Halloween

So, I love Halloween. What a fun holiday. I love making costumes. I have made costumes for 10 years now. Starting with a 1.5 month old dressed as a PEA Pod, thinking that each child would wear the same costumes as they grew in to them, thus saving me time. hahah. I was so young then, and unaware that my 3 girls would end up looking so much a like, and that each scrapbook page would be identical.

Each year, we start looking at books and discussing the possibilities of Halloween starting in August. One year, I was able to purchase wonderful costumes from the Disney Store, just because we hit the sale just right. This year, however, after 30 yards of Tule, we came up with some fun costumes. can you guess what they are?

other than absolutely BEAUTIFUL??
OK, Emma's is a giveaway. She went as Cotton Candy.
Sophie is a Jelly Fish, Marin is a little Fairy.
Emmaline had Gorgeous Nails for the occasion.

And Gorgeous Eyes.
And a darling smile. of course, we cannot forget the Bling.

She wanted everyone to see her wings.........
Which were lost shortly after we started our Treck. and, yes, we Trick - or - Treated on Sunday.
She was so excited to have candy given to her... What a perfect day!!
My favorite picture of the 2 girls. Sophie's costume was a hit all over the neighborhood. Emma was just so cute and fluffy!! Halloween is fabulous!!

Fall Festival

This October, we went to a little Fall Festival at a farm here in Louisville. There was a little pumpkin patch, Hay rides, a "petting farm", bouncies, games, food, and pony rides.

Marin loves to see horses. She was excited to get on this pretty one.
And then, about half way around the SMALL arena, she started to get upset, nervous, worried,

Until it was full out hysterics. The teenagers running the pony rides stopped after one go 'round, and refunded us $2 of the $3, since she still went around 1 time. It is currently November, and she will not even get on the horse at the Kroger. Trauma.

My cute Sophie and Emmaline.

After the fun and excitement, the girls picked out pumpkins, and home we went.

Free Christmas Cards from Shutterfly

Well, for the maybe 1 person who visits this blog, I just wanted to pass along the fantastic news of 50 Free Christmas Cards from Shutterfly!!

I mean, how exciting is that!! That will save me $$ and time. I am not quite sure which is worth more right now, since both are short.

Free Card Link

I want to thank Abby for sharing this juicy tidbit. Now here comes the hard part of finding the perfect picture..... the search is on.

more from Colorado

Here are some more pictures of Colorado, and the cousins...
Marin, adventurous, fun, spunky, busy... had so much fun in Colorado,
Jarl's parents and siblings: Wayne, Heidi, Janelle, Lisa, Jarl Julie, Chris, Diane
Marin really wanted to be with the big kids, and get deeper into the river, but it was COLD
cousins
more cousins.

Colorado

Well, I still can't figure out how to get my pictures into a good order. oh well. In June, we flew to Colorado for Jarl's parents 50th wedding anniversary. While we were there, we had a great time with cousins, aunts and uncles.

We stopped at a creek somewhere up in the mountains. I know it has a name, i just don't remember what it is.

This is Grandma Kleinman, Haley, Addison and Emmaline.

she's a big girl now, you know.... not quite sure which one I am talking about...
Reminds me of sophie throwing rocks in the bitterroot river in Montana!
My beautiful girls!! they are growing way too fast!

At the airport in Denver, our first layover......
Marin looking out of the windows at the planes landing and taking off. She is not exactly an easy flier at this stage in her busy life...

Halloween, 2009

Ok, I am trying to get it together, and since my caffiene has kicked in.... here are some pics from Halloween. We trick or treated in Lexington this year. It was fun. Emmaline was "the pick of the litter" Sophie went as an American Indian, and Marin was a little bug. The fall colors this year were amazing.

I am not quite sure what she was thinking in this..... she was in a sugar stupor, but that other kid isn't very cute!!
Sophie

Sophie, Alec, Hadley, Ethan, Marin and Emmaline

Emmaline, Sophie, Alec, Layla

Christmas 2009

Ok, so I am a little behind on a lot of things.... but here are a few highlights of our Christmas Festivities. Christmas was a great time, but I am glad to have moved on, and cleaned it all up.

Christmas morning, after most of the presents were opened. It is always fun to get into new clothes and play with the new stuff.

A few nights before Christmas, we drove through a local neighborhood to see the Christmas lights. This was one of our favorite houses. The girls don't understand why we won't do this to our home...

Sophie and Emmaline in their Christmas/recital dresses. They performed on this Concert Grand Steinway for their recital. We are so proud of their hard work and dedication to learning the piano. Aren't they beautiful? I sure think so.
We also rode the Santa Train. I think that is what it is called. We almost missed it-- it is out side of Bardstown, Ky, and took a lot longer to get their than mapquest said it would. Santa came through and spoke with all of the kids, then the conductor took tickets, and hot chocolate and cookies were served. The kids really liked it. Marin was not too sure about Santa and Rudolph.

Emmaline telling Santa she wants a Wii

Sophie and Emmaline playing the Wii, that Santa brought. Way to go Emma, glad she asked for it
Marin with one of her stuffed animals.
We started a new tradition in our home this year. In the past, we have done Christmas Eve at my sisters house in Lexington. This year, our "family Christmas" was earlier, so the girls and I thought it would be fun to do a formal dinner. just us. We set the table with china and everyone had to dress up. No sweats, hair had to be done, a little makeup put on. Complete with candle light. Marin even had her own stem ware.

I just love my little family!!