Halloween

Halloween is always a busy day.  First, we had Allie's parade and party in the morning.  In the afternoon we went to the school parade and Emmie and Katie's parties.  After school we went to a party at our neighbor's house and then trick-or-treating.  Here are some pics from the day!

Spiker Chix

Emmie's volleyball team, the 'Spiker Chix' had a great season. This is their second year playing and it is a lot of fun to watch the games. They came in 2nd place this year. :)

Caught Sleeping

Will has been having so much fun with my point and shoot lately. He especially had fun finding Rich asleep...and then waking him up. :)

Family Pic

We went out to take pics last night and a nice lady asked if she could take our pictures. Yay for my favorite stranger picture ever! Finally...a picture together. :) I also love this one Rich took.

Silhouette

If I had planned on taking this picture, it wouldn't have worked.  It really would not have worked.  However, Rich is traveling and so we went to play on the playground by Emmie's soccer practice before picking her up.  I took my camera because I thought I'd capture a few fun playground pics while there.  As we were leaving the sky was beautiful so I decided to go for the silhouette.  It isn't perfect (technically) but I love it.  :)

August 29th

August 29th is a wonderful day.  It is Rich's birthday and also my dear Aunt Mayme's birthday in heaven.  We called Rich in the morning at work to sing happy birthday to him.  We also went out to dinner and then came home to open cards and gifts and have some of his cake that Grandma and Grandpa brought him this past weekend. Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! Happy Birthday to my dear Aunt Mayme...I'll be sure to have some pizza with tomatoes and pepper just for you.

Big Sisters

Dance Show

Lately the girls have been dancing ALL THE TIME. They make up dances to different songs, they plan the outfits, they practice and then they perform. It happens nightly and I bet today they did this for 6 hours or so. Here are some pics from today.

First, there was the practicing all day!  Then, they created a program and did hair and make-up.  They even had a dressing room in the corner of our dining room for in between dance wardrobe changes.  So fun!

New Blog

I have a new blog I've just started....a 365 Project.  I will still continue to maintain this blog (although I'm not very good at it lately).  Here is the address:

365 Project

Vacation

Here are a few pictures from our vacation in the Dominican Republic.  More photography-ish pictures can be found HERE.  We couldn't have asked for a better vacation.  It was truly  perfect!  Thank you Grandma and Grandpa H for taking such wonderful care of the girls and Will.  :)

Because I'm told I never share pics of myself (and because Rich is quite proud of his photography skills), here are 2 pics Rich took of me for my website and Clickin' Moms.  :)

Deanna Rose

Yesterday we went with our good friends to Deanna Rose Farmstead.  It's always fun for the kids to feed the goats, see the cows, feed the fish, etc.