Halloween 2008

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect Halloween night. I can't remember ever having one this warm before. Noah was Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas and Aurora was a hippie. After Aurora spilled chocolate milk on her pants, I told her to hurry and get them in the wash so she could wear them trick-or-treating. She told me not to worry about it because "hippies are kind of dirty anyway". Made my job easy!

Aurora's Birthday

Aurora just celebrated her 8th birthday. We had a pirate party and went to see Madagascar 2. Her favorite presents were her Nintendo DS and Icebat the Ugly Doll. (If you don't know what Ugly Dolls are, google it-they are hilarious.) I think everyone had a good time...I survived:)

First Day of School 2008 (Aurora 2nd Grade & Noah 6th Grade)

As anyone can tell, I am not really good at this and I can't promise I will be any time soon. I enjoy getting to see everyone else's photos, especially my cousins and family out of state so I will try to be a little better at posting so you can see us too. We have had a fabulous year..we have enjoyed our family and Jeff's new job and the free time it gives us. We have been truly blessed and I enjoy every day with my precious kids. They are just old enough to be easy and just young enough that they still need me around. I just got back from parent teacher conference and I couldn't have been prouder. Noah and Aurora have always done well academically, but there is nothing that makes me happier than to know that my kids are campassionate, respectful and helpful. I am a lucky mom!!