HAPPY Birtrhday Pappy

This weekend we went to PA for Tim's grandfathers 75th surprise party. Tim's mom flew in from CO . He was surprised to see us too. It is a 5 hour drive to Tim's aunt Dawns farm. While we were there we took some pictures on the farm of our family and the cousins. We had a great time and didn't want to leave.

Dawn , Tina , and Cathy (the sisters) Pappy and Mary

Family pic on the farm

All the cousins

Me and Tim

The girls

cute cousins

Madisyn the cheerleader

While we were visiting Tim's family Madisyn became a cheerleader :). His cousin Erica is a cheer and tumble coach for the all star teams in their area. Her daughters cheer and are amazing. They taught madsiyn a few things. She learned how to do a standing back bend and kick over. I cant believe she got it in a day. so I guess we need to put her back in tumbling. She has always wanted to do cheer leading so maybe we will give that a try too.

Getting ready to do a back bend

she did it

Halloween Party

On Friday We had our annual Halloween party. Well we didn't do it last year but anyway it was a lot of fun. We bobbed for apples , bowled for ghosts , decorated pumpkins and goody bags. We ate mummy dogs , monster apples , skeleton bones , spider crackers and eye ball cup cakes. Although it was a blast I really missed my friend Sarah and her scary witch fingers and awesome story telling. We have always done the party together until we moved away from each other

Hope you enjoy the pictures

The kids eating dinner

Braden bobbing for a donut

all the kids bobbing for donuts

yummy donut

come on Logan get it

almost there

House progress

Well we have almost finished all the repairs from the flood. We still have to refinish the hard wood floors , but I think that wont happen until January. So here is the latest.

Dining room

The kitchen

The entry way with new tile

We painted the stairs they were the color of that door at the top of the stairs we still need to paint that door.

Preschool Field Trip

Logan went on a Field trip to Loblolly Acres , a pumpkin patch not far from our house with his preschool last week. It was a pretty cold and windy day but he still had lots of fun.

Logan and his high school teacher on the tractor ride
Logan and his teacher picking a pumpkin

The whole A.M. class and all the HS teachers

Logan listening to a story

Looking at the animals in the barn

Logan's First day of preschool

Logan started preschool on Tuesday. He go's to polytech , it's a high school where the students get college credit and high school at the same time. They have a preschool lab. Logan loves it so far and all the 11th and 12th graders are so sweet. so Here are some pics of my cute big boy off to school!!

Logan before we left for school

say cheese

FALL FUN

This weekend we went to fifer orchards to go apple picking. They have lots of fun fall things to do. First we took a tractor ride out to the apple orchards and picked about 20 apples. The kids had a lot of fun doing this and it was a beautiful day. Then we headed for the activity area where there was a big fast slide. It was really fun I went down with Madisyn and Logan. Then we did 2 corn mazes, a big one and a small one. They also had tricycle races and duck races (plastic ducks) We saw Aidan's teacher she was riding a tricycle . Aidan thought that was hilarious. Then we moved on to pumpkin painting. The kids each got there own pumpkin to paint. We ended the day with yummy homemade ice cream and apple cider donuts. What a fun family day we had!!!!

Me and the kids with our loot of apples

Aidan picking a apple
Madisyn picking a apple

Logan picking a apple

All three at a apple tree
weeeee down the slide we went

more slide fun

At the entrance of the corn maze
In the corn maze
Painted pumpkins

LOGAN THE SKATER

When you ask Logan what he wants to be when he grows up he will tell you that he wants to be a surfer. Sense we don't have the ocean in our back yard he decided to try out skateboarding. He is so funny I love my little long haired surfer/skater dude :)

Logan cruisen down the side walk
concentration is the key

Yummy dinner

I made this dinner the other night and it was soooo good and easy. Great for a week night.

CHICKEN FAJITA FOIL PACKETS

1-1/2 cups instant white rice, uncooked
1-1/2 cups hot water
1 Tbsp. TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Taco Seasoning Mix
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)
1 each: green and red pepper, cut into strips
1/2 cup TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick 'N Chunky Salsa
1/2 cup KRAFT Mexican Style Shredded Taco Cheese
Make It
HEAT oven to 400ºF. Fold up all sides of each of four 18x12-inch sheets of heavy-duty foil to form 1-inch rim; spray foil with cooking spray. Combine rice, water and taco seasoning; spoon evenly onto centers of foil. Top evenly with remaining ingredients.
BRING up foil sides. Double fold top and ends to seal each packet, leaving room for heat circulation inside. Place in 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until chicken is cooked through (165ºF). Let stand 5 min. Cut slits in foil to release steam before opening packets.

YEA FOR MADISYN

Madisyn lost her first tooth today. She was so excited. She has been waiting for this day sense Aidan lost his first tooth. So it finally happened and she couldn't be happier!!!

First Day of School

The kids had there first day of school last Tuesday. They were both excited. Madsiyn has adjusted to full day very well. Logan can't wait until he starts preschool in October. Here are a few pictures of the first day!!

SMILE
Madisyn with her very bright pink back pack
Aidan being super goofy
What cute kids