Starting Soccer and Balloon Surprise

We woke up this morning to a big surprise. This weekend is the balloon festival here in Presque Isle. There is a developmental center around the corner from our house. I guess this year they had asked a balloonist (is that what they are called?) to come and show their residents a balloon. So we woke up to a balloon right in our front yard. The girls were very excited. Mckenna was pretty sure she was the coolest kid when I took a picture with her and the pilot. We stayed for a few minutes to watch them take it down too.

Also this past week, the girls started soccer. They are on the same team. As I expected, Kayla had a hard time. She isn't a shy little girl, but it does take her a while to warm up to people. She's just like her mom. She wouldn't really go out and play but I think if we keep going, she'll warm up to it. Kenna on the other hand was kickin' butt. She is such a little trend setter. She doesnt' like the way her shin gaurds look under her soccer socks so she (and then of course Kayla follows) wears her shin guards over her socks. She firmly believes that this looks cooler and that soon all the other kids will do it this way. What the heck? She is only 5! What am I going to do when she is 13? Anyway, here are some pics of the little trend setters!

October

I lost my camera cord and used that as excuse not to post. No new pictures = no one reading anyway. I found my cord and Jase got me a new little video recorder for my b-day so I have no excuses.

Since our last post the biggest news we have is that we are going to be having a baby girl in March. The girls were a little disappointed at first, but we are all excited now! Mckenna insists that the doctor was wrong and it's really a boy. The doctor wasn't 100% sure, but he said if he had to guess from the difficult ultrasound, then he'd guess a girl. Now we just have to come up with yet another name. No real ideas yet. Here's my baby bump and as much as this picture makes me cringe, there have been those of you who have asked for a picture of my "transformation."

The girls have had fun lately by raking our many leaves, decorating cookies and visiting the pumpkin patch. The pictures show what we've been doing.

some kind of pretend play--don't ask me! What makes this picture so great is their matching shirts. They could almost be twins!


Sugar cookies are a tradition at every holiday. The girls are getting good at the decorating or at least eating the frosting from a knife.

Now the pumpkin patch. This was so much fun. Jason's work had a party at the pumpkin patch. They took us on a fun wagon ride to a field where the kids got to go pumpkin hunting.

My birthday was yesterday. I didn't make myself a cake, but my girls did--out of play dough yummy! They also filled a bag with some of their books for my present. Best cake and present I've ever had! Jason got me a little camera that does video so much better than the one I have so be prepared for videos as soon as I can actually figure it out. Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. It was a great day.

In addition to my birthday yesterday, we went to a Halloween Party at the church. The girls couldn't be any cuter. Mckenna was a punk rock witch and Kayla was a little cowgirl. YEE HAW! I had a costume of my own, but I'll save that surprise for my Halloween post in a few days.



On top of all this fun stuff we have been working. We have completely remodeled our kitchen in the last two weeks. I will have pictures soon, but I thought a project that size earned its very own special blog post (plus my kitchen is a mess at the moment).

Pumpkin Patch Pics

Pumpkin Patch

We took the girls to the pumpkin patch. It's about the only cool thing about Willcox, so this time of year is fun. Mckenna absolutely loved the hayride .. of course. Kayla was needing a nap, but she still loved it. They had big metal tubs full of corn for kids to play in.. like a sand box. They loved doing that too. It was really fun!