Happy Halloween

The kids had a great time trick or treating tonight. Justin had a Halloween party at school and Megan had a pajama party at preschool. Justin dressed as Spiderman, Megan was Cinderella and Kyle was a little gorilla this year.

Another Blustery One

We were so excited that it wasn't raining today we decided to go to Blake's Orchard and Cider Mill. However, it was COLD and WINDY!! We didn't stay too long, but the kids had a good time. Yesterday was Justin's last outdoor soccer game for this year. He has really enjoyed his first experience with soccer. Gary and I love watching him, however, I could do without all the rain EVERY weekend!! Gary's birthday was today. It is nice to be the same age again, for the past 26 days I have been the "older woman".

Beautiful Fall Day

It is awesome to finally have a beautiful fall day. Since the end of September it has been cold and rainy, it feels like winter started way early this year. Justin and Megan are thrilled that Mommy is finally letting them go outside to play for as long as they want today. I had a MOPS meeting this morning, which I always enjoy. It is my second year coordinating the group at our church. While I enjoy it all, it is much more relaxing at this point in the year now that the planning is completed and we can just sit back and enjoy the meetings. The kids are really looking forward to Halloween. Justin is going to dress up like Spiderman, Megan will be Cinderella and Kyle is going to be a Gorilla. I am sure I will get lots of photos to share with you. I discovered today that using Slide.com, I can update and add photos/scrapbook pages on the Slide.com website and it automatically updates my Blog page. Very handy feature, so I did move the Slide and enlarge it on the Blog page. Hopefully, you will be able to see the pictures better. I was studying my calendar this morning and realized that we will be coming to Iowa in 3 weeks and 2 days. It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is coming up so quickly. We leave for Iowa on Saturday, November 18th and plan to stay until the following Saturday, November 25th. I am hoping things work out and that Ryan, Lisa and Matthew will be able to join us at Mom and Dad's in Adel over Thanksgiving. We are anxious to make a personal aquaintance with our new nephew/cousin. (For those of you who don't know Ryan and Lisa had a baby boy on September 18th) Matthew's pictures are adorable, but there is nothing like snuggling with a little one.

Hi Everyone!!

I was scheduled to work today, but the call to cancel me came at 5:40 this morning. I will be sad when payday arrives, but I have to admit I am always glad when the call comes and I can roll over and catch a few more winks. Gary and I were busy with housework yesterday in preparation for me being gone all day today, so I had some extra free time when Kyle laid down for his nap this morning and I stumbled across this "Make your own Blog" site and thought I would give it a try. I have gotten really bad at correspondance and even phone calls lately. It seems someone always "needs" me for "something". Justin is now five and has suddenly developed an interest in practicing his writing, drawing pictures and coloring and painting. They are all great activities, however, keeping Kyle off the kitchen table where Justin is working is a full time job. I can't tell you how many crayons Kyle has eaten recently. Megan, my independant and willful 3 year old, has turned into a computer game freak and has gotten pretty good and turning on the computer and starting things up for herself. Kyle just turned 17 months and seems to be in to or on top of EVERYTHING. I must take him off of our kitchen table at least 50 times a day and he loves tormenting his siblings by turning the TV on and off and on and off over and over again while they are trying to watch a favorite program. You can imagine the racket that Justin and Megan make over that and if you can't I will describe it to you as LOUD!! Well, I hear Kyle waking, time for me to log off for now. Have a Blessed Day! Love, Danielle