Leaves

Just a few more from Thanksgiving. This time of year I always wish I were back home at my grandma's celebrating the holidays the traditional way I did growing up. Now it's time to create some traditions for my own kids. The holidays spent with their cousins is one of those traditions. I feel so lucky to have my sister so close. Love you Jen.

Ava's Jump

I think the running start may have been her favorite part.


Almost there....


Then she comes to a halt and sits down...saying "cheese." Wow, she's trained!

Lainie's Jump

Another running start.


The jump...


eyes shut of course and then onto her knees.


and every landing looked like this.


she couldn't be more proud of herself. Such a cutie.

Anna's Jump

It all started with a pile of leaves.


She wanted a running start.


And she overjumped and missed that pile of leaves!


Now she's telling me, "I'm going to try that again."


This time.....


She made it!

More of our Thanksgiving leaf jumping to come...stay tuned.

Giving Thanks

Last day of school was full of fun and parties. I helped in Lainie's class where we had a thanksgiving feast and made turkey's out of oreo cookies. We truely have a lot to be thankful for.

Jump House

Outback

Lucky for us, Paul's mom was able to visit for a few days following a business trip she had. We enjoyed the visit and wish so much that she didn't live so far away. These pics were taken the night before she left our house at good old Outback steakhouse.

Apparently Anna is into rabbit ears...nice.

End of Soccer Season

Another great soccer season has come to a close. Anna's team did so well and were undefeated for the second year in a row. This was Lainie's first year. I wondered how well she would do being quite the cheerleader, but she loved it! In one of her games she asked me why I didn't cheer for her as loud as I cheer for Anna and I felt terrible. I did cheer, just not as often I guess. (Truth be told, Anna's games were just a bit more intense.) From then on I cheered my heart out for her. It paid off, she scored her very first goal in the second to last game and could not have been more proud of herself. It was awesome. Next fall should be interesting with 3 in soccer.

Halloween 09

Halloween seemed to come so quickly this year. We had soccer games in the afternoon and then came home for a quick pumpkin carving session and dinner, then out trick or treating with our neighborhood friends. The babes lasted about an hour and then I brought them home while Paul finished up with the girls.

7 Months

My two sweet babes all big and sitting up on their own. Lily has been sitting up for awhile now and Owen started last week. Such cute little ones.

I have no idea

Dont ask...really I have no idea what she does at night to get this bad of bed head.

darn gopher!

I apologize to any of my PNW friends who are animal rights fans, but this gopher needed to die! I patiently waited 5 long years to get grass and this little guy along with several of his friends are ripping up my yard! They sell smoke bombs and I've heard stories about juicy fruit gum, but there is a certain satisfaction that comes with seeing the actual carcass.

New Do

For those of you who were asking to see it. Not sure how I feel about the bangs.

Bugsy

Our little man. Lainie came up with his nickname. He's had really huge eyes since birth and it reminded her of the guinea pig on bedtime stories. Isn't he cute in his dr. glasses?

Hooray for Dental Insurance!

It's been years since we've had dental insurance, but with Paul's job change came really great insurance. Today was check up day for 4 of us. Luckily my mom was in town and so graciously sat with us while we were at the dentist for 3 hours!! I have to get an old filling replaced, Anna has to get some sealants done on her big girl molars, and Lainie came away with rave reviews of her pretty teeth. Sadly, though Ava was not so lucky. She has the same weak enamel that Anna was cursed with and had 3 cavities. So sad. She's really going to hate the next visit.