Trick or treating

Today we took the kids to a local shopping center for some trick or treating. Emily wanted to be a bumble bee this year. I love this costume on her! James is an elephant. Unfortunately, we couldn't get him to wear the hood with the face on it. He didn't like the way it fit on him, but he still looks pretty cute!

We have a field trip to the pumpkin patch for Emily this week and a Harvest Fest at our church on Halloween. I'll get those pictures up next weekend.

Petting Zoo Pictures

The alpaca James bringing some straw to it.

Picking out the pumpkins

Eyeing the chickens and ducks

Feeding the sheep

Petting the bunnies

Eyeing the duck- he really wanted to hold one!

Which one do I want to take home?

Oh, a bunny!

Random Cell Phone Pictures

On the Firetruck

Eating lunch, ready to go play

Chilling in Grandma's pool

Loving having the top open!

Teaching him how to "Princess wave"

"No Pictures, Please."

Being beautiful!

Clear the roads, I'm driving!

Asleep in the convertible!

See they can get along....soemtimes!

Recent Videos

Kids building at Lowe's

James trying out the brass family.

Shopping at Petsmart

Jamming to the music

We are trying to get more videos of Emily. But everytime we pull out the video recorder or cell phone, she starts hamming it up and it's just not as cute! I'll be posting pictures soon.

Yes, we're still here!

So sorry for the lack of updates in recent weeks. Life as usual gets crazy around here!

Emily still loves school. Each day she tells us something new they are doing. Her most recent is clapping to count the syllables in words. She has her first field trip next week. Stephanie is going to be a chaperone for this one! They will be going to a pumpkin patch on Halloween. That should be fun!

James has had fun in the past couple of weeks at school. He got to see a firetruck and climb through it. Then the petting farm came to school! They had ducks, chickens, bunnies, sheep, a goat and an alpaca (looks like a llama). He was one of the only kids that had no fear of any of the animals. He continues to make progress with his speech. He is starting to use 3 and 4 words phrases on a more regular basis!

John is currently taking class #5 of 12 for his Master's Degree. He has his mid-term tonight. Work is still "fun" for him, though it keeps him busy most of the day with meetings and various new projects.

Stephanie is (as of October 17th) 24 weeks along. Kaitlyn is really starting to move. She now responds to John's voice. James loves to put his ear to mommy's belly and listen to her "wim" (swim). Emily only expresses an interest in Kaitlyn if someone asks her! We have noticed mommy's belly move on occasion when Kaitlyn kicks really hard!

The biggest news of ours is that we have become the proud owners of a mini van. We traded our Hyundai Santa Fe in for a Hyundai Entourage. It's a really nice van, very basic- but with lots of needed room. The only complaint we've had is from James. He can't prop his feet on the back of the seat in front of him! Other than that we all love it!

Well, it's time to get the kids off to school. I'll try to come back later today and post some new pictures and a couple of videos that John got on his cell phone.