Nemo on Ice...By Lily Katherine

Hi! It's me Lily...I want to show you my pictures from Nemo on Ice. My Bobo bought me tickets for my birthday.

In this picture, I'm really happy to be driving to Nemo on Ice...


and these are my pretty, pink flower shoes...

This is a picture of Tate playing his DS all the way to Nemo on Ice...

and here's my mommy smiling...

Mommy took a picture of me and Tate before we went inside for Nemo on Ice...

And a picture of the SHARK...

Me and Mommy and Tate had fun at Nemo on Ice...

State Champ

Although we were sad we missed it, we wanted to send a shout out to Nonny and her Red Bank Lady Lions Vball Team for their state championship. The kids were so excited and wanted to share their enthusiasm with their own "Coach of the Year". So we dropped of some balloons and handmade cards to show her our love.

Congrats Nonny!

Super Mario and the Rainbow Unicorn

Before I begin this post, I have to say October has been rough. Between a trip to Michigan, a wedding in Knoxville, Guys' weekend, Robbie's work trip to Orlando, another guys weekend in Lexington, 2 sick children, and a 75 page report due to the state...I am shocked we survived. As you can see from this pic...

I am really looking forward to November. (Note my black braids and spiders...for Halloween I wanted to be anyone but myself :) So...I was Nonny!!)

Despite the madness, we were able to get in some classic Fall Fun.

Class Field Trips

Playing in the Leaves

Carving Pumpkins

And Trick R Treating

Here's to a great November!

Uncle John's Cidar Mill

What is a cidar mill, you ask? Well it looks something like this...

And yes...it also includes a pumpkin patch, corn maze and some pretty yummy cidar. On the road tomorrow...farewell blogging friends...until next weekend :)

Not So Midnight Almost Madness

Every trip things seem to be easier. I'm not sure if its a change in my kids, a change in Robbie and I or if we've just become comfortably numb...but 2009 has been a great year of travel for our family. This trip has been no different. This morning, Erin left to go to work, the boys slept in and the kids and I laid in the living room and watched cartoons. I actually fell asleep on the couch while the kids chilled out watching tv until 10:30...there are no words!!!

We then showered up and headed to meet Erin for lunch. After lunch we did a tour of Lansing and then headed to the mall for a bit. We came home to let Ace out before heading to the outlets for the evening. Now, if you calculated that, it meant...no naps for either child. I know you are all sitting on the edge of your seats waiting for the big kaboom...

After the outlets, we headed to BW3s so the boys could watch the livestream of Blue Madness for KY basketball. You can imagine how strange they looked hovered over their laptop in the middle of the restaurant. To make themselves look even more ridiculous, they were using Lily's pink earphones so they could hear it better. Isn't that a statement? I wished I had snapped more pics, but this is all I got.

About 9:15, I decided to stop testing fate and take the kids to the car and wait for the rest of the gang. The kiddos were just tucked into bed about 30 minutes ago.

I can only hope the Cider Mill and Chuck E Cheese go as well tomorrow. Gosh...it feels so great to blog again!!!

And Then There Were Holes...

Just like that...I mean it was just seconds...in a matter of moments, my precious, sweet, baby girl joined the club. She had been asking for months and I told her that if all went well, we could do it for her birthday. So tonight was the night my beaner went from toddler to woman...well not exactly. But she did get her ears pierced...devastating enough!

She was a real trooper...didn't even flinch.

And she is so proud of those things...I couldn't get her to go to bed tonight. She kept asking me if they were falling out. Oh...its gonna be a LONG journey with this one :)

We are so excited to be in Michigan to visit Uncle Adam & Aunt Erin.

We even got to have a double birthday celebration with Adam & Lily.

Stay tuned for more pics later this week.

Enchantment

Despite the rain, we had an enchanting afternoon at the Enchanted Maize for Lily's 4th birthday party.

A big thank you to these guys for withstanding the "not so ideal" circumstances.

Slick Vick and her Main Man, John

Melissa, "Skeletor", and Ryder (in belly)

Mish the Fish & "Anagail"

Heather and Zach Tack

Bran Flakes, Robey, Beetle Bug, and Baby Bryce

The Dirty Librarian, Gage and Stella

Nonster & Tateman

Arlyne & Brayden

MAC, Eli, and CaseFace

Bobo & Igglers

Le-Le & Tucker

Making guest appearances but not pictured were IMOM and LouLou Rude. The guests were real troopers through the "scattered showers" and the bad traffic getting there. And in the end, the enchanting butterfly princess was grinning from ear to ear.

A big thank you for making her 4th birthday a special day.