Happy Birthday Sadie!

Sadie Dog turns 6 today. We hope that she will be around for many more years. She's great with the kids, and we just don't know what we'd do without her (although the house would be a bit quieter). We made cupcakes in honor of her birthday and will be having them tonight. Sadie will even get to have one (we didn't frost it).

Here's a picture of Sadie right after we got her:

Here she is this summer:

SNOW!

I thought I'd share a video from Friday. Andrew was very excited when we opened the curtains and it was snowing, Jenna just seemed interested in finding out why he was all excited, so we went out to play in the snow for bit. It didn't stick around for very long, but the kids enjoyed it while it was here. I'm sure it won't be too much longer before it'll be here to stay!

Trick or Treat

Here are a few pics from Halloween.

Our little kiss:

Andrew showing us how he can fly:

Hanging out with the Schultz's:

The Parade

We had our neighborhood Trick-or-Treating parade this past weekend on Saturday. It was a lot of fun, and thankfully the weather was good. The Ihrke's were here for a visit.....I think they'd agree that we have an unusual but fun neighborhood. The adults enjoyed the big people treats that were passed out along the route (beer or coffee w/ bailey's), and the kids each came home with a fair amount of candy. Jenna even got into the trick-or-treating - it only took a few house for her to realize that they were giving her candy, and then she was all about making sure they noticed her :)

Here are a few pictures from this weekend:

Getting ready to go:

During the parade:

Super Andrew:

The gang:

Pumpkins!

The kids and I picked up some pumpkins at the farmers market, so we carved them up last week.....it was a bit of an adventure. We went with very simple designs this year - there were too many 'helpers' to do anything too elaborate!

Jenna loves markers so she spent a lot of time coloring the newspaper on the floor, and herself. Andrew wanted to draw faces on the pumpkins, and help cut out the faces.

16 Months Old!

Miss Jenna turned 16 months old on the 21st. She welcomed the occasion by cutting a tooth...yuck! Here's a few recent pics of her.

Insisting on wearing shoes w/ her jammies:

You can't catch me!:

Helping Mom make cookies:

Peek-a-boo! (she's trying to do a somersault):

And last but not least, here she is in pig tails (kinda of):

Concert on the couch

We've been privileged to have a nightly concert. Andrew is lead vocals, with Jenna doing back-up vocals, and dancing.

Sorry, the video is a little dark.