Beyleese Naminat everyone!

Can you believe it is that time of year again? Maybe for some of you, it isn't yet, but it sure is at our house. Sunday night we thought it would be a good idea to write letters and our kids agreed. However, they didn't have grandma and grandpa in mind like we did (sorry guys). Here is what we ended up with:


They are both asking for some sparkly doll. Does anyone know what that is? Apparently someone in Avery's class brought it for show and tell. We are already dealing with peer pressure. And let me explain the Dolly and Kenny music we have going on. If you don't appreciate it (and there is a good chance that you don't) I am only somewhat sorry. I'm sure that everyone has their specific songs that when they hear causes sugar plums to dance in their heads. Dolly and Kenny happen to do it for me (and most of my family-although not my poor, poor husband). If you can believe it, they have a whole record of Christmas music. Yes, I said record-I'm not sure they would have felt the need to make it into CD form when that started happening, or even tape form before that. My sisters and I have every song on it memorized, including the skips. FYI: If you were born after records became obsolete, they skip when they get scratched. We would turn on the Christmas lights, sing and dance to the music and it is was oh so magical. Ah, Dolly and Kenny. I thought they were married. But they aren't, even though they are dressed as Mr. and Mrs. Santa on the record cover. I recently saw Kenny on tv and his real wife is probably my age. I'm not exaggerating.

And so, as Avery would sing (loudly), "Beyleese Naminat" and "Heck the Dolls" everyone!

Happy Halloween!

We had another successful Halloween this year, complete with pumpkin carving, multiple trick-or-treatings, way too much candy, and stomach aches from eating way too much candy. It was great!

Here are our kids in action:

We had some help with the carving from the neighborhood kids. In family prayer one night, Avery prayed that she would find the biggest, wartiest pumpkin ever. And, as you can see, her prayers were answered (her arm is inside her very warty pumpkin).






We trick-or-treated 3 times! Ryan got the hang of it pretty quick and held his greedy hands out any time anyone was passing out candy. That increased our haul significantly. Way to go, Ryan!





In case you can't tell, Avery is a mermaid, Maren is a poodle and Ryan is a horse. I'm pretty sure we have enough candy to live on for the next year, so if a disaster happens, feel free to come by my house and we'll share our wealth (as for food--that one is a little slower coming). Maybe next time we should just trick-or-treat with canned goods.