Hand in Hand

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell walking hand in hand...

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell

Wearing her Tiara
Fighting against a pretend Captain Hook!

A Pretty Fairy

"Flying through the air Fighting" (according to Mark)

Off To Save Neverland!

I took pictures of Mark and Makenna on Sunday in their Halloween Costumes b/c it was a beautiful day outside and we weren't sure if we would have any more chances to take them. So each day this week leading up to Halloween I will try to post a new picture of each of them in their costumes or of them together. Happy Early Halloween!!!

Hayride

Playing in the Hay
Hay Everywhere!

I asked him to pull his hat down over his ears and this is what happened!

More Hay!

Ears still out...

Last bit of sunlight shining through on my blue eyed baby

Hay Hat

Here are some pictures of Mark and Makenna at the Church Hayride. They had a blast!

Church Halloween Party

Little Red Riding Hood (w/ a black eye!)
Makenna and her Pink Pumpkin (Big Surprise!)

Mark painting his pumpkin

Our Little Red Riding Hood - Hood On

Mr. Incredible

She had to wear her Red Boots at first
Cuddling Up Together

We took Mark and Makenna to our Church Halloween Party on Saturday afternoon. They had a great time painting pumpkins and playing pin the nose on the pumpkin! We finished the evening with a Hayride at Rogers Lakewood Park, which the kids absolutely loved. They had a great time throwing hay at each other and Makenna loved burying herself in hay! It was a great afternoon! We had bought Makenna a Little Red Riding Hood costume last year after Halloween pretty cheap and thought we would put that on her for the party since she is going to be Tinkerbell for Trick or Treating. We had bought a 2T/3T and thank goodness this was only for Church. It barely covered her bottom! I couldn't believe it! I said it looked more like an 18-24 Months! Good thing we have a different costume for this weekend! I had gotten Mark a Mr. Incredible Costume 2 yrs ago after Halloween and he found it and wanted to be Mr. Incredible for the Church party. I didn't even realize that they would be wearing the same color, but it really worked out. Oh, and if you are wondering where Makenna got her black eye, that came from her loving brother throwing a sword at her earlier in the day (while I was at work). Nice, huh. But anyway, they both had a great time.

The Pumpkin and The Penguin

Here are some pictures of Mark and Makenna from the other day. Makenna wanted to wear her pumpkin shirt and since it was the color black week at Mark's school he was all excited to wear his Penguins shirt that my parents had gotten him.

County Line Orchard

Last Sunday Matthew and I took Mark and Makenna to County Line Orchard. They had a blast running around all of the pumpkins and trying to pick them up. They probably had the most fun in the petting zoo area though. They both liked petting all of the baby bunnies (which Matt tried to get me to take one home with us!) and they loved feeding the goats. They also got to see thousands of bees (AHHH!) which I obviously did not like being so allergic to them. Mark and Makenna got to ride the Moo Choo train which they both really liked too. It was a great day and the first decent day in a while that we could be outside enjoying ourselves!

Grandma's Girl

Whether it be my mom or Matt's mom, Makenna is a Grandma's girl. She loves spending time with her Grandmas!

Splashin Around in October

Mark and Grandpa
Mark Splashing Grandpa

Grandpa Throwing Mark

Makenna Hot Tubbin It

Having Fun with Grandpa H

My parents were in town this past weekend after we went to Karrie's wedding. It was great to have them and Mark and Makenna just had the best time with them. They all decided on Saturday afternoon to get in the hot tub for some play time instead of relaxation time. Mark had a great time splashing his Grandpa H and having Grandpa throw him in the water. It was a great October day to be warming up in the Hot Tub!

Scary Siblings

Getting Along! Yeah!
My Sweet Girl

Mark's shirt says it all...

Here are some pictures I took the other day of Mark and Makenna in their Halloween Attire. They were playing really well together this particular morning...it was amazing!!!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Mark and Adison
Makenna and her pumpkin

Looking at the Big Tractor

Mark, Adison, Makenna, and Rhede

Matthew took Mark and Makenna to Coulter's Pumpkin Patch in Westville, IN for Mark's Preschool Field Trip last week. They all had a great time even with the VERY cold weather! (Oh, they are both wearing Medals that Matt received after running the Marathon the day before.)

Karrie's Wedding

Jill, Karrie, Ashlee, Allison (The 4 Roommies!)
Me and Karrie

Me and Matthew

We went to my college roommate Karrie's wedding this past weekend in Indianapolis. We had such a great time seeing everyone! My parents attended as well and we all just had so much fun together. It was nice to see my college roommates and friends since I don't get to see them hardly ever. It was just overall a Fantastic Night! Thanks to Karrie and Shane for a GREAT wedding/reception! And by the way you looked Gorgeous!

Chicago Marathon

And they're off...
Looking good at mile 26! It was all uphill at the end!

Finished!!!!

(Forced a smile through A LOT of Pain!)

Matthew ran the Chicago Marathon this past Sunday and finished it in 4 hours and 38 minutes. It wasn't what he originally wanted, but we think that it's great for his first marathon, the fact that he was running with a torn tendon in his foot, and that he ran with a chest cold. He was at 1 hr and 55 minutes at the half way point. He said he felt like he hit a wall at mile 20. He said that when he crossed the finish line he thought, "That was the dumbest thing I have ever done." He says he will never run another one ever again, but we will have to wait and see. He already wants to run a Mini Marathon (13.1 miles) in Indy in 3 weeks. He's crazy if you ask me! But we are so proud of what he accomplished. Thank you to everyone for all of your support with Matthew and with your donations to OE (Opportunity Enterprise). He raised $1956.00! We cannot thank you enough, and are just glad that this particular journey is over!

The Bridesmaid and the Flower Girl

Makenna holding my flowers
Makenna looking at my flowers

Makenna and I at Deep River Park