My Baby is Growing UP!!!

Last week my dad came over and spent a couple of days building a new shed for Dave and I. It turned out great and now we have a space for our lawn mower and snow blower. The kids had a lot of fun helping him. Thanks so much Dad!

After helping my dad all day Carter was really tired and fell asleep in the laundry basket. It was so cute. Macie kept talking to him and giving him kisses. It was so cute.

Carter and Macie got new church clothes for Thanksgiving and so they wore them to Church last Sunday. They looked adorable. I tried to get a picture of both of them together but Macie didn't want to stand by Carter long enough.

My Baby girl is growing up. She got her new bed today. She was so excited that she wouldn't even let anyone else sit on it. This is my little angel after she fell asleep for her nap. Isn't she so sweet? I love you Macie

Halloween Week

These three have really a lot of fun playing during the day.

Carter and Macie loving each other.

These costumes turned out so cute. Thanks for all your help Sherri.

Carter had some friends over for a Halloween party. We had a carnival downstairs and the kids had a lot of fun. We had a cake walk, a fish pond, and a Bing bag Toss. There were prizes and cupcakes afterwards. What a fun day.

Monday we went to Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Birch's house to trick-or-treat. The kids had a lot of fun getting candy and they ended up coming home with a couple of new outdoor patio chairs. Sponge Bob and Princess. How perfect for them. Thanks Grandma for the new chairs.

Friday night we were able to go and see their Great-Grandma Horkley. She loves the kids so much. They got candy and played with her puppy. Carter loves to feed her dog treats. They also discovered how fun her porch with the swing was. After we saw Grandma we went to the Doctor because Macie was running a fever of 101.5. I wish I would have checked before we went to see my grandma. I hope she doesn't catch anything. We got to the doctor and he said she had something but he wasn't sure what so just to go home and wait it out. I was really frustrated but Carter said "Can we still go to Aunt Nic's house?" Macie fell asleep in the car and so I told him that we could but Macie would have to stay in the car. So we went over for a little bit and saw Nic, Grandma Jan, Becky, and the 3 girls. Carter was really excited that Julie was there. They play so good together. Carter got some fun things for Trick-or-Treating and then we went home. Macie had a fever all through the night and for a little bit the next morning. About 10:00 it broke and she has been fine since. They both have a pretty bad cough that I am watching but hopefully it won't turn into something bad.

Saturday morning we got the house cleaned and Carter earned some money for helping clean the whole house. Then Dave sat down with Carter and taught him about tithing. Then we carved pumpkins and for lunch we had a Jack-O-Lantern Pepperoni Pizza. The pumpkins turned out great. Carter drew his face on his and then I cut it out. And Dave and Macie worked on hers. Then Carter and I carved a small pumpkin for Tux.

Macie thought it was fun to get the stuff out of the pumpkin

Saturday night before we took Dave to work Carter and Macie got to go to my parents house for their first Trick-or-Treat stop. It was fun and after we took Dave to work I took the kids around our neighborhood. We ended up going to a lot of houses but after an hour both the kids were tired so we went home and passed out candy to all the other trick-or-treaters. What a fun Halloween this year.

Great Pumpkins!!! Carter's is the one on the top by tux's.