Sorry it's been so long since I've posted.............

Climbing Trees


The girls wanted to try and climb our tree but the really
cold weather and the fact that they were wearing crocks
made it a little difficult, but we prevailed!

Happy Halloween!

Ava dressed up as Tinkerbelle this Halloween.

Luckily we found something cute and warm to go

underneath her costume! Olivia spent the evening

with her friends, so I don't have any photos of her this year.

Pumpkins

We spent the evening doing "autumn" things....
we raked leaves, carved pumpkins and ate home-made
pumpkin pie! Somewhere along the line, the

girls met up with this shady character.

Happy Birthday!

We celebrated Mike's birthday on Friday.
Ava helped me make the cake, and she helped
Daddy eat it!

Here is Ava showing off Grandma's pretty flowers!
In the picture below, she is getting ready for a kayak
trip that she wasn't going on!

Livi's Purple Swing

Posing in front of Grandma's new garage door

Great grandma Maureen found this old bike for
Ava to ride when we visit!

We made some big rope swings in our tree for
the girls. They are each of their favorite colors,
blue for Ava and purple for Liv! (photo coming soon)

New skating tippies! Ava wore her old ones out

"skating" around the kitchen so Grandma got

her some nice new ones....thank you Gram!

Is it Little Bear?? yikes!

The Zoo

Because we had to cancel our Chicago vacation due to my injury,
we took the girls to the John Ball Zoo to try and make up for it
(there is no comparison). Unfortunetly, my camera batteries
died so I only got a couple of pictures.
Ava riding the "horse", and Ava feeding the budgies. Of course we
missed the good ones like, petting the sting rays and Olivia and
Daddy on the zip cord! I guess we'll have to go again!!

Let me tell a story.....................................


of a young wife and mother, who, full of the zest of life, is running
up the stairs that lead into her home where her children await her.

her shoe catches the top step, and then................crash!!! her hand,
while trying to stop her fall, is smashed into the door frame.
There is screaming, there is crying, it's mass hysteria.

Alas, the young lady goes to prime care where a simple x-ray seals
her fate. A broken hand.

She tries now to go on with life, for her children and husband.


Scroll down for more heartwrenching pictures.