Rachel and her M&M creation!

Sara was working hard! Here's her final product, too.

And my BH&G inspired house.

We love Grandma!

Bailey

You all know we are incurable dog fanatics. Our 10 year-old golden retriever mix, Molly, died about two weeks ago, so of course we had to get another dog. This is Bailey. She is a designer breed called a Labernese--a mix of lab and Bernese mountain dog. The girls have been having so much fun with her, and so have we!

Is this the cutest??? They love each other.

Halloween 2009

This year our church had a Trunk or Treat, so we got lots of candy for very little work! In fact, we didn't even go Trick or Treating because the girls got all they needed and more at the church. Here's Rachel as a witch.

Sara as a grumpy pumpkin (wasn't she crying in last year's picture, too?). She actually had a lot of fun getting candy. She yelled Trick or Treat louder than any of my kids.
Ashley was the Elf queen Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. She hs read two of the three in the trilogy. She likes to give me a challenge when it comes to making costumes!!!

Melissa was a cat. Talk about an easy costume! Loved that.

Pumpkin Carving

There's always lots to post during the holidays! I love it. The girls spent a LOT of time on their pumpkins this year. They look pretty great! Here is Ashley's haunted house...

Rachel's sleeping cat...
Melissa's awake cat...

And Sara's "happy" pumpkin! What a fun night!!

Licensed to Practice

We got this in the mail recently and I thought it was exciting. Jason now has an unrestricted license to practice medicine in Pennsylvania!

Sara's Birthday

Sara turned three years old on the 26th! She requested the Minnie Mouse cake, again. Good thing that's an easy one. She got lots of baby stuff and takes very good care of her little baby that I think she named Four. I'm not really sure.

I Know, I'm a Slacker

Ashley turned 11 a month ago and I am just now blogging about it! I think I've been busy or something, but the basement is almost done!! So anyway, here's some of what happened on September 12th.

Ahhh, the much anticipated Webkinz. These things are so popular with my kids right now! We need another computer.

And of course, Ashley would never dream of having a cake for her birthday. It's all about chocolate pie!!