The circus is in town

We recently had the opportunity to go to the circus. We all had such a great time. Here are a few pictures of some of our favorite parts at the circus.

Pumpkin Walk

There is an annual event at the girls' school called the pumpkin walk. It is such a fun tradition where each class decorates pumpkins according to a theme based on positive character traits.

McKayla's theme this year was: I am 'grapeful' for_____. Her class decorated their pumpkins like a bunch of purple grapes. She filled in the information with, I am 'grapeful' for my family because they love me.

Kamryn's theme was: Friendship is so easy a caveman can do it. Her class decorated their pumpkins like cavemen. On hers she wrote, "I'm a friend when I include someone in a game"

My little lady

I have this tradition with my girls that when they turn 3 they get to get their ears pierced. We have been telling Morgan since her birthday in July that we would go get her some earrings. The day finally came and we took her to get some. She was so excited, (she had no idea how those cute little earrings were getting into her ears). She picked out the most adorable little pink flower earrings and sat in the chair like such a big girl.


Then.......wait, what are they doing?

Ouch! That hurt!!
Hold on, I think I have earrings
So that is how they get in my ears. I love them!


Editors note: No tears were shed in the ear piercing process.

Happy Birthday Kamryn!

Kamryn recently celebrated her 10th birthday. Can you believe she is 10 already? She wanted to take her friends to this new facility called Jump on It. It has over 9000 sq. ft. of jumping space. There are trampolines that are connected so you can jump from one to another. They cover most of the area. And are so much fun to play on.

Then they have a few inflatables on the side to play on also. There are other things like velcro walls, etc. but we didn't venture into them.

The girls had a ball and were totally worn out by the time the party was over.

I'm sure everyone slept really well that night my kids sure did!

Kamryn had a great time at her party. Happy birthday Kam!!!

Little miss Mo

Morgan just cracks me up sometimes. There have been several times at night when I go to check on her and can't tell which is the back of her head and which is her face. When I go to move her hair off her face I find out it is actually the back of her head! All of that hair just goes everywhere.

This was one of those nights.

Annual Family Boating Trip

I'm finally posting some pictures of our annual family boating trip. It has been a tradition in our family for the past 9 years to rent a boat and spend the day fishing, swimming and eating! The kids look forward to it every summer and can't wait until the day arrives. The past two years we have rented a room at the lodge that has 6 beds and fits both families, plus dad comfortably. We stay up way too late and enjoy playing cards, laughing and spending time together. This year the adults were probably a little too loud and had to be reminded to quiet down. It has been fun to watch over the years as our families have changed. New babies have been born, nieces and nephews have gotten married, etc.


McKayla loves catching the fish, but is terrified once they are in the boat flopping all over the place. Her princess pole always brings her luck!

Morgan is ready to catch a big one with her Barbie pole but later gives up when she realizes you actually have to wait for them to bite.

Jordan, Kamryn, and Mykelin were determined to go swimming even though the water was freezing.





The true sign at the end of the day that this was another successful boating trip......everyone was exhausted!

It's a bird, It's a plane......no it's a bird - again!

It seems that when Angelo and I go out to eat there is usually a lot of excitement at our house. For the second time while we have gone out a bird has flown straight into one of our windows. This time the kids tried to nurse it back to health. I'm sure it was a rude awakening when it was just flying along and bam! it comes to an abrupt halt. Of course one of the first things I asked the kids when I found out they touched it, was "did you wash your hands really good?" I am so proud of my germ-conscious-kids we've raised, they even took it a step further and wore gloves!!!