Happy Thanksgiving 2012

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!   

 I had a few pictures to post, but I will need to figure out how to share them. I have maxed out my picture storage for my blog.  I did not think it was just 1gb of storage...not sure if I want to pay a monthly fee to have more pictures.  (I may try and make a book out of the earlier years and then delete them)...but that will be a while before I do that).  

This was our second annual Thanksgiving in Ohio. It was just the six of us (that includes Sissy)!  We had a nice relaxing day of eating and watching movies. The girls also played really hard, which means they messed up there rooms big time...but they cleaned them up too.

We talked and skyped to family and miss all of them.

Well, I will post updates every so often, but sorry to say pictures won't be included for a while.

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!!

Fall Weather

We spent a lot of time outside this weekend. The weather was gorgeous and we couldn't pass up on what might be our warmest weekend for a few months.

We raked leaves and the girls jumped in them (until I showed them spiders lived in them). 

Jenna and Rob headed to the park to play some b-ball.

Sissy got in on the sunshine and walked around the backyard for a while.

She doesn't like to be bothered by us outside and by the look of her face in this picture...she doesn't want her picture taken outside either!haha

I got some good shots of Meghan too.

The girls striking a pose for me. 

 I get a lot of grunts when I pull out the camera...but I don't care.

I love taking their pictures.

They are growing up so fast and I want to capture as much of each year as I can in photos.

We went to Yellow Springs to walk around today and I wish I had taken the camera.  I love that town. It has so much character and so relaxing to hang out in.

Best Friends

My oldest girl (dog) is 13....my baby girl is almost 3.

I love that Sissy has been a best friend to all my girls.

Love these girls

I'm working on photos for my Christmas card.

I love how Jenna and Sarah jump at the idea of getting their pictures taken.

My sweet 8 year old.

My sweet and sassy almost 3 year old.

Meghan my lovable 10 year old was not interested in getting her picture taken.

I will have to try again soon.  

Sissy has been feeling better lately and has walked all over the yard. 

I decided she needed her picture taken too. She was too busy sniffing around to smile for the camera!

Trick or Treating 2012

Due to the Hurricane that decided to stop by the east coast, our area postponed trick or treating until today.

We didn't get bad bad weather from the storm, but it sure did rain a lot.

I think they should have kept trick or treating on the 31st...but I didn't get to voice my opinion.

The rain showed up this afternoon and started right before the girls and Rob headed out to trick or treat.

Rob dressed up as an ECU fan. haha    

He dresses up like this a lot.

I love when I tell them to look the part, Jenna always looks so serious.

Sarah wanted to show me her pillow case...aka candy bag.

haha   I love this picture of Jenna in action.

A close up of Meghan's makeup.

Sarah wanted a close up too. hahaha

Sarah wanted a picture of Sissy too.  Sissy just wanted dinner.

All ready to go!

 They headed out and I stayed home to hand out candy. Rob said Meghan was the first one to say she was cold.  It was freezing rain and they were all soaking wet when they got home. 

They lasted about 40 minutes. 

Sarah helped hand out candy and I need to remember next year to only buy like one bag (or two) of candy. We didn't have but about 20 or 30 kids show up.

Next up....Thanksgiving!!

Monster Cupcakes

Any reason to make cupcakes is a good reason to make cupcakes!

The big girls are always asking what they can make, cook, fix, create.

They loved the idea of making monster cupcakes as part of our Halloween celebration.

We party it up for Halloween for weeks!

Sarah's first decorated cupcake didn't make it into the final picture....it almost didn't get decorated because Sarah kept eating the decorations.

Meghan and Jenna had a lot of fun! They could have probably decorated a few dozen more.

We even saved a few for Rob to decorate.

We are enjoying eating them just as much as decorating them.

Happy Haunting!

Trunk or Treat

2012 Trunk or Treat time at our church!

The girls had a great time and I love all three of their costumes.

Minnie Mouse was thinking of being a princess, but she loved being Minnie.

Jenna the pirate was so excited to dress up and act the part of a tough pirate. 

Cleopatra was beautiful and looked so grown up today.

I told her a little history about Cleopatra, so she learned a little about her character.

My three girls posing for the camera! haha

They had a cupcake walk for the kids.

Bobbing for apples.

And of course going around to the cars to trunk or treat was great fun!

I caught them all in a funny expression in this hayride picture!

We all had fun and the girls ate way too much candy and cupcakes. 

We have enough candy for the rest of the year (well...for a long time anyway)...but the girls are planning to head out on Trick or Treating night in our neighborhood too.