Thanksgiving 2007

My fabulous family...



Last Thanksgiving we stayed in Leavenworth at a beautiful cabin (mansion). It was so fun! We ended with flurries of snow, it was so fun to be bundeled up and see the sights of Leavenworth all lit up.

Wedding

My Wedding...

I loved my wedding. If I could only have it once a year...

Halloween 2007

I have grown to love halloween. Valentines day used to be my favorite holiday, red everywhere and the hearts and chocolate and flowers...I'm over it! Maybe it was because Eric never really got into the whole it's a girl holiday thing? But now that autmn is in the air and I see adds for costumes and scary spiders and the pumpking growing ever so large in my back yard, maybe I am ready for a new favorite holiday, Halloween!

The girls are talking and planning for their costumes andI get to dress Alli up (haven't decided what she should be so if you've got ideas send them my way). Maybe it's the change of seasons, the opprotunity to wear warm sweaters and new jeans. Maybe brisk morning walks, ones where your breath trails behind you in a cloud of smoke...? Maybe it is the thought that Halloween is the kick off really to all the important holidays that follow and the good food that comes with them? I love planning holiday meals, Thanksgiving turkey dinner, Christmas Prime Rib, Mmmm I can't wait. Bring it on Fall!

So today I am really missing my friend Heather. She was my other half all the way through college and we are two peas in a pod. However she moved away about a year and a half ago to Virginia. I have only seen her twice. And as much as I would like to say that we talk all the time, we don't. She's busy, she has two girls, one 13 and the other is 11 months. She also just started back to school to get her BSN. I too am busy with my life.

Heather is one of those friend that you could pick up where you left off even if it was 23 years later. There is this comfortable feeling to our friendship. I wouldn't trade it for the world, I wouldn't trade her for the world!

Wonder where she gets it???

So this is Allison's new favorite outfit

She isn't picky about the variety of boots or the shirt for that matter.

Red boots work, green shirts work, as long as there are no pants involved!

Back to the Grind

First day back to school...ugh? So the girls headed back to school today with some mixed emotions mainly from me. I don't know why but this year was really hard for me. Maybe it was because Emily is almost wearing the same size clothes or amybe because they headed off to a new school? Each year they beg me to come into their class room and take first day pictures and I do. I admit I got a bit tear-y eyed after seeing them march to their tables and not "need" me. Thats good though, right?

This year was different because they are starting at a new school, same neighborhood, but a new school was built and the boundry includes our home. They were quite sad at first when they found out that they would be leaving friends behind at a school they felt so comfortable in but on the other hand were looking forward to new and exciting rooms, halls, teachers, friends and yes technology!

The morning came early and went fast as follows:

7am mom up having morning coffee (other wise I am a bear!)

7:30 girls up, Alli too, dressed and hair done

7:45 mom showered and getting ready, girls eating cookie crisp ( unhealthy I know but I dare not fight with tem on the first day!)

8:30 make beds and do finishing touch on hair, clothes and lunches

8:55 head to car and off to school, Alli in tow!

The new school is a "walking" school due to the fact that all the 480 students live w/in 1 mile of it. However, I don't feel comfortable having the girls walk 1 mile down hills to school so I am planning on driving them either to the bus stop (3/4 mile away) or to school. Knowing my children, it will probably be to school because they (okay and me too) are always late!

Alli and I spent the day out and about, the Library, shopping etc. I think she missed sisters. She was a bit disoriented, watching Handy Many with out Emily...

The girls got out at 3:20 and were all smiles, despite being too hot from over dressing. Meghan has two teachers, they are team teaching, she loves them both! Emily has a substitute because they had an unexpected large student enrollment in the last week, over 100 kids?! They said she will have a permanent teacher with in a week, we pray!

Overall they had a good day and were very calm and tired when they got home. I only can hope this is the tone for the rest of the year....we'll see about that?

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