Nick had his 10th birthday party this Saturday. He had some friends over and we took the kids roller skating. I think they would have all been quite happy staying in our backyard playing football all afternoon. We had a hard time getting them in the car to leave. I should have known! Nick has always wanted to have a birthday party outside, but since his birthday is in December we never know what the weather is going to be like. I'm so thankful that the sun was shining! They had fun skating too. I think all the kids have been skating before so they did really well. After skating we came back here and had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Then the boys were outside again. What an easy party!

We had family come stay with us for Thanksgiving this last week. As you can see from the pictures the kids were wild as ever! They had so much fun playing with their cousins. I just love the first picture of George jumping on the trampoline. His face is hysterical! We took other pictures of the rest of the family but I'm not allowed to post them. Someone, I won't name any names, (Grandma Carol) didn't want their picture on my blog. I really think I should post it anyway. ha,ha!

My Grandmother passed away last thursday, so we took an unexpected trip to San Francisco for the memorial service. While we were there we visited the Golden Gate Bridge. Every year when we visit we always talk about wanting to walk accross, so we finally did. The weather was sooo nice. But, not five minutes into the walk, Brynn had to go to the bathroom (big surprise there) and Sam got his head stuck in the bridge.(I wish I would have taken a picture of that!) As soon as he pulled his head out of the railing he got a bloody nose. Needless to say we had no tissue.(this is SO my every day life) So we turned around and had to take them both to the bathroom and start again. It always amazes me how simple I think an activity can be and yet with my kids it always ends up insane! At least we can always look back and laugh.

I was just fooling around taking some pictures last night and these two ones of Brynn and Danny I thought came out really cute. She is such a daddy's girl!

Happy Halloween!

This year for Halloween, Skyler was a Jamaican, Nick was a Bengals football fan, Sam was a storm trooper, and Brynn was a cat. We went to the church for the annual trunk- or- treat and then took the kids trick- or- treating around the neighborhood. I think they got more candy this year than any other. Way too much! It was a lot of fun though.

My moms been here this week visiting. The kids have been so excited to have her here. We kept it a secret from them. They had no idea she was coming. Wednesday morning, Brynn and I went to pick her up from the airport. Brynn didn't have a clue what was going on, but she was really happy to see her Grandma. When the boys got home from school they all had the same reaction. They were so used to seeing her at our house when we lived in Klamath, that when they first saw her they weren't surprised. Then they realized that we're in Washington now. They were soooo surprised. It was too funny!

Brynn went with her preschool class to the pumpkin patch last week. They got to ride in a hay stack over to the pumpkins. Brynn woudn't sit on the hay though. She didn't want to get her pants dirty, so she sat on my lap :) The whole class got to choose a pumpkin to bring home. There were hundreds to choose from. Brynn got off the hay ride, took three steps and picked up the first pumpkin she saw. A little green one! She didn't want to have anything to do with walking in the dirt to find a better one. She's so funny!