October Complete

The pirate is out of control, the baby elephant is crying, the witch is cackling,

Cleopatra is pouting and they haven't even had any candy!

This year, we added dressing up to our "pumpkin bars and jack-o-lanterns with friends" tradition.  We started this low-key Halloween tradition after we found out about certain food allergies that one of our little goblins had.  The kids had fun dressing up this year, just like they did back in the days when Mom and Dad weren't so MEAN, and when we let them go trick-or-treating. lol!  Melita enjoyed it all so much and didn't have a clue she was missing out on anything! :)

Okay, I'll call that enough for tonight.

Randy's home tomorrow after being gone for 10 days!  We are so ready to have him back!!!

Have a great weekend everyone,

Alison

september in a BIG nutshell.

October Birthdays!

I completely skipped over September so I could post these October Birthday pages tonight.  Just skipping around a little from here to there... I guess that fits my personality pretty well.  :)

On the Saturday before Maya's birthday, all of us girls plus her friend, Sabrina, went to the Pumpkin Patch to celebrate her birthday.  Then we did a banner craft after that at home and played some more.

Then on Randy's real birthday, the day before Maya's birthday, we all celebrated with cake and company!  Alice and Carolyn were here to join us.  Then on the next day, Maya's real birthday, she brought cupcakes to school and spent some time with Grandpa and Grandma to celebrate with them.

Maya has been dreaming and wishing for a lap harp from Hearthsongs for a very long time.  Last year after her birthday, she saved enough money to buy it and I tried twice to order it but it was never available.  She finally got it for her birthday this year and she was one happy girl!  The sound is beautiful and it came with tuning instructions and song cards too!

Maya thought it was the funnest birthday celebration ever... something that she says every year. :)

Now, back to September...

Moments gone by.

Just a few of my favorites phone shots from September and October...

I just uploaded September and Octobers pictures to the computer tonight so... that is the first step toward completing more album pages for 2013.  My plan is to complete 2006 album before the end of the year.  My hubby had a great idea for finishing all the rest of the years without getting overwhelmed about it.  Just complete the months of each year during the same months of 2014.  So, just do January 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 during January of 2014.  Then do February of each year during February of 2014, and March during March, etc.  I think it's a great idea and I'm going to try it. With Randy traveling for business and with hunting season upon us, I will be not be seeing him much this month so... my goal is to get a whole bunch of album pages done.

Hope all have a good week, month ahead.

Keep on keepin' on! A.

August 2013

Here are a handful of the Album Pages I created for August...

Hugs, Alison

I Miss July...

 

July pages are done and in the 2013 album.  I have been so happy with how my family loves these albums!  Can't wait to fill in the missing years too.  I'm almost half way through 2006... yay!

So here are a handful of my July pages. I didn't share all of them but most of them for family and friends who like to keep up on whats going on in our life... a couple months late.

Beautiful days here.  Hope all are well!  Love, Alison

13 Years Old!

So... I can now say that I am the mother of a two year old and a teenager both.

It's pretty awesome, and sweet and wonderful!

Oh, you know, we have our moments... but I can honestly say our two year old brings so much joy to our family and so does our 13 year old!!!  Just love her spunky, kind-hearted, helpful, smiley self.

She pretty much fills right in where I leave off whether it's babysitting, cleaning, baking, or getting ready for company.

I really don't think I could get along very well without her, especially after 13 years!!!!!!