Pictures,Pictures, and more Pictures

We had one fun day last Sunday. A good friend of mine had a very nice camera, and she took LOTS of fun pics of the kids. They were just casual pics, but were adorable! I thought I would share a few of my favorites. There were over 100, but i will just share a few :)!

Some of Isabella:












and of course my precious Abigail:







and finally last but NOT least my handsome Elijah:

Nine Months

Isabella turned nine months on election day (some day huh?) anyway, she is getting so big!!!! On her 8 month check up, she was 21.9 lbs. So by now she has to be 22 lbs at least. She is starting to get her own personality (which can be a good and bad thing haha) She does not crawl like a normal baby, but she does scoot to wherever she wants to go. She has 4 teeth now, and this has made for some interesting nights. Just wanted to post a short video. Enjoy...

Fun Filled Friday

We have been so busy lately that I have not had a chance to post anything! Of course having a virus sweep through our house did not help. Anyway...Friday was really busy for us as well. Abigail's class had their "tall tale" day on Friday. Her school does not celebrate Halloween, but their class got to dress up as a famous "tall tale" character. Abigail wanted to go as Pocahontas. Since she looked so cute...we let her keep it on for Halloween night. This is what she looked like:



Elijah was a Knight! His class did not have anything special that day, but they did give out candy. He just loves a camera, can u tell?



well that leads me to the star of the show last night. I will let you figure this one out for yourself:







I do not know if you can read the wording on this bottom pic..but it says "lil stinker" well that is almost accurate. there is nothing "lil" about her! hahaha.




well the church had theit second annual trunk or treat friday night! we had over 400 kids come through. it was awesome! hope u enjoy the pics!

Thanks Scott for the cool award. We love your blog too. My friend Scott nominated me for a blog award. Cool. I would like to nominate one other blog that has NOT been on anyones list so far:

I would like to nominate Adam and Andrea at: http://southasiashefs.blogspot.com/

Mike and I met Adam and Andrea at the seminary in New Orleans. They are so sweet, and totally crazy (in a good way!) Their new baby is totally precious! Check em' out! You will agree!

Visitors

we had visitors this weekend. My sister and her children. It was so good to see them. Here's a cute pic of the kids:

of course we had 5 kids in the house at one time. after they left i really needed this:

instead, Abigail recieved this treatment.

she was invited to a birthday party where they had a "spa" treatment.

Must be nice!!!

All "Dolled" Up...

This is what happens when you are the last and final "baby" of the family.....

Just sayin'.....

Ambled...

Well this is a new one for me. My childrens' school is pushing a new concept this year. They are introducing what they call "robust vocabulary." The idea is to introduce these big words to these young children. Now do not get me wrong, I love this idea. They are trying to increase the student's level of understanding. My first grader's words consist of "capacity, underestimate, and ambled." I have to admit I had no idea what ambled meant. Apparently, it means to "walk at a slow pace." Hmm....I do not know when or if he will ever use that word, but he sure will know what it means. My daughter's words are "heed, opinionated, blockades, inappropriate, ect.." Each week the school adds new words. I think they are starting to sink in. The other day Abigail says "Mom, why do you think SpongeBob is inappropriate for us to watch?" I thought to myself.."wow, she used it correctly and everything."