The Girls' Birthdays!

Jordan is 2!!! She turned 2 on Thursday! Jenny is 4!! Her birthday was just yesterday!! We had their birthday party Saturday afternoon. It was a gorgeous day and we were so excited to have pretty much the entire family here to celebrate! The girls got to get dolled up with make-up, press-on nails and tattoos. I got some boy tattoos for the boys, too. The kids also painted sun-catchers. We enjoyed cake and ice cream and the girls opened a bazillion gifts! Present opening time is alway chaotic when there are 2 birthday girls and a lot of cousins around to help. It was crazy but it was so fun! The kids had a great time. We grilled out and watched the ballgame after the party while the kids played with all of their new toys.

Zoo Trip

This past Friday, I went with Nathan's class to the zoo. It was a gorgeous day! We had a great time, and I was excited to see the lions and tigers AWAKE! They are always asleep the past times I've been to the zoo. Jason was able to meet us at the picnic area to eat a sandwich with me and Nathan. I think Nathan's favorite part was feeding the lorikeets.

Playing Catch-up!

ok....so I'm new to the blog thing still and haven't learned to manage my time to stay up with it!! so...I will catch you guys up on all that has been going on the past few weeks....and it has been busy busy busy!!

October 23

A week before Halloween, Jason came down with that dreaded H1N1 swine flu! Yuck! We kept him quarantined downstairs and I was lysoling everything! He was truly ill, and I felt so bad for him because he wanted so badly to hug the kids, and he couldn't for an entire week! He could do nothing but watch TV and sleep. We were very fortunate and grateful to God that no one in the household got it! Praise the Lord! We were happy that Jason got better just in time to enjoy Halloween with the kids.

October 31

Halloween was a blast with the kids! I took "Mario" "Dragon/Yoshi" and "Wingless Bumble-bee" to trunk or treat at our church. Nathan has been wanting to be Mario since last Halloween! He played the part well! He has the Mario pose down to a tee! Jenny wanted to be a character from Super Mario Brothers so we put her in a dragon costume and told her that she was Yoshi. She was cool with that...as long as we kept telling her she was Yoshi, and not a dragon! Jordan went as a bumble bee but Jenny played with the costume and somewhere in this house the wings are hiding, but she went anyway as a wingless bumble-bee, anyway Our neighborhood is a fairly busy neighborhood on Halloween. Lots of kids and lots of fun. Jason and I dressed up, too. I went as Spider lady and Jason went as a punk rocker. We grilled out hot dogs and had fun with Jason's sister, Renee' and her husband Aaron. The kids got way too much candy!