Halloween 2009

Halloween is finally here! Ghosts, goblins, and witches are seen hurrying down the street...or flying as the case may be. There is also an abundance of black cats: though I wouldn't mind this little black cat crossing my path...Our little family

Both sets of Grace's grandparents joined us for Halloween. We met at the house and then headed up to our church for Trunk or Treat. Grace quickly found all of her superhero friends...you never know when you might need to be rescued!Grace, Carson and ChaseMeow!Grace and Jessie...I never could get them both to smile at the same time!Grace and Karissa...I am in love with this photo of these sweet girls!

After we had jumped in all the bounce houses and collected more than enough candy, we headed to Ole's with my parents and Eric's parents. By the time we got home, somebody was ready for a serious cat nap...

A Halloween Visit

Saturday we drove to Dallas to see the fabulous Wanda Marlowe. Grace made a fancy Halloween card for her and some cupcakes with a very liberal amount of sprinkles. (Grace thinks that the amount of sprinkles on something is directly related to the deliciousness of said item)

We had so much fun visiting, and Mrs. Marlowe was thrilled to that my parents had come, too. Grace and Mrs. Marlowe sang and sang. Grace loves that Mrs. Marlowe knows all of her songs from church and school! I think they sang "Do Lord" at least five times...it's Grace's favorite.

Delight

The simple joys of childhood...

Picture yourself on a boat on a river...

We had a great night visiting with the Bill and Cindi tonight. We enjoyed a delicious dinner, an even more delicious cupcake, and some Rock Band! Grace and Cindi sang "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Grace has been singing it ever since...

Hot & Spicy

I am part of a vegetable co-op and I love it! Sometimes we get regular staple items, and sometimes we get 3 dozen jalapenos and a ton of tomatillos...

When life gives you jalapenos and tomatillos, make salsa and pepper jelly!

My friends, Melissa & Christi, came over and we cooked for almost five hours! We made pickled jalapenos, tomatillo salsa, and my great-grandmother's recipe for jalapeno pepper jelly! We each took home this much!

I have to say, we look a little tired after all that cooking!Our sweet babies...they played so sweetly together all day!

Christi's hubby was out of town, so the Shortino's stayed for dinner. The girls decided to put on a little after dinner show for us:

Bunny Blues

Yesterday Grace did a little show off at dance class. They danced the "Bunny Blues" and a couple of other little fun dances for the parents.

Old Dog, New Tricks

Yes, that's me...on a bike! Eric forced me to have a bike riding lesson of Sunday afternoon. Later on, Grace told me she was proud of me for trying. I said, "Thanks! Did I do pretty good?" She said, "No, but you'll get better!"

I'm pretty sure I need training wheels...