Senas birthday bonfire

At the river... hunting for "shiny" rocks

trick-or-treating at the zoo

Happy 12th Birthday Sena!

My sweet Cinderella, 12 years old today. It seems just yesterday I was carrying you around on my hip. You were such a mamas girl. Time goes so fast. You are a wonderful daughter and sister, we all love you very much! I hope you have an awesome day!

The last week has been just crazy. We celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. We spent the day be-boping around. Chad took me to the best store I have ever been to in my life, it was a children's boutique with the most beautiful clothing. I could live there. (I couldn't afford to buy anything there!) I would love to own a store like that! We had a fabulous lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. We brought home two pieces of cheesecake for all of us to share, mmm....

We also drove around in the country trying to find the perfect place to take photos of Rilynn wearing my latest T-Dress made from horse fabric. We ended up calling a friend who has horses and going to their house. It was perfect! Rilynn got to sit on a little horse named "oreo" and pet all the others. She even got to meet "sniffles" the pig! It was a fun time and I got some great shots!

Last weekend we headed to Rochester for Sena's state soccer tournament. The whole thing turned into a disaster when at 4 am Saturday morning Chad got the stomach flu. I will spare you the gory details. I ended up driving the boys home to their beds (Kristian wasn't feeling well either) and Sena stayed with her team. Sena called me after the game crying hysterically, I will also spare you the gory details of that situation. It was a horrible weekend. I am glad it is the beginning of a new week!

The last game

Kristians team played their last game this week. It was the worst of the season! I cant even get myself to type the score it was so bad! The season had its ups and downs for Kristian, but I have to admit that I am sad that it is over, I totally enjoyed it! The stadium here is right in the middle of town and is just beautiful. I cant imagine a better way to spend my fall evenings than watching my kid play ball there.

my kitchen window

I have the most beautiful kitchen window right now. On the counter sits the yellow carnation that I got from Kristian on parents night. Hanging from a string is a painted cross/chime that Sena made for me at church. Stuck to the window is a fall tree that Ri made me at school. And behind all of that our sugar maple tree is showing all of its beauty right now. Doing dishes has never been so pleasurable!

silly girl!

Happy 35th birthday!

Wow! Can you even believe that you are 35? I have known you for 17 years. That is just weird. I hope that even though we dont have anything special planned, you still enjoy your birthday!

FREE T P

We woke this morning to toilet paper streaming from our trees and all over the driveway. Tonight is homecoming. Kristian plays varsity. His birthday was last week. Need I say more?

October poem

You can’t hold magic in your hands
Or touch a memory
Or lock a sunset in a room
Where it will always be.
But when you see October start
If you are one like me
You want the shining afternoons
To last for all eternity.
You want the sumac’s splash of fire
And soft winds to ever blow;
And though the splendorbreaks your heart,
You cant let it go.
You want each glorious day preserved;
You long to hold them fast;
Your soul oftentimes yarns to keep
Those things that cannot last.

Mildred Keiser

Ri's haircut

Today Rilynn went to kids hair for a cut. (a trim really) The gal was so sweet and did such a nice job with her. She gave her a little braid and sprayed vanilla hair spray on it. She even got princess glitter sparkles in her hair when she was done!

Parents day

Saturday was parents day for the boys varsity soccer team. Us moms got to wear our sons away jerseys (I stole Kristian's warm-up pants too!) and at half time the parents got to go out on the field with the boys. The boys all gave their moms a hug and handed them a yellow carnation. I made it throughout the whole thing without crying!