Halloween Parties and Spooks!

Cleopatra and her fellow spooks!

Cleopatra, Punky Pirate, and Twisted Witch

Lil' Witch

Lil' Miss Punky

The Queen of Egypt

The Spooky Crew ready for Trick or Treatin'


This year for Halloween, Whitney and some of her 5th grade friends went Trick or Treating all by themselves. They are getting too old for moms to tag a long. :( They had a blast! Candida and I took the four younger ones around to collect their loot. I usually get pictures of the HUGE amount of candy they get but of course I forgot. I also forgot to take pictures of McKenna and her class at school during their halloween party. Oh well, can't capture everything. After everyone was done walking from house to house, we went back to The Jones' and had mummy dogs, apples and caramel, vegies, and icecream treats. Thanks Candida for the cool food! The girls were exhausted by the end of the night. That's the night that Whitney started to get sick. She was out of school the entire next week. SWINE FLU!! Poor Whitney! She was so sick.
Whitney and I are the only ones that have had it bad. McKenna was sick for two days. So I am waiting for Ruben and Abby to get it now. I'm crossing my fingers that they don't. But with our luck and all the germs going around, you never know. I hope that we are all well through the holidays!

Carving Pumpkins!

Dad helping carve the pumpkins.

McKenna cleaning out her pumpkin.

OOEY GOOEY!!!!

Whitney carving away at her pumpkin!

Pumpkin Carving Time!

Bike Safety!

The girls got to participate in a Bike Safety class given by the Lovell Police Department. It was held the morning of Halloween. They were really excited to attend although it was a very cold and windy day, they still enjoyed it. They also received a free bike helmet! They are not wearing them in these pics though. There were several volunteers there and different coarses that were taught to the kids about riding their bikes safely. They served cookies and hot chocolate. The LPD gave away 4 bikes. Two for the Elementary and two for the Middle School. All of the kids that participated in the bike safety that day got put into the drawing. The girls enjoyed it very much! Thanks to all of the people who helped put this together. More activities like this should happen more often.

Coming soon...

...I will actually be blogging about something! I know it's been 3 months and people are wondering why I haven't blogged in so long. Basically, "LIFE" has been it. It has been busy ever since school started. I will start back logging everything since August! I got a new laptop for my birthday and it is fast! My other computer just wasn't cutting it. It is very ssslllooowwwww. That is another reason why I gave it up for awhile. It would take forever for a picture to download and then half of the time it didn't work. So my awesome husband bought me a new one and I love it! So stay tuned cause I'm back in business!

sPiDeR BiTeS?

My poor little Abby got bit by something 2 weeks ago! This one on her face was as big as a quarter, puffy and hot to the touch. These pictures don't do them justice, they looked a lot worse!!:(
This one was bad. It was as big as a softball or baseball! It was very hot to the touch and it was welted up. In the middle was a cluster of small blisters and the center of it was hard.

The bite was on the inside of her right leg above her knee.
As it healed, the redness started to go away, the welt was getting smaller, and all that was left was the small cluster of blisters in the middle. Finally, after 2 weeks, it is all healed. You can still see a faint outline where the biggest part of the sore was.

My oldest daughter Whitney had a bite similar to this a couple of years ago, and it lightly scarred her leg. I had taken her to the doctor and he said to just put cortizone cream on it and watch it closely.

Our Little Friends

This first picture is turned the wrong way but this is one of our little friends that comes and hangs around. During the day he is in my flower garden and at night he hangs out below the swamp cooler where the water drips. It never fails, he is out there every night trying to cool off.
He wasn't too sure about the flash from the camera, he was trying to hop away from me.:)

This is our other furry friend. This bunny is always hanging out under our lilac bush in the shade. As you can see, he is pretty relaxed and comfortable....until Abby chases him away!:)

The bunny is looking our way because he heard Abby! Watch out....here she comes!!!

pEaS iN a PoD!

We picked our first big bundle of peas last night and today! My girls were excited to say the least! We have been waiting forever for these peas! We have picked a few here and there over the last week or so and just eat it right after we pick it. Mmmmm! They are so good! I love fresh garden peas. Our beans didn't turn out this year so we'll have to try again next year. Abby was my big helper in shelling the peas. We had three bowls of peas to shell. Now, we are waiting patiently for our corn to be ready!:)
Here is just a start:)