PUMPKIN TIME

We have some awesome pumpkin carvers in our family!!

And as you might be able to tell, Tyler wants to be a spy for Halloween.

TREE HOUSE

The kids - well, Johnny mostly - worked extremely hard for about a month, and now they have an amazing tree house!! They are so very proud. And we decided that we would throw a SURPRISE! THANK YOU! party for Johnny for the awesome new tree house. And yes, all 5 of us got up in the tree house. The kids made pizza and cookies, decorated the tree house and we played games. He was very surprised.

Happy Birthday, Aerin!!!

Aerin turned nine in August. She had a very cool and "grown-up" party. I think she's pretty cool and "grown up" herself!!

Johnny's Surprise!

Johnny called on his way home and said, "I've got a surprise for the kids! Don't let them look outside!" And this was our surprise - and yes, the kids were thrilled. Well, two of them anyway...

Aerin was the first to go and she did a great job... and then she had a bit of a crash. But she's tough, and had a cool black eye the first day of school! She was excited about that.

And Tyler was the next to go, and he really loved it and even started doing a few wheelies. Sorry, mom didn't get pictures of the wheelies. My eyes where closed praying at the time...

And then there is sweet Hayden who didn't like riding the bike at all... can you see the tears and look of panic? You can't hear the yelling... and you're welcome. He did decide later that the bike wasn't so scary and Johnny wasn't trying to kill him.