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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.
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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...)
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Us.
Back L-R: my cousin Kelly, Lincoln w/ Ashlyn, my step-bro, Aaron.
I really like this picture...she looks so sweet!
The boys
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On Saturday we watched some of the MN Gopher football game against North Dakota State U. Or should I say we watched the NDSU game?? NDSU kicked butt and I was so excited. I do support the MN sports, but we know Offensive Tackle # 77 Nate Safe on the NDSU Team (Nate). He grew up with and graduated with Lincoln's youngest brother, Clinton. Not only that but the Gophers really should have won...that's why I was so excited...the game was great and we weren't even there. Below is a picture of Chloe with Daddy watching Nate. Way to go BISON!
Well, MEA is over and I can finally send Luke back to school tomorrow. I love the kid, but he needs to get out of the house. :) Ha. Not nice.
I am really excited for Halloween. We got our pumpkins on Saturday so we are ready to carve next week. The kids have their costumes. Luke's a skeleton, Ashlyn's a pretty witch and Chloe is a mermaid. I can't wait. We are going to go to the parade in Cannon Falls at 4. It's not really a parade, but the kids all start from the parking lot of a church on main street and at 4:00 they let the kids go up and down main street to trick-or-treat at the businesses. They block the road for about an hour to do this. It's really a great idea. I hope the weather is OK. One year it was 75 and the kids were sweating in their costumes and last year we were so cold it took an hour to thaw out. I am excited to post pictures. I bought Chloe's costume so long ago on clearance...I hope it still fits her, she grew faster than I expected. :)
Next Thursday Lincoln, Chloe and I are flying out to Denver to visit Serene. Lincoln is going to a convention out there also so we made it into a teeny, tiny vacation. I am excited for that. We're only bringing Chloe because...well for a couple reasons. #1: I can't leave her yet. I think she's only done a couple overnighters in her 5 months, if that. I did leave her with Lincoln when she was a month and a half old and it was brutal on me all weekend. I just can't do it yet & #2: she's free to fly. :) I have to pay a whole adult ticket for anyone over 2. So, this should be an interesting adventure and I am sure she'll do great.
In the middle of November we are taking the kids on another long weekend to Baxter, MN to The Lodge at Brainard Lakes. It looks fun. It's got an indoor water park and our room looks nice. I love taking the kids to water parks. They have so much fun.
All these plans are really going to make time fly by. After our up north trip is Thanksgiving, a week after that we will hopefully have a new niece or nephew and then it's Christmas not long after that. I am half way done with my Christmas shopping and if I haven't purchased it yet, I know what to purchase when I get out shopping. Kudos to the person who thought of drawing names for Christmas...saves so much time and $$$$.
I think that's it for now. It's 12:30 am and I have a doctor appt. at 8:30 in the morning. Yuck.
Good nite.
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We had conferences at school a few hours ago and I am still getting over the fact that I have a child old enough to bring me to a conference. We have officially entered into a new life 'milestone?' I don't know what to call it. It was weird...seeing all these people we know that have had school-aged children for as long as I have known them and now all of the sudden we get to be among them. Scary. No turning back either. I can't stop the clock and go back in time to when I would sit and rock Luke in my arms before bed. Wow, how easy life was back then with just one child. Funny thing is...I had no idea how easy it was until I had child # 2...and then #3. HA! It was nothing compared to now, but I wouldn't change a thing. Having more than one child makes you move. You don't have a chance to stop and wonder how things 'might-have' gone or wonder how things would be if this was done instead. Nope...no time. Now I take things day-by-day, forget birthdays and anniversaries, usually late to things and behind on every project I want to be on top of...like scrap booking. 10 years ago I never would have guessed this as my life. I thank God every day that it is.
Some pictures for ya!
Sitting up all by herself, 4 1/2 months old. Yeah, she tips, but this is more than the other kids did. I suppose it's because she spends a lot more time on her own than the others did. All that drool and still no teeth.
What a cute baby! this is her in her stroller in the garage this past weekend. It was a little chilly when we were out there cleaning at night and she was sick to begin with. This is also her 5 month picture.
I can't even explain this one. Luke took it. this look really scared the #@$* outta me. It's cute, but there has to be some kind of thoughts behind that smile that we do not want to know about.
As requested by a certain Grandpa (Paul) - Luke on his Gator. He was also helping in the garage this past weekend. Man this thing comes in handy for working outdoors and making him involved too. Love it. Thanks.
This was me testing out my camera timer so that maybe I can be more included on some photos now. :)
