Fall and everything that comes with it!

I can't believe how fast this year has gone. We had a great day yesterday! From playing in the leaves, to school parties, to trick or treating, we managed to be completely tuckered out.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW

You may already know about this, but I just learned about a kids moviecoming out in December starring Nicole Kidman. It's called The GoldenCompass, and while it will be a watered down version, it is based on aseries of children's books about killing God (It is the anti-Narnia). Pleasefollow this link, and then pass it on. From what I understand, the hope isto get a lot of kids to see the movie - which won't seem too bad - and thenget the parents to buy the books for their kids for Christmas. The quotesfrom the author sum it all up. I'm going to tell everyone about this movie.Please go to this link to learn more about why this movie is bad.http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

MOTHER OF THE YEAR AWARD!!!!!

OK, so I know single moms out there do these kind of things all the time but I am used to having the best husband ever basically do all the hard things with the kids when we go on an outing, and I just tag along for the ride and feed everyone. So, yesterday Ross woke up totally not feeling good. The rest of us have all already had "the crud", and his turn struck yesterday. So, I wasnt about to stay home since we have all been sick the last 3 weekends. I bundled up the kids in the rain and we went, once again, to the pumpkin patch. The girls both go with school but Levi and I also needed our pumpkins. I dont usually ever have trouble with the girls. Maybe since they are older? They seem to be great every time we do anything, and they were. Levi, on the other hand, is a bit of a challenge. At this farm, a trolly takes you out to the patch to pick your pumpkin. Needless to say, in the one picture you can see how far out in the boonies this was. We had already been at the farm doing all the activities for over an hour and it was getting very close to nap time. Not wanting to deprive my kids from getting the biggest pumpkin of all, I let them pick whatever they wanted. Did I mention that I had to carry this pumpkin all the way back to the road for the trolly to pick us back up? Well, I did. Levi cried from the time we got off the trolly to the time we got back on. I left him in the middle of the patch laying on his back in the mud while I carried the pumpkins to the road. Over all, we had the best time...... just another piece of our lifes memory book. When we got home, got cleaned up, and Levi took a much needed nap; we carved our pumpkins. Here is the finished product.

Our Weekend

Where's Levi?????There he is!!!!
It was a very DULL weekend for us. EVERYONE IS SICK!! We layed around all weeked which is so not typical for us. Ross is the only one that has managed to stay healthy. He worked outside most of the day trying to avoid any germ contact. Dana has been doing so well reading to her brother and sister. Her homework requires 20 minutes of reading per night. So, she likes to take that time and read to them. SO CUTE!!

Dana Grace is 7!!!

Dana wanted a chocolate fountain for her "cake". Yummy!!!

Piniata!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are the girls that all slept over!!! Dana has grown up with these girls. We had so much fun.........

Fall is here.......

We decided las weekend to burn some Bichel energy off on the first corn maze of the year. It worked. We were all exhausted.

Ross is 30 !!!!

Ross turned 30 this las weekend. All he wanted for his birthday is to go to the beach with just me and the kids. I, of course, wanted to have a huge party but I thought I should do what he wanted since it was his birthday. We love the ocean!!!