Happy Halloween!

Halloween 2012

Starring Alison Marie as "Alice in Wonderland", and Merilyn Grace as "Frannie K. Stein". {A Monster High character, in case you didn't know :) ...}

I must be getting old and senile... Halloween really snuck up on me this year. I don't know what happened {life and such??} but we were scrambling at the last minute for costumes. Both of the costumes came with wigs, but due to wardrobe malfunctions, they weren't working tonight. 

The cousins came for pizza and trick-or-treating... the holiday wouldn't be complete without them! :)

 Natalie (the Wicked Witch) & Alison

Ali, Meri, and "Dorothy" aka Charlotte. {Although, if you ask Charlotte, she was "Dorpy".}

It had been raining all day. so we went out armed with umbrellas. However, we ended up not needing them! Yay! We had a good time, but it was a pretty early night for us since Halloween was a school night this year. Whose idea was that?!?

Happy Birthday Merilyn!

Our baby turned 6 this year! 

We celebrated with a few family and friends at Kellogg Bowl. Fun, fun!! :) Everyone took their bowling scores very seriously... even Charlotte got into it! Add in pizza and rainbow cupcakes, and you've got yourself a pretty good party!

Luke and Ryan... Our best buddies since Ali and Ryan were born!

I love you, Sweet Girl!

Meri, Charlotte and Johnna... Our cousins are never far! :)

The First Day of School

{I'm chuckling to myself that I am writing about the first day of school... and it's almost Christmas Vacation!}

Alison started 4th grade this year! What?!! She is an old pro at school now... it helps that she had a couple of best buddies in her class and they've been hearing great things about the teacher. I'm so grateful that Trav gets to be there for these moments.

The kindys were on a staggered start, so Mer started a few days later. After three years of pre-school, the first day of kindergarten was a BIG deal. She has been ready for this day for a long time! She was pretty annoyed with me for wanting to take pictures... She had things to do and people to meet!!

I'm so proud of my girls. :)