Halloween

I know it's January...but I am behind remember!! Mason is very much into baseball right now, so for his birthday in August he got baseball pants, socks and gloves...therefore he wanted to be a baseball player for Halloween, Joe Mauer to be exact.

Morgan had been a princess the last two years, so when I asked her what she wanted to be this year, she said, surprise, surprise, a princess.....I convinced her to be a witch, as long as she still got to wear a dress!!

Dawson got to be a dinosaur, although he didn't really enjoy wearing the head of it.

The kids had a great time going around Russell....it was acutally pretty nice so we let them walk more of the streets than they normally do. They had a few scares while out trick or treating....uncle Ron and a couple other people sat dressed up outside and scared the kids when they came to the door....the kids handled it pretty good and had a good night!!

It's been awhile.....

Wow....its been a long time since I've been on here...I guess I'll have to catch everyone up. First of all we moved the end of July to a new house. We are about 7 miles outside Russell. We have a bigger house as well as a bigger yard for the kids to play in, about 7.5 acres including the grove. The kids love everything about it here, Joe loves his big "shop" and I love that I can hide from my kids in the house!!!

Well, on to other things.....

Mason celebrated his 7th birthday on August 31st.....He got to have a friend party this year and below is a picture of his friends at the party.....they had a great time playing outside in the grove, looking for the perfect spot to build a tree fort....which has wait till next summer!!! He is in first grade this year and is having a good time....his is learning to read, add, subtract and much more....his favorite subject is recess....I tell him thats not a subject and he replies with, "So!!" (Math is his favorite subject) He likes spending lots of time with his dad....preferably outside in the shop or just outside if it's warm enough.



Dawson had his 3rd birthday on October 11th. He LOVES Handy Manny, and all he said he wanted for his birthday was a Handy Manny birthday cake, so he got to have a Handy Manny birthday cake!! He is kind of a little devil child at times....he is the baby and gets spoiled a little more than the others did...what's a mom to do???!!! We have spent lots of time on potty training over the fall and beginning of winter....he just couldn't seem to get it...especially #2....he always went to hide in the closet.....finally over the last 3 weeks he has mastered it....with only a few accidents here and there!! Dawson's favorite things to do are play with cars, trucks, his train tracks, cuddle with mom and spend time wrestling with dad or spending time in the shop with dad...he also loves to watch, Toy Story, Handy Manny and Thomas the Train.



Morgan had her 5th birthday this year. She is still the same old princess she has always been only in with a 5 year old attitude!!! Morgan is in preschool againd this year....it is in Russell 2 full days a week....with me as her teacher (I never get a break!! ha) She is doing really well and can't wait to start Kindergarten next year.
Morgan loves playing with her barbies, babies, pet shop, and polly pockets. She tries really hard to keep up with Mason outside and then gives up and does her girly stuff indoors......she is happiest when her brothers leave her alone.



Well, that's all the time I have for now, but I'll try to come back and catch you up on the rest of the year.

Eight Things

Just catching up on by blogging and saw this....it looked fun, so here goes!!

8 favorite tv shows:

1. House
2. One Tree Hill
3. American Idol
4. Criminal Minds
5. CSI
6. Fringe
7. Eleventh Hour
8. CSI: New York

8 Favorite dishes;

1. Prime Rib
2. homemade pizza
3. Roast
4. Salad
5. moms chili
6. brats
7. mashed potatoes
8. tacos

8 things that happened yesterday:

1. got out of bed
2. worked all day
3. Tanned
4. Took kids for a walk
5. read my book in the sun
6. ate supper
7. raked leaves
8. watched tv

8 things I look forward to:

1. camping
2. end of school year
3. watching my kids grow
4. spending time with friends and family
5. We Fest
6. spending time at mom and dads cabin
7. did I mention camping?
8. warm weather

8 things I love about winter:

1. making snowmen
2. snowball fights in the garage!!
3. watching the kids play outside
4. Christmas
5. Warm vacations
6. snow days at home
7. family movie nights
8. the end of it

8 things on my wish list:

1. happy, healthy children
2. happy, healthy family members
3. bigger and newer house
4. a maid
5. lose weight
6. live long and healthy life
7. eye surgery
8. can't think of an 8th!!

Tag....New game

I've been tagged to play along with this game...Here are the rules:
1) Go to your documents/pictures file on your computer
2) Go to your 6th file
3) Go to your 6th picture
4) Post and blog about it
5) Tag 6 people to do the same
6) Smile





Like Jamie, I was afraid of what picture I would find. This one was taken at Jim and Junes house. We went there for Maia's baby shower and I wanted to get some family pictures outside before we went in. We had just finished and these three were going to see Molly's grave....see Molly had died suddenly the night before and Joe had buried her out at his parents place. It was a happy and a sad day! I just thought the three of them looked so sweet walking away.

I tag anyone who wants to do it bacause everyone I know has already been tagged.

Aloha

Hey everyone!! I am sad to say that we are back from Hawaii. We had an awsome time, and only came back because we missed our kids so much....we even thought about shipping them there!! We spent a lot of time walking, drinking and just sitting around. Things move really slow in Hawaii....nobody is in a hurry to get anywhere. During our time there we went on a tour of the Island, went on a dinner cruise and a Luau. Other than that we spent our days on the beach.

Below, Joe and I are posing in Becky and Wades room after several drinks, waiting to go eat!!!




We went snorkling one day....it was called Captain Bobs Snorkle picnic. They pick us up and take us out to a sand bar....this is where you get your snorkling gear and practice....for those of you who have never been snorkling....Practice is very important!!! I had such a hard time putting my face in the water and not hyperventilating. After a bit we all got the hang of it and joined in the volleyball game they set up on the sand bar...except Joe of course....he was just a little fish out there....since there was nothing but sand in that area he finally got bored and joined the game. After volleyball, we had burgers on the boat and then they took us out to a coral reef. Once there they wanted me to jump in with all those fish, and I couldn't even touch!!!!!!

Needless to say there was lots of screaming and freaking out. Once I got away from the area where they were feeding the fish and there weren't so many I calmed down and had a really great time!!! Again, Joe was a little fish and of course was the first one in the water and the last one out. He says that snorkling was his favorite thing that we did while in Hawaii.
Joe and I are below after snorkling.

The sunsets in Hawaii are just to beautiful for words and a picture just doesn't do it justice. I put one in anyway just to give you an idea.....I came home with lots of pictures of the sunset and also a lot of pictures of the views, it is just amazing!!

View from Dukes bar...one of our favorite places to hang out!!

And of course we had happy hour a few of the nights. Below is Joe and I after several happy hours!!!