Ella's Christmas Wish

Ella had perfect timing loosing some teeth recently, as much as you can! She now no longer has to wonder what she'll ask for Christmas (not like it's a real problem anyway!) All she wants for this Chirstmas is "Her two front teeth"! I came home from work this past Friday to find Ella with her remaining front tooth blowing in and out of her mouth with each breath she took. Jason said she would not let him touch her mouth but as I was Mommy, maybe I could convince her. Needless to say I did finally persuade her to let me get the obviously very, very loose tooth out of her mouth. I had barely touched the tooth and it fell out in the tissue I was holding. You can see Ella's proud results below!

Posing for Mom right after the big event!

Showing off her new look to Boppy the next day!

Thanksgiving Weekend

Our Thanksgiving weekend was quiet and yet very productive at our house. Thanksgiving dinner was shared and enjoyed by all who attended! On the Friday, Alison and Emily got up with the crazy shoppers and got some good deals at Best Buy, Target and Meijer. Later on that day I was able to convince Jason that it was time to redo our upstairs hallway bathroom. The project was originally just going to include some painting but Jason's mentality was that if we were going to do it we were doing it all the way! So provided below are the before and after video I took (taken with the new digital camcorder I got at Best Buy)!

Bathroom Before Remodel

Bathroom After Remodel

November News

Not much news from us this week. School is going well for all, the chill is in the air and the leaves are almost all off the trees. Emily had to deal with getting Strep throat this week, she has since recovered and still taking her antibiotics. Jason spent this past Saturday with three other guy friends riding around at an ATV park in nearby Indiana. While Jason was busy doing this the rest of us went to see "Bee Movie" along with Jennifer, Joe, and Finn. Overall the movie was enjoyable, Jerry Seinfeld's humor was enjoyable, but there were a few questionable points.

Ella had her first King's Kids Choir (kids church choir) performance at church this morning. She did very well by focusing on what she had to do and accomplishing it. I'll include the video I took so you can get a taste of it too! She was very proud of herself (as are Jason and I) also, those at church who know her well commented on what a good job she did. I will say that in the video her shirt is untucked but that is NOT the way I sent her to the choir, but kids will be kids and shirts get untucked (or tucked out as my sister's and I like to say!). Enjoy the video, maybe we'll have some more news soon!

Happy Halloween!

I beleive a good time was had by all last night. We trick or treated over at Mamaw and Papaw's house and only did their street. We were joined by Jess, T-pat, and Nataliya. It was a beautiful night and we couldn't have asked for better weather. I had a good time passing out candy and the kids seemed to have a good time collecting it (Mom and Dad are happy with the haul!) Here are some photos of last night for your enjoyment!

Here's our pumpkin we carved the other night!

All the kids dressed up!

Two purple dragons and a princess!

Having fun going door to door!

Enjoying the fall!

This is my favorite time of year!! I love the crispness in the air, wearing sweatshirts again, and smelling wood fires being burned! We've been busy enjoying the season and looking forward to Halloween, especially Ella and David. We went camping this past weekend (except Emily who spent the weekend with her good friend Emma). Ella and I worked on a craft project from Family Fun magazine, and had a great time doing it! Last night I went over to the Mast's and took 6 week photos of Finn, I'll include a few here for your enjoyment. I'm sure we'll have another new post soon with Halloween pictures so check back later on this week!

At the land! (Trying a video on the blog for the first time, hope it works). This is Jason, Ella, and David riding a quad through what is left of the pond!

Ella and her haunted house!

Finn being the cute baby boy he is so good at being!!!!

Fall farming!

This weekend we felt a little like farmers ourselves. Jason and I spent 8 hours tilling a large patch of ground in our backyard. It's a spot that the previous owners had used as a garden and had turned into our weedpatch! We ended up renting a tiller and even with that powerful thing it took forever because the ground was so hard from the drought. Sunday we got the grass seed down and the two bales of hay that I had purchased, unfortunately we need about five more bales to finish the job! Thank goodness we had enough seed but we need to get it covered soon before the birds eat it! Now comes the fun part of watering it well, which will require a few hours of the sprinkler a day.

As well as doing "farming" ourselves, we visited Iron's Fruit Farm today and went to get pumpkins. The crowd was large but we thought that the half hour wait in line for the free hayride to the pumpkin patch was worth it. Jason and Emily had a good time hunting for the perfect pumpkin while Ella, David and I had more fun hunting the craziest looking gourd! It took a while but we were all happy with our finds and went home to finish our seeding and haying.

Jason on the hunt for the perfect pumpkin

Ella in the pumpkin patch with her choice gourds

Ella and David on the hay ride

Emily with the perfect pumpkin!

Is it fall yet?

The calander it's October, but here in Cincinnati it still feels like July. Fall is my favorite time of year and I feel like I'm getting shorted this year. Knowing the weather around here it'll be in the 80's this week and then in the 40's the next and we'll have no wonderful weather inbetween! Enough of my ranting, and onto why you've come to read this post.


The past couple of weeks I have felt like a hamster on a wheel that is running and going nowhere. Emily's cross country season did come to a close this last Saturday. She did excellent and we are all very proud of her. The coach is trying to convince her to run track in the spring time but Emily is not so sure about that. Our goal is to keep her in good running shape so that next year she's even better!

Emily's Sideline Cheerleaders at her League Final Meet

Emily with her teammates just before the race.

Emily coming down the finish line!

We spent a weekend at The Land with Mamaw, Papaw and Nataliya. We relaxed, played, and thanks to Jason's ipod hooked up in the minivan we did the Hokey Pokey and Chicken Dance around the firepit! It's so much fun to go for a time without the tv and just enjoy one another's company in God's creation.

Doing the Hokey Pokey!

Doing the Chicken Dance!

David and Ella are gearing up for Halloween and can't wait to dress up. Ella was so excited to decorate the house you would have thought it was Christmas! The only part that they, and I, don't like about Halloween are all of the scary figures in the stores. You've seen them, the mummies, witches, and bald serving guys that make noises and move at just the right time to make you jump! We're hoping to get to a pumpkin farm this weekend and if we do I'll post those pictures as soon as I can. That's it for now, thanks for visiting!