Dew Drop

One of Heath's shots this fall, He says its not in focus but I like it anyway.

Whats halloween without a Pumpkin!

How do five kids share the carving of 1 pumpkin? Everybody drew a pumpkin face on a piece of paper and then we used one part from everybody's face. Lilly's eye, myra's eye, kian's nose and elsie's mouth, and as for caitlin, she had fun squishing her hands through the inside. Tomorrow we will enjoy the much coveted seeds and then the much anticipated Halloween party on friday!

Little boy thoughts!

We were driving along past this very small private cemetery by our house, it is gated in a nice black wrought iron fence.
This is Kian's comment, " Mom, I realy want to be dead in that thing!"
I wasn't sure if I should be laughing hysterically or crying, I just knew for sure I had to write it down for blogging!

Is this normal?

This is what my house looks like about 90% of the time.

Lilly turned 7

Our last birthday party of 08'. Lilly was so excited about her Enchanted Princess Party.
Lilly turned the big 0-7!! She had a great party, it was a cold but clear day and the kids spent
a good amount of time playing outside on the playset and big sister Elsie and cousin Lauren
arranged a few games to play. She recieved a digital camera from her parents and thoroughly
enjoyed taking pics of her own party.
A budding photography in training!
Lilly is a sweetheart to have around.
She enjoys playing games with her little
siblings. We all love her great sense of
humor and look forward to the young woman
she will grow up to be, although we can wait.
Love you Lilly!

Family Trip

This was our family trip to the Alaska State Fair in Palmer.
We had promised at least one campout before the summer ended.
You may not have known that they actually make tents big enough for a family of seven. Yes, its true. We slept in a tent for two nights and had the only hot and sunny day of the two week fair. After spending a small fortune, all and all we had lots of fun. Maybe in another 5 years will go again!

The Big Catch!

I wanted to take the kids out fishing all summer and this was the big day. We were there for almost 3 hours.
The kids were surpirsingly patient. The only catch of the day was a nice plump sea star! The silvers were in and enjoyed taunting our attempts at bringing one in. I hope to make it out more next summer. Better luck next time!