Our First Snowfall!!

So we just got our first "real" snowfall of this winter. We just barely got enough to cover the ground, the snow on grass stayed but the snow on the sidewalk and roads quickly turned to ice(which made Josh get home one hour late.) When Josh got home he took the kids out for a couple of minutes. Just long enough to make snow angels, run circles and lick the snow off the different items in the yard that were never taken inside. The kids were sooo excited for the snow!!

A fun weekend with "TWINS"

This weekend we got to watch Ava (my brothers little girl) while him and Tabatha went on a little mini-vacation. It was soo much fun. Lucie had soo much fun with a little girl around to play with all the time. They went down the stairs on their bums, played babies(ALOT), and had a fun little sleepover. They are both beat right now and sleeping on the couch! They are only four months apart so I kind of felt like I had twins!!

Grant came downstairs and asked how to spell NO, I asked why and he said he was going to make a sign that said "NO little kids allowed" and put it on his door. I showed him and he copied it, and then he drew two little people on his picture-one of Lucie and one of AVA, and he taped it to his door, he then very proudly showed the girls. Lucie then came down and asked for a piece of paper so she could put "NO big kids" on her door.

THE look and a drive home!

This is one of the few posts I will do that is not about my kids, but being a kid. As a kid I knew everything, just ask me-I would have told you. Time after time my parents would sit back, watch me make mistakes and help me learn, grow, and love me anyway.

I remember being warned not to leave West Bend one night as a teenager, but I knew better and ended up two hours away, lost, alone in the middle of the night. I made a phone call and my dad came to pick me up-he was rather quiet but gave me THE look, and drove me home.

A few years later right after I graduated high school I moved to Chicago with a friend of mine, I KNEW it was the right decision. Four months later I made a phone call late at night and the next morning, there was my dad he drove down to Chicago, he was rather quiet but gave me THE look and drove me home.

This was my life, I KNEW everything, and time after time, after being "right" there were my parents with THE look, and usually driving me home.

I am 30 now, and have things changed??

Well that leads me to today, it was a beautiful November day, almost 70 degrees, so when I got done at work I decided to take my kids to a park that is on the way home and kind of out in the country, so of course I was the only one there. About five minutes after I got there a car pulled up next to the van and a guy got out and put his chair RIGHT next to my car and just sat there watching me and the kids.
After thinking for a minute I called my dad, told him about the man and he said "I am in the area, I will be there in 3 to 4 minutes." For anyone who knows my dad, he isn't the strongest or fastest person out there, but he pulled up, gave me THE same look, and followed me and the kids home.

What is "THE LOOK", it is unconditional love and safety! I am soo grateful to have parents that love me and that would do anything for me. I am sure that nothing would have happened, and I am not sure why my dad was in the area BUT I am so glad he was so he could, give me THE look, and follow me home.
I love you mom and dad!!

Maybe tomorrow this will be us. Not because of my vote.

One of those days!!!!

It has been one of those days where I feel like I am getting nothing done, my kids have faught about EVERYTHING!! Just when I think "wow-it is quiet they must be getting along, there they go AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN. After a long day it is five o'clock and we have friends coming over for dinner but I just want to go to bed, so I go into the front room where we have our big sectional couch. This is our couch

And this is what I find.....
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Awwww, that is so cute, I love my kids!!

Halloween-finally!

Our town always does Trick or Treating the Sunday before Halloween, so it just dragged on this year, I am so glad it is over!! I feel like we had Halloween overkill this year. Yesterday we had our church Halloween party, the kids had a blast. I signed my dad up for Trunk or Treating and I think he had tons of fun also!! We were able to bring my brothers little girl, Ava-who was also Tinkerbell, so Lucie and Ava had a blast!!


These are the outfits my mom made for Lucie and baby LuLu, Grant and Josh have a matching tie also but I didn't have my camera last sunday, so this were taken on Thursday!!

A man at our church has a little tractor type ride that he does for the kids at all of our church parties.



I love this picture, my dad was waiting to start Trunk or Treating, it's adorable!!


Besides mom(he is a big momma's boy) Grant has two "girl" loves, Havalynne(his favorite person EVER), and a little girl at church called Sarah, this is him and Sara running around at the party!!

This is our kids future!