Hi Again! No we did not fall off of the Planet!

We did move, again!

But seeing as that was 7 months ago most of you know that already.

Because of our move we were able to enjoy a true autumn! 

(where the leaves change colors and fall off the trees)

 We had a lot of fun dressing up for Halloween.  Here are some of the costumes.  Jessie was also a blue dragon and Kiersti was seen in many a costume but finally settled on Snow White. (it sure is nice to have a lot of options in the dress-up box!) Jeff decided to be a pirate the day before Halloween so we threw together a costume with stuff from around the house.  I think it turned out pretty good!  Naomi's witch socks are my favorite! 

She borrowed the dress from a friend and I made the hat from poster board and black felt.  Caroline just gathered the black clothes and found the tail we made a few years ago.  We couldn't find the ears so we made new ones with felt left over from Naomi's hat.

There have been several birthday celebrations. Mine in November.

Caroline's Birthday was in January and all she asked for was a Chocolate orange!  It took a little work to find it after the Holidays but we managed.  I even surprosed her by inviting some of the neighborhood friends to celebrate with her.


Jeff's birthday was Feb 7 he was so excited.  We had a detective themed party which was a lot of fun!  The boys had a blast running all around and solving the clues.  They even got to catch the thieves who stole the birthday cake  !

Kiersti's birthday followed right after Jeff's.  She wanted everything to be Hello Kitty for her party. (she has been planning this party for a year)  Jessie took care of the cake making decorating which was very helpful since after the wild and crazy boy party for Jeff the day before I was feeling really tired and uncomfortable!






This is me at Kiersti's party.  I was giving orders from the couch.  Luckily I had help from the grandmas and B.  I was glad that the Hello Kitty party was not another detective hunt through the neighborhood!  By the end of the day I was feeling VERY uncomfortable but by the next morning........







I was feeling much better but still very tired!

Keith was tired too!













Introducing...
Elijah James
2/12/12  5:33am
7lbs 6oz 20in













In other fun news, Jessie made the Jr Winter Guard team and is loving it!  They took first place in their division at their most recent competition.  The video is from a demonstration show.  The other video I found on the camera last week and it made me laugh so hard I had to share!