Halloween Party

Matthew and I had our 9th Annual Halloween Party last weekend.  We had a great time like always.  We went as the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts.  My friend Jill came over before the party to do my makeup.  She did a fantastic job.  It was just mere coincidence that Matt's sister Marci showed up in an Alice in Wonderland costume.  So we got a good group pic of us.  :)  Enjoy!

 Matthew and I

 Me, Matt, and Marci

My crew from work

Halloween Preview

I don't know how well my pictures are going to be on Wednesday for Halloween because it is supposed to be miserable outside, so I wanted to put some up to show some pics of Mark and Makenna in their costumes that I took last week when it was beautiful outside.  Mark is (of course) a Ninja and Makenna is a Peacock.  Happy Halloween a day early! :)

Happy Birthday Grandma

 My Grandma at her Surprise 80th Birthday Party

 A couple scrapbook pages I made for her



Today would have been my Grandma Harrison's 85th Birthday.  I think of my Grandma everyday and dream of her often, and today is and always will be her Birthday to me.  I miss her tremendously and know that she is smiling down on all of us.  When I told Mark and Makenna that today was her Birthday, they said, "Well, I bet she's having a party up in Heaven today" and I said, "Yeah, I bet you're right." She will always be our Angel.  Happy Birthday Grandma...We Love You, Miss You, and hope you're having a Great Party. XOXO

Mark

Here is one of the pictures that Cristy took of Mark.  I think he looks so handsome.  He is doing amazing in school and just got his first report card with grades.  He got an A+ in Spelling, an A in Math and an A- in Reading because of his handwriting.  It's pretty bad when I get upset about an A-.  His handwriting is horrendous though, so we have been trying to work with him on it.  The problem is he just rushes through everything and doesn't take his time on it.  He reads everything though and is finishing up his 3rd Magic Tree House book, so I am very proud of him.  He's also doing great in Taekwondo and just earned his Yellow Belt.  He was very excited.  And most importantly, he is still my sweet boy.  :)

Makenna

A Picture of Makenna at Ogden Gardens. Matt's Cousin Cristy did an amazing job with Fall Pics of the Kids. :)

So here comes another Makenna Classic... They must have had Fire Safety Day at School recently b/c both kids have been talking about fire detectors in our house, etc... So tonight, they asked what causes Fires...So I said, it could be a number of different things...candles, an iron left on, electrical, matches... That's why we don't play with matches. To which Makenna started freaking out and replied, "Oh No! Matches! But we play Memory all the Time!" I lost it. Ahhh. Gotta love Innocence sometimes. :)