Turkey Day!

For Thanksgiving, the girls and i joined my parents for a trip to Iowa to see my Grandma, Aunt and Uncle. My cousin and his family were also there. The 3 days were filled with playing, laughing, eating, and more eating. All I can say is that I am truly BLESSED to have such a terrific family!

On the road again...

Hanging out with Granma Great

Playing in the pool (aka: hot tub)

Catching a ride...giddy up!

Izzy LOVED every second that she
was able to play with Dori and Dayna

My little turkey!

(Sophie carried that turkey around like it was her baby)

Drew showed Izzy and Sophie where to put

Baby Jesus in the Nativity scene.

Sisters with their grandkids!

Wordless Decorating

If only time would slow down

Wow, what 15 short months can do.

My little girls are growing up to fast!!

Aug 2008 Izzy 15 months Sophie 4 months

Nov 2009 Izzy 2 1/2 Sophie 18 months

You are my Sunshine...

Isabelle and Sophia,
You both make me happy when skies are gray! And there have been some pretty gray skies the last few weeks...but every night that I come home from work, exhausted and crabby, you know how to make me forget. I'm thankful for all your hugs and kisses, smiles and giggles! I love you.
XOXOX

Love, Mommy

Happy Halloween!

Our halloween weekend was a blast! My school held a halloween carnival for the kids on Friday, so we took advantage of all the fun. Izzy loved playing the games...while Sophie slept through most of it. Oh, well. We invited Emily and her girls, Alyssa and Tristen, to go with us.

On Saturday, we spent the evening with my parents. The girls were great helpers, passing out candy to all the scary ghosts and goblins that came to the door. I decided I would give the door-to-door trick or treating a try...so the girls and I hit the street. Mrs. Sara (who I work with) lives two houses down from my parents...so I figured it was a safe place to start. Both girls loved it so much, they wanted to go to the next house, then the next house, and so on. I can't wait for next year...

Daddy and Izzy at the carnival

I'm so silly...I threw the bean bag in his mouth!

Granma and Izzy doing the candy bar walk

The ring toss with Alyssa and Tristen

(The ballerina and the red dragon)

Mrs. Kim helping Izzy pin the nose

on the witch

Getting ready for our big night of Trick or Treating

Mrs. Sara's house

Come on Mom...lets go to the next house!

Our final stop was Granma and Granpa's

Our Silly Bumble Bee

Our Precious Lady Bug

Where did they go?

Resting with Granpa after a long night of fun!

Izzy already broke into her bag of goodies

and found a sucker ;-)

Decorating Time!

Last Wednesday we spent the evening decorating our pumpkins.

Izzy decided she wanted every color on her pumpkin

Sophie did great...with daddy supervision

Carving the pumpkin

Tim's finished masterpiece

Sophie checking it out...not really sure what to think

The perfect one...

We missed going to the pumpkin patch when we were in Minnesota due to the cold weather...so we did the next best thing, found a local pumpkin patch. I'm sure it wasn't as grand as the one in Minnesota, but it worked. All the proceeds go to the church youth group that sponsers the patch. The girls loved looking at all the pumpkins. Izzy picked out the perfect little ones for her and Sophie, while Tim found one for carving. Now the question is, what are we going to carve into that pumpkin?? Hmmmm...

"Mom, this one has bumps"

My little pumpkin looking for "the one"

Oh, Izzy...

To much going on to focus on smiling for the camera

What a great day for pumpkin hunting!