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Our First Sleepover

This past weekend our niece, Adella, spent the weekend with us. The kids were so excited about Adella spending the weekend with us! Adella was waiting at the bus stop when Ryan, Lydia and Emily got off the bus on Friday. Very exciting! Lydia was so excited that she forgot to get her backpack as she came off the bus. Luckily, Emily saw that she had left it behind and picked it up on her way off. :)

Adella spent Friday night at our house, Saturday all day and night and went to church with us Sunday morning. It was a great weekend!

Here are the kids eating lunch on Saturday Playing in the backyard They decided they wanted to watch a movie on Saturday night. I made some dinner and then let them eat their dinner at the coffee table while they were watching the movie. They loved it!!Taking fun group pictures in the backyard. It was starting to get dark.Everyone asleep in Lydia and Emily's room. I blew up the air mattress to make a really big bed for everyone. They loved it!!Everyone dressed for church Sunday morning.

Halloween 2009

Lydia and Emily decided they wanted to be princesses and Ryan wanted to be the Transformer, Bumblebee. Cousin "Doctor" Adella went trick-or-treating with us. Fun times! Tons of candy!!

Season comes to an end

Well, our first season of flag football has come to an end. Ryan's team, the Packers, finished out the season middle of the road. They did not win them all, but did not lose them all either. As a result, the "champions" got trophies and the rest of the league received metals.

Ryan really likes his metal and we up it up with his t-ball trophy from the spring. Though Ryan still has a lot to learn about football, he really had a lot of fun playing! We will see if he wants to play next year--he has talked about playing soccer too.

Washington Pumpkin Carving Night

Pumpkin Patch Fieldtrip

Lydia and Emily's class went to the Pumpkin Patch on Monday. A ton of parents were able to go (not me :(, but Mike was able to) and get great pictures of their kids. Each child picked their own pumpkin to take home. Emily took a long time to pick hers out, so Mike hurridly assigned a pumpkin to Lydia. They took a hay ride and made their own scarecrow.

This is a picture of their class, but I am not sure where Lydia is :)

Adella Turns 3

Our niece, Adella, celebrated her 3rd birthday party yesterday. Her birthday is actually October 29, but always better to make any celebration last as long as possible I always say! My brother Paul and his wife Allison had their close family and friends over on Sunday for lunch, cake and ice cream and present opening. It was great! They are expecting another bundle of joy in February. That will make Mike and me 9 nieces and nephews strong! Congrats Adella! We love you!!!