something new

Well, after receiving some grief from my family members, (you know who you are...) I am updating that we got some family pictures and some pictures of the girls taken yesterday. It was such a nice day, absolutely beautiful!! I thought that giving the girls a nap would make them much happier before pictures, and all Anna wanted to do was "up mama"! That figures! She finally did "lighten up" (literally too) and we got some great pictures! I haven't actually seen them, but I can't imagine some of them not being great! And Abbi just wanted her pictures taken with our friends the Norton's. And their daughter Abi wanted her picture taken with us!! We should have switched them to see if anyone noticed....just kidding! I'll post the pictures when I get them, I'm so excited to see them!! By the way, we did get some of Abbi and Abi together, they are a cute pair of friends!!

It's a jungle out there!

Here is a close up of our Elephant adn Monkey we had hanging around Saturday night!!

Sorry it is sideways, but here they are in "full length"

Abbi and Anna loved trick or treating! Anna kept saying "next house" and Abbi didn't understand why we couldn't go to every house!! She insists that she saw lights on in every house! Brent and I decided to cherish the fact that this may be the last year of innocence for Abbi, as next year she will be in Kindergarten and will probably want to be what is "in" for the year!

Happy Halloween!!

This one Kelly (a friend of mine) and I did, I know it is sideways, but it is supposed to be an "OH NO" pumpkin!!

This one is Anna's spider pumpkin, again it is sideways, sorry!

This is Abbi's scarecrow pumpkin. She had a cool green pumpkin!

Anna LOVED digging out the insides of the pumpkin!!

Abbi preferred to use the "tool" for that. She did use her hands some, but she didn't like it as much as Anna!

Applesauce

This is only about one third of the applesauce I made this year! I made 5 bushel into applesauce! YUMMY!!!

Jun visits in September!!

Well, some of you may know that Brent went to Japan on a Missions trip in 2000. While there, he became very close friends with Jun. Well, they haven't seen each other in 9 years, and Jun had the oportunity to visit Lafayette, IN in Sept! Abbi loved to hear him speak English and Jun tried teaching her some Japanese. One thing I learned was that Jun loved American food, especially apple crisp!!

Been a long time

WOW, I cannot believe that I haven't updated since the beginning of July! Well, ALOT has happened around here since! Brent still has a brace on his arm, but has more movement! Due to him only being able to use one arm completely, I have been a little extra busy, so that is one reason why it has been so long! Another reason is we didn't have internet for over a month! So...Anna had a root canal done last month and now has a "fake" tooth. We call it our "$300 accident". Abbi pushed Anna down about a year ago (broke her front tooth) and we finally had a second opinion and had her tooth fixed recently. We just got back from vacation a few days ago, if I have time I'll post some pictures. A funny thing...Abbi got a leech on the bottom of her foot in the lake, ask her about it! We also spent a week at Brent's parents in July, just hanging out and spending some time on the lake. Abbi starts school Sept 1 and she is super excited about that! Overall, we've had a busy summer since Brent ruptured the tendon in his arm and I'll try to be better at keeping up, I know I said that last time!

When it rains, it pours, right??

Well, the saying goes that way, but I decided after this past week, that I am going to look at that saying differently! My new saying,"When it rains, it rains a little harder, and then turns to a sprinkle". Now, I'm just waiting for the sprinkle! So, Brent is finally recovering a little nicer and isn't in as much pain, but it has been VERY hard for him to sit down and keep his arm elevated! It seems every 10 mins he is up again, and then swelling, pain, etc! Anyway, we found out on Thursday that Anna is having a root canal (yep) on Tuesday to save her chipped tooth. Right now it is infected and is saveable. We went to Indianapolis for a second opinion and they felt very strongly that the best option would be to save the tooth for spacing and "fix" it so it looked "normal". Won't that be fun?!?! So, since I feel that it just "rained harder", we are hoping for some light sprinkles in the future forcast! On a positive note, I finally got some sleep last night after 4 days!! Now, if we can just pray for that to continue! Thank goodness for Pizza Hut and neighbors for some good food, I can't keep up with things fast enough and then...time to eat again! I am so very thankful that I am not a single parent and that this will end in a few weeks to a few months!! I'm ready for my "partner in crime" to be my helper again!! LOL!