Thursday, November 5

Halloween 2009

So here's the Halloween pictures. Jordan carved a explorer on the front and a shadow mummy on the back. You can't see the mummy, but he did it all himself and I think he did an excellent job. Calvin picked an evil spider and Kaylee designed her own. That was exactly what she wanted and Daddy did it for her.

So now on to trick-or-treating. Where I had a crisis earlier in the day. Kaylee wanted to be an angel. She fell in love with this costume at the store. It said everything was included. Halo and all. But come to find out...no halo. You absolutely cannot be an angel without a halo. I was slightly freaking out...just slightly. So I went to my most creative friend and pratically begged for help. Most everyone knows that I am not the most creative person. My solution was to use some aluminum foil. Well Carla, that's my most wonderful friend, said a very forceful "NO!". So, what you see on Kaylee's head is our creation (mostly hers). It's a little bulky, but everyone knew she was an angel, a most beautiful angel at that. And she was happy!! Which is the most important. I give my heartfelt thanks to Carla for all her help. She's the best! Calvin is a fearsome ninja. I had to doctor that one as well. the costume fit very well, except for the hood. I had to split the seem at the back so it would fit his head and put in a mouth slice so he could breathe. I know ninja's don't show the mouth, but he had to breathe! And then there is Jordan, who wanted to be a pirate again. I just about fell to my knees in gratitude for him being so easy. We already had it!! All in all it was a fun night. The picture at the end is Carla's kids and her eldest daughter's friend and our three. They got so much candy though!! It's awful! LOL And the weather was sooo nice! The kids could get away with clothes on under their costumes and no coats. That doesn't happen here very often. We had a wonderful Halloween!!






















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Saturday, February 2

Kaylee's 4th Birthday

Hello everyone!! Since Jason is taking a nice hot trip to the Middle East, I will be taking over the blog duties for awhile. This is my trial run, (with supervision, of course). But I will do my best to uphold the standards that Jason has set forth. HA! HA!

Today we celebrated Kaylee's 4th birthday. Her actual birthday is Feb. 5th, but Jason is leaving Monday, so we did it early. She has been asking everyday since Christmas if it's her birthday. She was soo excited that it finally arrived.


We took her to the park, because she loves it so much.
Luckily she didn't want to stay too long because it was so cold.


She absolutely loved this dress from Great-Grandma.
She calls it her "new Cinderella dress".

A book of Princess stories she has been asking for.

Grandma made her this blanket for the baby doll she got for Christmas.


So that's my first effort. How did I do? I have more respect for those of you who do this all the time. It takes forever!! But I will try my hardest to update this regularly. Goodbye for now!

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Sunday, November 18

Saturday, Birthday Money and Bowling

Today we took Jordan and Calvin to spend some of their birthday money from their Nana (that is my mom). So off we went to the BXTRA on RAF Mildenhall and the first place they head it is to the Bionicles section of the toys. As soon as we got home they started putting together their Bionicles and playing battle. For those who do not know what they are you can visit www.bionicles.com.

Before heading home though we stopped off at the bowling alley for a quick game. I didn't do too hot and only bowled a 154 (OUCH!) but the kids did real well. (Sorry I forgot to grab the camera!)

Daddy - 154
Jordan - 108
Calvin - 97
Kaylee - 86

Marsha doesn't like to bowl so she cheered us on.

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Monday, July 2

Kaylee's First Haircut

Today Kaylee got here first real haircut. She has had her bangs trimmed and such in the past but nothing like this. I wasn't too excited about it but I let Marsha do it anyways. I like it even though she looks like a differant little girl.

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After:

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Tuesday, May 22

Kids Playing In Sandbox

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Jordan, Kaylee and Calvin
It was a real nice day today, about 21 degrees celsius (70 degrees farenheit) and not a rain cloud in the sky! So after I mowed the lawn, it really needed it, Calvin and Kaylee played in the sandbox. When Jordan got home from school and finished his homework he went outside with them. I am not sure if we have ever shared a picture of our backyard, so below is two pictures I spliced together so you could see the whole backyard. The brick structure behind the swingset is our garage.


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Our backyard

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Sunday, February 11

Kaylee's 3rd Birthday

Last Monday night Kaylee finally got to open her presents, which she had to look at all day sitting in the living room. Marsha made her favorite kind of cake, lemonade ice cream cake but unfortunately not a favorite of our kids! Here are some pictures for you, ENJOY!






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