Can't get over these adorable smiles!

And finally... its Halloween!

I think we were over Halloween before it even came...!

Fairy Tale Day

Elizabeth's preschool dressed up for Fairy Tale Day and played in their cardboard castle!

She insisted on posing for pictures WITH her Cars umbrella Grandma bought her... I couldn't stop laughing at her and then when the wind almost took her away, I almost fell over laughing!

Alexander couldn't wait to pick Elizabeth up from school to play with her pumpkins!

Awana Fall Festival

Check out my leopard from Noah's Ark! Her favorite game, of course, was "fishing" for candy.

CrAzY for Pumpkins!

Between our multiple Halloween parties and my random crafty itch, we had a ton of decorated pumpkins this year!! Meanwhile, Alexander ate apples. Lots of apples! (Check out the detail on Andrew's pumpkin... I'm thinking SURGEON!)

Wannabe Family Photo

We attempted to take family pictures at Ponca State Park the weekend of my birthday. Everything seemed perfect; clean clothes that matched, beautiful weather and scenery, and most important, a willing husband!

Smile, click. Smile, click. Perfect, lets go home. Get home, wait... all the pictures are, what?! blurry?!

Hmmm. Hubby had the camera set to the lowest quality setting... HilARious.

Conclusion: no family picture this year.

God's Paintings

Just across the bridge at Ponca State Park in Nebraska.

Special birthday visitors!

My parents conveniently scheduled their vacation so they were able to spend two weekends with us in Vermillion! Very special to be with family for my birthday! They experienced Ddays for the first time and then I convinced them to head to Sioux City to try HuHot. Poor Alexander was very sick with a horrible fever but kept his spirits up for the weekend, what a trooper. Mom and I spent one too many hours in Vermillion's own Maurice's (thanks Mom!) and Elizabeth got to shop with her grandma at WalMart (something she probably dreams about!). Thanks Mom and Dad!

Quarter of a century?

For my birthday, Andrew threw a birthday party with some of our med school friends. Actually one of our friends has the same birthday as me so we shared the evening. Andrew came up with hilarious games! Russian roulette with eggs, partner egg drop, and tug of war on a toddler's stool! Finished up the evening with an intense game of murder and cake.