Sunday, October 31

Marla October 31, 2010

Molly, Stephen, Adam and Cole on a ride at Six Flags (left side of photo). We went up there for "Fright Fest". It was a nice, cold Halloween day.

Jen October 31, 2010

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Happy Halloween! James and Emily loved going trick or treating. James even said tricky treat! It was soo cute. Emily and James were excited to see their candy.

Miranda October 31, 2010

Popeye (Gianni) and a lady bug (Maggie - my friend Mandi's daughter) ready to go trick or treating!




**I'm back! My camera was broken for a while!**

Margie October 31, 2010

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Maureen October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween!

Saturday, October 30

Marla October 30, 2010

Eric and I went to see "The Social Network" tonight. The movie has been out for about a month but, the theater was packed.

Jen October 30, 2010

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Tonight I made yummy chicken cheese enchiladas they were sooooo good. I never cooked like this before. at first I wasn't sure if I could do it with out help but I did it! I also did it while I was watching my neighbors daughter. Then I went over to her house to put her to sleep and wait for her mom and dad. Very busy day.

Maureen October 30, 2010

This is about one third of the kids that a couple of other mothers & I had to keep quiet in this room during two performances, today. They did pretty good for the first one. Not so much for the second one. Spending this much time with other people's children, though, almost always makes me appreciate mine more.

Friday, October 29

Marla October 29, 2010

Cole's 5th grade class

Jen October 29, 2010

Today its Jessica's 19th birthday! I made a great dinner chicken with vegetables and rice. I didn't end up taking a picture of it cause it was gone so fast. I baked a pumpkin pie and had that for dessert. I really never cooked anything from scratch The most difficult thing i've made was mac and cheese. I am now starting to learn to cook. If you have any great recipes please send them my way. I am really liking to cook.

Maureen October 29, 2010

Walking home from the bus stop. You can't see him here, but Stephen was creeping through the parking lot behind her, trying to sneak up on us. He needs more ninja training :-)

Thursday, October 28

Jen October 26, 2010

There was a bad fire and they blocked the street I needed to go down to get to my dr. appointment.

Jen October 25, 2010

Picture with the finished pumpkin and baked my pumpkin seeds they were ok. I'm going to try a different recipe next time.

Jen October 24, 2010

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carved the little pumpkin and got the seeds out cleaned them and i'm going to bake them tomorrow. I also am now making emily's baby food now. Love how much I'm saving and knowing how healthy it is.

Jen October 23, 2010

got my little pumpkin for my little baby.

Jen October 22, 2010

Daddy is been gone for a little while and he is back now.

Jen October 20, 2010

Today Emily is 11 months old. I ironed on my pumpkin face. Ready for Halloween.

Jen October 18, 2010

Today was Janet and Brady's last day. we are going to miss them soo much!

Jen October 17, 2010

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went out with Brady and Janet, Joe and the kids. We went to a museum. It was a beautiful day! We had so much fun!! Plus later on that night Me and Janet played " Just Dance" for wii. It was so much fun a what a work out!

Maureen October 28, 2010

I finally found the time to make an appointment to meet with the food service representative for the school district. She gave me all kinds of ingredient lists and preparation information so that we could decide which school lunch menu items were safe for Shelby & which weren't. He's having hot lunch at school, tomorrow!

Marla October 28, 2010

Something (or someone) has been gnawing on our pumpkins.

Wednesday, October 27

Maureen October 27, 2010

Just before dinner, we decided to go out & try to fly a kite in the blustery wind. The kite flew great, although kind of crazy at times. Then the string broke & the kids had fun chasing it across the park.

Marla October 27, 2010

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Cole had to make a trading card for school.

Molly October 27, 2010

Can you say YUM! I think I could live on this.

Tuesday, October 26

Monday, October 25

Marla October 25, 2010

It was a beautiful day to walk home from work.

Maureen October 25, 2010

Westboro Baptist Church was planning to protest North Central College's screening of the movie, 'Anatomy of Hate'. The students planned a counter-protest & celebration of the power of love. Westboro didn't show up, but the students were awesome!

Sunday, October 24

Molly October 24, 2010

Lunch with Maggie and the gang!

Marla October 24, 2010

Notice they are using a pink ping pong ball...it's in honor of breast cancer awareness month.

Maureen October 24, 2010

Annie & I finished her Halloween costume, today. She is a Cedar Waxwing, which is the type of bird that we found at the dog park a couple of months ago.

Saturday, October 23

Marla October 23, 2010

The student council members went to rake leaves for an elderly couple today (for "Make a Difference day"). It rained on them but, they got the job done.

Maureen October 23, 2010

Annie's brownie troop volunteered at Feed My Starving Children this morning. Shelby & I went with, too. It was a great experience!

Thursday, October 21

Marla October 21, 2010

I went to the fabric store today...so many fun prints. I wanna make something out of that monkey material.

Maureen October 21, 2010

They have so much to teach her in the upcoming years

Wednesday, October 20

Marla October 20, 2010

We had an author/illustrator at school today his name was Jeff Weigel. Cole is in a black shirt in about the middle of the photo.

Maureen October 20, 2010

Madi's great big bowl of ice cream!

Tuesday, October 19

Marla October 19, 2010

I was at another doctor appointment today. Nothing seriously wrong with me, I just tend to do this...get all of my appointments at the same time of year and then I'm done for a while. I had an eye doctor appointment today at 10:30...I was completely amazed that I was called into an examination room so quickly (Less than 10 minutes).

Maureen October 19, 2010

Playing a new card game that we got for Jim for a very, very early birthday present. Annie & Jim have been playing all kinds of board games, card games & role-playing games, lately.

Monday, October 18

Marla October 18, 2010

I have been having numbness/tingling in my legs and arms. The doctor ordered and MRI to check out my lower back. I've never had one before, I had to keep telling myself that it would be over soon and that I'd be ok.

Maureen October 18, 2010

Allison spent the afternoon and evening here at home, tonight. It was nice having her around again.