffle fries!!

Halloween!

What we have here is an Apple Genius Bar employee, a flower girl hippie, an Indian and a precious little princess.

Jackson did this totally last minute. I thought it was quite creative.

The quest for Avery’s hippie took up a lot of time. She initially wanted to be a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. That fell through so I spent a couple of days looking for something flower child. We made a skirt into a dress and it turned out cute. She had most of the other accessories.

She wore my big hoop earrings.

Nana picked out her costume over a month ago. She usually is very decisive.

“Mom, this is how a real Indian sits!”

My ballerina princess.

Who also lost a ANOTHER tooth on Halloween.

 

The princess was struggling with some horribly chapped lips

The star of the show….LUCY the lion!!!

 

Brent was out of town for a work conference, so I took took the girls to a Halloween party and then out trick or treating alone. Jackson went out with friends.

Avery Grace with 2 of her “nerdy” friends.

Savannah her her buddies!

It was a great night, but really just reminds me how close we are getting to Christmas. The pressure is on….