Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Cats




Our old neighbors from Copley came up for the weekend and Elizabeth and I took the girls to see the musical "Cats." The girls had fun getting dressed up and going to the theater. So did I! It was Brooke's first big theater production and she did great! I played the music for her each night before she went to bed and that seemed to help her understand the story. I am looking forward to our next theater trip to see the ballet, "Cinderella."

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Thanksgiving

Uncle Brian with Brooke riding Amelia's pony.



The girls getting ready to ride the pony.


Our bowling field trip.

Thanksgiving Day with the family - minus one who couldn't be there. Thanks to Chad and Denise for hosting!

The boys getting ready for target practice.


Grandma's princesses.



Showering Lexi with love.



Brooke wanted to hold Lexi ALL THE TIME - surprise, surprise!!


Another Thanksgiving spent in St. Louis. As usual, we had a wonderful time being with family and it was made extra special by meeting our sweet, new niece, Lexi. She received lots of attention and we loved her hairdo! So that makes 7 nieces and one nephew for us. Now that we are two hours closer we only had to drive 8 hours instead of 10. That two hours less makes a big difference!

Circleville Pumpkin Festival

Getting ready for the monkey ball tournament. Can't explain it, but it was fun!
Brooke was glued to Rachel's side all weekend!

Making it rain leaves.

This would have been a great picture if my eyes were open.



I don't even eat fried food, but had to try the fried oreos ( who comes up with this?!). The first bite was good, but that was enough. For whatever it is worth ( which is nothing!) now I can say I have tried fried oreos. I would have loved them as a kid when I couldn't eat anything surgary.


We had to try the fried twinkies, too!


Family pic in front of the winning pumpkin.


The wonderful Chapman-Smith family we wish we still lived behind:(


They were sooo excited to pose for another picture!


I love these kids!


Maybe we will try this next year!

Pumpkin Pie eating contest. The boys wondering what they have done!

Wating for the signal...

And they begin...


This is when Brooke turns to me and says, "This is disgusting - I can't watch."

I am so glad my daughter is offended by slovenly, uncouth, and uncivilized behavior.

Maybe I am doing something right - although I did encourage my boys to participate so that cancels out that theory!


Luke showing us how much he has left. Andrew looks like he is going to town, but faked it the whole time and has really eaten only one bite!!! We weren't surprised.
I almost forgot to include the pictures of our trip to the Pumpkin Festival in Circleville, Ohio. It is the tradition of our good friends, the Chapman-Smiths, go every year and this year they invited us along. We had a wonderful time watching the boys participate in the pumpkin pie eating contest, looking at all of the pumpkins, breaking my rule of not ever eating fair food, playing monkey ball, hiking, and simply hanging out. A perfect fall weekend!!