Christmas Card Photo

Here are a few passes as we played with our self-portrait settings on the camera for the Christmas card photos (the rudolph noses actually flash, but, it didn't quite translate in the pictures).

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving was a fun, low-key, family-filled weekend. Omah came to visit. We had an amazing Thanksgiving lunch, if I do say so myself. It was my first time hosting. Though, thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law, Shelly, and her great job at Hormel, I did not have to attempt a turkey! Cassie and her cousin, baby Nathan, had lots of fun in the truck (which sent Rob and Justin sprinting up and down the street after the them because of the little speed demon behind the wheel), they bounced in the bouncehouse and, the next day, we all had an adventure at the zoo.

Rest in Peace, Little Hershey

May we all live as long and full a life as you. We will miss you.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

What a wonderful Halloween night we had! The chicken went trick or treating for a little while. But, we were all anxious to get home and hand out candy. So, we set up camp on the front porch with our candy (we ran out once {after the 1st batch of 500 pieces} and had to go to the grocery store). Cassie gave out the candy. She asked every person that came up: "Who are you?". After they answered her ("I'm Darth Vader"), she would say Hi, Darth Vader" and then give them their candy. She was so sad when people left and so happy every time she had "more customers". This was a 4-hour candy-filled Halloween extravaganza and we couldn't have had more fun!!

Cassie's Chicken Dance

Halloween Eve. The chicken dances at the neighborhood festival. She could have danced all night.

(to Omah: this is a video...you have to push the triangle to make it play...)

HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN! HALLOWEEN!

Before I start with this post, I should mention that its been somewhat of a crazy few months, so, I have been an absent blogger. We have spent very little time at home. And, I have begun a venture into the world of Facebook which has been a distraction when I do sit down at the computer. So, I'm pretty sure that, as of today, I have caught up on the highlights of the last 4 months. And, this Halloween post brings us to the events of just a couple of hours ago. Yay and Happy Fall!

Its fall. Our favorite time of year. Halloween decorations have been up for weeks, and now we are in the final preparations for Halloween. This weekend, we had a pumpkin carving contest. We all won (Rob's is the skull (or, as Cassie calls it, the pirate). Ashley's is the cat. Cassie's is the happy face)! And, proved that power tools are effective pumpkin carvers (see Rob with the dremmel).














Weeks ago, Cassie gave us direction on what our Halloween Costumes will be (though most are still works in progress). Daddy is the farmer, Ashley is the cow, Jack is the pig and Cassie is the chicken. Stay tuned for next week's post!


Just for fun, here is another picture from today. Hershey, the 18 year old cat with about 6 of her 9 lives left, jumping on the table to try to grab a french fry before getting in trouble...

Happy 1st Birthday, Baby Nathan!

What a few months of wonderful birthday celebrations! And, how quickly a year goes by! Sweet baby Nathan turned 1 year old this weekend. And, now Cassie is sure that every time she is here, we should have a birthday party.