Halloween 2009

1. Abbey as an angel 2. Joel as a chargers fan 3. Emma as a sassy clown 4. Taylor as a dancer 5. The twins as Batman and Robin. Maggie is batman, Malorie is Robin

We love Halloween! It is fun to dress up!

Trick or Treating with the Letsches

1. Heidi as Belle the Princess 2. Julia as a gymnist girl 3. My friend Amy and I 4. All the kids--Christian is the only one that didn't go. Each year, the kids and I go trick or treating with my friend Amy and her husband Tom and their twin girls. (Sorry, Tom--I didn't get you in a picture!) Amy always cooks up some great Halloween food--it's a fun tradition.!!!

Halloween 2009

Maggie's godmother, Kayla, used to help me take the kids trick or treating when they were little. I can't believe how big the kids are getting and that Kayla is almost done with college and starting a family of her own. We were lucky to have such good babysitters!

Pumpkin Carving

We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins this year. We did it the night before Halloween. Our friends Aaron and Tyler came and in all we did 20 pumpkins. I couldn't get Christian, Tyler, or Joel to take any pictures, but they had fun carving pumpkins, too. My dad always made that such a fun thing when I was growing up. Love my parents! 1. Chris and Abbey 2. Aaron and Abbey 3. all 20 pumpkins 4. Emma and her 3 pumpkins

Pumpkin Carving

1. Taylor 2. Maggie on Left Malorie on right 3. Maggie 4. Malorie

We had so much fun carving our pumpkins!

Goodbye Jake and Lilly

Today I sold my pet cows Jake and Lilly. It is hard to justify 1700 pound pets. They are so tame they were trying to swing their heads at my boys to get them to pet them, so I just didn't want them to get hurt. I have some pictures of them when I got them 3 years ago (they are twins!) and one from today. I stuck one in there of my horse, Fiddler. He just turned 25. I've had a lot of good years with all of them. Look how much Emma and Maggie have grown in 3 years!

Our goddaughters

Madeline and Violet