flashback...

this is for dennis who saw this picture of isaac the other day & fell in love with him all over again...

celebrating lauryn's birthday...

last week for lauryn's birthday, we told her she could go to build~a~bear & pick out a new bear. of course, she chose the most obnoxiously pepto~bismol pink bear she could find as i think any 3 year~old girly~girl would do. here she is pumping the pedal to fill her bear.

did i mention that this new pink bear is covered in hearts?

time to give the bear a heart...

off to the showers...

here she is with cindy ~ lauryn chose the cinderella attire for cindy to wear.

isaac scored too...he got a new outfit for his bear, ace.

then it was off to applebee's for supper...as if grandma NEVER gets to eat there. it's a joke, because the only chain restaurant/bar in williston where she lives is....APPLEBEE'S! but it happened to be the night that isaac's school benefits from us eating there so...

lauryn got a free sundae & was nice enough (finally after half of it was gone) to share with her brudder.

then it was time to head home for the unwrapping of the gifts...

and what does a 3 year old princess get for her birthday? well, princess stuff of course!

good call lilia on the singing little mermaid card...

what does lauryn think of having the election results on during the gift opening? (it was election day after all).

i think we all feel the same way lauryn...

love you little princess!

happy birthday lolo!!

this was what our little biscuit looked like when she was born. although she was almost twice the size of isaac at birth, she was still tiny. we were all so excited to meet her, to see her beautiful dark hair that had auburn highlights, and to love her. yesterday, all of a sudden, she was 3! we couldn't imagine life without our lolo, our lil biscuit, our l.l. cool a. , our princess, and the list goes on. we love you lauryn!!!

flashback friday...halloween style!

what a perfect day to look back at costumes from halloween's past. isaac was 8 months old his first halloween & dennis' sister darla made these adorable costumes for isaac & maxie. don't they make a cute raggedy ann & andy?

the next year isaac was a cowboy while his lil buddy kole was an indian. we went to kole's house & went trick-or-treating with kole to just a few houses ~ enough to satisfy a 1 year old's sweet tooth.

this was just 5 short days before lauryn would come into the world. isaac was 2 & 9 mo. old. i was on bed rest so had to stay home while dennis & my mom took isaac over to see kole, then came back to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood.

lauryn's first halloween. g'pa bedford was here to visit. we went to the district (a shopping area). lauryn was a puppy & isaac was her vet.

last year my mother-in-law made these cute pebbles & bamm bamm costumes that were a hit!

tomorrow i'll post this year's halloween festivities, so stay tuned...

halloween music

pumpkin time!

this past weekend our little brother william came over to spend a day with us. we thought it would be a perfect time to carve pumpkins. the weather was beautiful, our day was relatively uneventful, & we hadn't seen william for a long time! william has now been our little brother for over 6 years & we don't get to spend as much time with him as we should. we all are busy leading our own lives, doing our own thing. william has been a part of our lives since he was in 3rd grade. now he's in high school & is just a hair taller than dennis. things change so quickly! anyway, we had a great day with william & everyone enjoyed the day together.

isaac's jack-o-lantern is the skeleton one. isaac was very excited about this design. although daddy was in charge of the carving on that particular one, isaac joined in whenever he could to help. lauryn's is the happy jack-o-lantern. she didn't want to do anything "spooky" or "scary". hers is called "happy hal" so isaac coined his "scary hal". william rounded off the trio with his skull jack-o-lantern.

and the award goes to...

isaac!!!
our little kindergartner received the "sharing award" from his class. we always knew what a good boy he was, but it was nice to have it reaffirmed by his teacher. she told us that isaac is always so nice in class, shares things, & is a good helper. way to go isaac!



and of course, he couldn't have the spotlight to himself ALL morning...that would just be way too much to ask.