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Assortment of fall pics

This is an assortment of pics of neighborhood dogs, the 105 lb. choc lab puppy and the shnauser. The kids love all 6 neighborhood dogs of the 8 houses. This also includes pics from our recent park picnic and some of 4 1/2 month Alex who is almost sitting up and is rolling like crazy! Growing up fast!

Halloween 2009

Here are our pre-Halloween costumes trying to decide what to wear from all of the costumes we have been given or bought at after Halloween sales.

Pumpkin carving! Leah and Brianna willing to get slimey.

My brother, Joey and his wife, Crystal joined us for Halloween. After they left today, all I've heard is, "why did Joey and Crystal have to leave?"

Here is our family shot before going trick or treating. Brianna was a ladybug, Katelyn was little red riding hood, Sam was Spiderman (even though he has no idea who that is), Leah was a clown, and Alex was Winnie the Pooh. The next picture is of the kids and their friends Caroline and Cecilia who live near us.

You might think this picture was of Halloween but it is actually today, the day after Halloween wearing some chapstick she got from a neighbor. She is not a subtle makeup user.

And this could be Halloween since Brianna is dressed as a bride. She wears this EVERYDAY!

Here is our cookout at the neighbor's house. We had a great time. We have the best neighbors!

Here are the pumkins the kids decorated. We had a daddy, mommy, and five baby pumpkins.

Leah's into stuff again

I already posted once about Leah getting into the vegtables I brought home from the store. Here is another example. She decided to eat parts of not one, but 6 apples even biting through the bag even though one end of the bag was open. You would think we don't feed her.

This was after we got out the Halloween pumpkins after Heath's birthday the other night. She decided to flip them over and stand on them. The rims are not flat either, they wobble where the handles are. This took her many tries and she did it over and over for at least an hour.

Brianna's Biking

Brianna finally decided about a month ago to have daddy take off her training wheels. She had been scared to do it but now wants to be like the big neighborhood kids. She was so frustrated the first day but riding like a pro on her second day without training wheels. Amazing how quickly she picked it up. It just took a little confidence.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy 36th birthday to my wonderful husband on October 19th! The kids were almost as excited about his birthday as their own. As long as they get cake they are happy. We made a homemade very yummy Tres Leches cake and the kids made lots of signs for daddy!

Thanks mom and dad!

Mom and Dad came to stay with us for 3 days. Mom helped watch the kids and clean while dad helped with some carpentry work. Heath also took off a day to get some things done. Here's what is now done on our new house.

Dad built this beautiful bench for our kitchen before he came and stained it once he got here. We needed the extra storage and sitting room with 7 at the table soon. He also installed a banister low enough for the kids on the basement stairs since Leah already fell down once.

These storage shelves were much needed in our unfinished basement.

He also added extra storage space to our walk in attic which takes up about half of the upstairs of our house and installed a door on our garage storage closet. Thanks!!!!