Frosting???

"MOM, THERE'S FROTING ON MY CHRISMAT DREST" - Ashlyn thinking the roses are frosting.

Ashlyn

My little girl got her pictures back today from her 3-year-old preschool class. I can't believe that she's going to be 4 in 3 weeks. Time goes by way too fast. I really love this picture.



I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I will post pictures up of our Thanksgiving this weekend. G'nite!

Placing the Blame

So, tonight we went in and asked Ashlyn what happened to her eye as she was coloring with a blue marker. She says, "Luk-ie hit me in the eye when we were at Grandma's lat night." (She can't say 's' very well) After we laughed for a while, we realized that she was talking about the weekend she and Luke spent with Grandma Chris when we were in Denver. They were outside raking leaves and Luke got her in the right eye with the rake. Well, that healed now, but she insisted on blaming Luke. She didn't know that she had drawn on her face yet.

Water Park Fun

We went and stayed at The Lodge at Brainerd Lakes this past weekend. The kids love going to water parks. We had a lot of fun as you can see from the pictures. :)

"Half a Year"

Our last baby is 6 months old now. I can't believe how fast time goes. I feel like I was just pregnant...Ha-ha, it's probably because I still have all the baby weight to lose. :) I haven't been trying very hard. I haven't had time to worry about it...who has time with all these kids and jobs?
The holidays are here. Enough said. I love the holidays. I love getting together with my family and with Lincoln's family. I just don't like thinking about what to do next...we run, run, run and we add into that Lincoln's chores. Yeah, I said chores...I'm a farmers wife and I love it, but lest's face it...it makes for some challenges for the city girl. It also makes for a very busy, whirlwind of a season. Ashlyn's birthday is in there too...Dec. 22 and I vowed that I would never have her birthday with Christmas so I am having a couple parties for her the weekend before. Oh, and who knew that a 4 year old would be so popular?? There are about 7 kids on her list and she rattles off more all the time. It's probably because she bullys them into being her friend. :) Ha-ha.
I am very excited for the next few weeks as we are anticipating the birth of our next new niece or nephew. We don't even know names so this is exciting and keeping us all on edge. Tiffany is due in a week and a half. And then our niece, Sophie, is being baptized on Dec. 9th. There is no end in site for December. January is going to be a welcomed month...even if it's way too cold. :)

Just some pictures and updates...

Well, life is hectic as always, but good. We got back from Denver this past Monday evening. We had a lot of fun there. It was so good to visit Serene and Daryn. I felt a little guilty that we didn't bring the other kids too, but we just can't afford that. Car trip next time I guess. It was relaxing just having the baby with. I was almost bored not running after all 3 kids. Not in a bad was, Serene. It was a nice change. I think I was more tired when I came back though. It's like you need a vacation from the vacation. Daryn's sister got engaged while we were there so that was a lot of fun to chat about. We ate, shopped, watched A LOT of sports and talked. We may have even consumed some beverages...fun times.

Ashlyn had her pre-school pictures taken this past week. Those should turn out great....I can't wait. Luke...same old stuff for now. I am trying to start making up his new room now and finishing up Christmas shopping. I am half done now I think. My sister has a hockey tourney in Buffalo, MN the weekend after Thanksgiving so my dad, stepmom, sister and their foster child, Josh (I am assuming he's coming) are going to drive through and have ThanksChristmas here at our place. I can't wait. I am even making a whole Thankschristmas meal. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, cranberries (that I won't even think about touching, yuck), pie. I am excited.

Well, I really don't have much else to blog about...I included some pictures below from the last week.

This is Lincoln and his sister, Serene, playing the Wii. They were playing baseball. As you can see, Serene was pitching and Lincoln was getting ready to hit.

Chloe in her bath tonight.

Chloe after church today. This dress was actually handed down from my step-sister's daughter. She gave me this when I was pregnant with Luke, but I didn't know yet what he was. I didn't think I still had it.

Last night we went to the Mall of America...yep, brave, I know. I was determined though. There was a make-up store I wanted to go to. Anyway...Lincoln and Luke went in to Al's Farm Toys so us girls waited out on the 'bridge' and obviously from the picture it's one of the ones with glass int it. Ashlyn got down on the floor and stuck her face right on it trying to see though.

Ha - this is funny. Today is Lincoln's birthday. I made him a cake, but got lazy. I started spelling 'birthday' and gave up. The kids picked out the beer can candles. See...I can't bake very well...at least not when you want it to look good.

From the past....

There is a story behind this...
My mom just gave me her China Hutch this past week because they put in a buffet. When she was cleaning it out she found this...Lincoln insisted I take a picture.
This is a certificate I made for my mom in school for Mother's Day...back in May of 1985. My mom was about 7-8 months pregnant with my brother at the time so I was probably feeling a little sorry for her or something. Apparently not too much though. See, where it says 'one week', I had originally put in 'two' weeks and then erased it to re-write 'one'. See...not so dumb.

Halloween

We had a lot of fun tonight. We went to the parade in Cannon Falls and Trick-or-Treated at the local businesses, visited the great-grandmas and other family in Cannon Falls and then came home. Chloe was a mermaid, Luke a skeleton and Ashlyn was a witch. We have a lot of candy now.




Tomorrow Lincoln, Chloe and I take off for Denver. We should be landing there at 3:30 pm Denver time. I can't wait. That's all I got. I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween.

Carving Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins on Monday evening so I got a few snapshots...
(yeah...I do know about the recall on Bumbos...as long as you use them right, they are fine...)