Still no baby...

My sister still has not had her baby yet. Her doctor told her to walk each night and she'd see her again this week. If she hasn't had the baby by the middle of next week they will induce her.

We can't wait...

A Red and Blue Christmas!

Okay so mom has a big mouth and said how cute it would be if the boys each had a tree in their room that was their favorite color...if front of the boys!!!!!

They have little girl friends that have small trees in their room and they thought it was pretty cool.

I am a sucker and they each got a tree. I tried to talk them into just one (green ) for the upstairs hallway but that didn't fly - not even with dad.

They were so excited tonight as we put them together that the small amount we spent was well worth it!! Now to decide how they want to decorate their trees-that will wait until the weekend

Hunting widow

Jon left for hunting camp at noon yesterday and will come home sometime Tuesday!!! He starting 'preparing' for his getaway early in the week and was quite excited to get out of town. I hate to admit it but I feel lonely already!

Last night N had his best friend over to play--oh my--how wild can 2 7 year olds and a 4 year old get!!! Did you know there is no such thing as "indoor voices" or "keeping your hands to yourself"? They played N's ESPN football game almost the whole time-3 hours! N fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow although he says he was laying awake for at least an hour! Z fell asleep yesterday afternoon so getting him to bed wasn't quite as easy. I was even asleep pretty early.

Today we woke up to SNOW!!!!!! There is only a slight dusting but white is covering the ground! Most years that Jon is hunting we get accumulation that I have to deal with!

I am meeting up with 2 girlfriends today and we are taking our boys/girls bowling! It should be fun!

A baby shower for my new soon to be nephew

Last weekend I had a little get-away to my sister's house for one of her baby showers. My dad and I left Friday and came home Monday. It was great to spend time with my family. Jon stayed home with the boys. It was so weird being there without them, but we were so busy that the time flew by. My mom has been there for several weeks already helping her get ready. We sure have missed her but I am so glad that she is able to spend time with my sister - something she hasn't been able to much of over the past several years.

Anne opening one of her gifts.

Lori (left) and Michelle (right) put the shower on for her. It was at Lori's home. It was a really nice time.

The big boys putting together the baby's furniture. What a big project! I didn't take a picture of the nursery before I left but it looks so nice!

She had a surprise shower at work on Thursday and my mom went up there to surprise her also. They played some games, had a lot of food/snacks and she got a lot of nice gifts.

They are also having a family shower Sunday with his family. We are going to have her shower here in Michigan after the baby is born.

Happy Halloween

Well it has been 5 days since Halloween and I am just getting to the post

We had school parties as well as trick or treating.

I guess when a child is in 2nd grade it isn't "cool" for you mom to come to the party or parents just stop coming at this age. I went up to the school for the party and I was the lone ranger. I still stayed and hung out for a few hours. It was so much fun to see all the children dressed up. I do think "N" was happy that I was there with him. My Grandma J also stayed at the house with "Z" and they both were thrilled that she could stay and babysit. We had to take her to her Doctor appt. earlier that day so she just hung out with us for most of the day.

The weather was beautiful and we saw quite a few of N's friends around the neighborhood. Jon and I even got a 'special' treat bag just for adults :)

Z loves the candy!!! I had to hide it from our usual snack place since he will sneak it. He doesn't clean himself up very well though--the chocolate around his mouth is a dead giveaway!

Oh- remind me next year when I talk about carving pumpkins: DO NOT LET THE BOYS PICK A HARD PATTERN!! We go through this each year--they pick out something hard and then ditch the parents and we end up finishing the project!!!!