Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Family Pics

We try to do some family pictures every year, but unfortunately last year it didn't work out.  We had them scheduled and then it snowed on the day we were supposed to do them.  Then we rescheduled them only to be rained out the second time.  And by then, it was too late to do them before Christmas so we just scrapped them.  So this year I knew I wanted to do some for sure.  So I got an early start.  My nephew Drew has a very sweet girlfriend (we wish she was his wife LOL!) and she is attempting to start a photography business so we decided to have her take the pictures.  I couldn't have been more pleased with how they turned out - they are awesome!  Here are a few of my favorite pictures:

















Sunday, November 2, 2014

Halloween 2014

Halloween 2014 is in the books!

We had a very nice Halloween.  It fell on a Friday this year, which was nice because there was no pressure to hurry up and get the kids home and ready for bed!

We had some friends come over and trick or treat with us.  They live way in the country so they don't have many places to trick or treat.  We hit the hood and of course, loaded up on candy!  Afterwards, Maddie had Sydney (one of the friends that we trick or treated with) spend the night.  It was really a fun night.



However, whenever you have three children there is bound to be some kind of unexpected wrench thrown in your plans. And ours happened the day before Halloween, on Thursday.  Mason goes to school that day.  And they were encouraged to wear their costumes to school.  So Mason dressed up like Buzz Lightyear, looked cute as can be, and off to school we went!  When I went to pick him up, he was dressed in the extra outfit that I have packed in his backpack, so I knew that he must have had some type of accident.  His teacher explained that he had wet himself early in the day.  Now, he has been well potty trained since July. He stays dry all night and just doesn't have accidents.  But of course, his first accident has to happen while he is wearing his costume.  The worst part is that store bought costumes are just not that well made.  They are cheap, flimsy material that looks like it could fall apart any time.  So I was very hesitant to wash it.  But when I got home and smelled the disgusting stench coming from the costume, I decided to risk washing it.  I put in on the gentle cycle and then hung it to dry and was pleasantly surprised that it did okay.  So I was stressed for a bit, but all ended up okay!