Annual Halloween Party!!

On Saturday, we had our annual Halloween Party. We have lived in our house 10 1/2 years and we have had 9 Halloween parties. We have so much fun dressing up and having our friends and family come over (and some we don't know, but that is okay). We always try to have the band play and they do a great job of keeping everyone entertained. So if you did not make it to the party this year, we had a great time and really did miss you and hope you can make it next year.

So I do have to give Kudo's to our great neighbors. Like I said, we have been here awhile and those of you new or old to the neighborhood have had to endure the craziness of our family. Sometimes we can be loud when the band practices getting ready for our Halloween or New Years Eve party or when our kids are running around causing havic. We love being in this neighborhood and are so thankful for some of the close friendships that we have made. We do love and appreciate our great neighbors for putting up us.

We had a great variety of costumes. We had: Devil, Jesus, priest, hunter, cowboy and indian, pirates, vampires, pumpkins, nun, witch, hippies, Grandma and Grandpa, Jailbird, a doctor, some really scary guys that wouldn't show their face! And the most scariest of all were the ones that dressed up as THEMSELVES!!!! .....hehe. Here are a few pictures of those who came to the party. We had a lot of people come and I took lots of pictures, so I am sorry if I missed you as it would take forever to post all the pics.

This was my costume....nobody could guess who I was supposed to be! I forgot to get a picture of Corey, but he was Iron Man. ( that might give you a clue)

Thank you for coming to the party!!!

McDuff Moves In

Sydney had to do a character presentation for her 2nd grade class. She had to become a character in a book and present it as a commercial to get the other kids to read her book.

So of course the procrastinator that I am, I waited until the night before to try to find the dog costume we needed. I knew we had it at one point, but didn't know if we gave it back to my friend Lisa. So I called and she went looking, and couldn't find it. Then I remembered my other friend Kristin had lent us a dog costume a couple of years ago, so I called her and sent Corey on a trip to get the costume. Then while he was gone, Lisa called to tell me she found her costume so I arranged to pick it up the morning.

Meanwhile I was going through all of our DVDs for our camcorder to see where Darians presentation was so I could put it on the same one ( and of course I could not find it). So after a good hour or so I finally found one to record Sydney on for the next day.

Sydney worked so hard on her presentation. She made note cards in case she forgot what she was going to say. I kept trying to tell her she did not need them, but she was very determined that she was going to have to use them. Well, as it turned out we got into the school and were getting ready for her to start, Sydney realized she did not have her note cards and can not find them anywhere. We got a little panicked, but tried to assure her that she will do fine without them.Well, as it turned out, she did AWESOME!! She only forgot one little thing, but you would never have known.

And of course, with my luck.....Sydney gets up to the front and I start recording...but wait, it won't work!!!! I can not record anything!! So I try to hurry and record it on my digital camera and it won't work either!!! So to my dismay, I only was able to get a couple of pictures of her presentation. So I guess you have to take my word how well she did, and I am so proud of her and how hard she worked at it.

America's next top Model.......

We always sit back and laugh and wonder "What Planet is she From" She is so funny and comes up with the silliest things. Sydney is definitely her own little person. We love her so much and always look forward to every minute that she makes us laugh.

First snow!....YUCK!!

Those who know me, know I HATE cold! I have been dreading the coming of winter, and I keep telling everyone, I am READY to move somewhere warm. But of course winter was sure to come and here is our first snow fall of the year.

Even though I have been dreading this day to come, I have to sit back and thank God for this beautiful world he has made for us. I do love it when I look out and see a clean blanket of snow in the yard. But to my dismay.....it does not last. With the kids and the dogs, the smooth whiteness does not last long.

I guess it is time to cut the rose bushes!

As you can see the girls were pretty excited today. So we went searching through the winter totes to find bits and pieces of snow pants, boots and gloves.

I think Sydney is ready to upgrade..hehehe
Darian is ready to hit the snow!
My Snow angels

On our way to Mexico

Grandma Bonnie was taking pictures at Great Grandma Robins house in Las Vegas before we left for Mexico. ( I wish they were as sweet as they look ALL the time)

On our way! It was a 10 hour ride from Las Vegas!

The kids were great and they actually didn't fight!

Kalin looks a little bored

Darian- a little attitude!

Jake teasing one of the girls! (as usual)

Sydney wanted her picture taken while she was thinking

Mexico

Here are a few pictures from when we went to Mexico. We had so much fun at my moms new vacation house in San Felipe. The weather was nice and the kids had a great time playing in the water and on the beach.

Grandma Bonnie and Grandpa Franks new house in San Felipe, Mexico!
Thank you so much for taking us! We had a blast and can't wait to go back!

They had so much fun on the beach.

We spent a lot of time and had so much fun playing family games. I don't know how many games of Aggrevation and Uno we played.

We went to the Valley of the Giant Cactus'. Can you find Corey?

It was very windy the day before we left to go home, but Corey was very determined to build a sand castle before we left. I think it turned out Awesome!! Good job honey!

We had the most beautiful Sunrises!

Learning Curve

Thank you Malissa for showing how fun and cute this is!!