Come and gone...

Well now that Halloween and October have come and gone, we find ourselves in November and Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping are right around the corner! Man I do not think that I am ready for any of this! As fast as fast as time is flying by, this too will pass rather quickly and I will look back and wonder where it all went. Colder weather is not something that I am totally looking forward to and this is mainly due to the fact that Maddi now in school and it is just going to be that much harder to get her up, dressed and out the door. I have a hard enough time now, so I can only imagine what it will be like when there is snow on the ground! Well I guess enough grumbling for now. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their fall and goes on into winter with an open mind! That is something that I am definitely going to have to work on:) Until next time...stay healthy and happy!!

Post Family Farm

Well Maddi and her kindergarten class went to Post Family Farm this week and of course had a wonderful time. She said that the whole trip was her favorite part, so I guess you could say that she enjoyed it. She saw the animals, rode on a hay ride to go to the pumpkin patch to pick her very own lil' pumpkin, ate pumpkin doughnuts and drank apple cider, played in the hay, and rode the pumpkin train. She also got to participate in the skit that tells the story of how a pumpkin grows. She was the cloud and let me tell you, she was thrilled. Not!! Oh well that is what you get when you volunteer:) Here are a few photos...

Trick or treating at Holland State Park

This past weekend we had trick or treating at Holland State Park and it was fun as usual. The weather was not the greatest, but at least the rain held off until the kids were done. It was the same last year, so we kind of knew what to expect. The kiddos had a blast and that is all that matters. Here are just a few photos that were taken. Maddi was a giraffe(sp), Les was a Lollipop kid with Erica and Melissa, and Court was Wednesday from the Addams Family with Shelby as Cousin It and Howie as Uncle Fester.

Happy Fall Ya'll!!!!!!!!!

Well it is that time of year once again and I love it! I love the changing of the leaves, the scarecrows, pumpkins, haybales, you name it, and I love it. I think that this is my favorite time of the year and I just savor every day that it is here. We all know what comes after it here in Michigan, so just enjoy it while you can. Before long we will be seeing some of that white stuff that likes to hang around for quite some time, but maybe I will be ready for it when it comes. Probably not, but I can say that for now because it is a little while longer before we should be seeing any of it. I wish all of you blogging buddies a very happy and blessed fall!!!

Packing up for yet another weekend of camping!!

Well hump day is here and I am trying to focus on packing up for our camping trip up North this weekend. I do believe that there are about 30 of us going to spend the weekend in Mesick. The campground is called Northern Exposure and is right on the lake, so this should be fun. We generally stick closer to the homefront because Mark can not be too far away in case he is called in to work, but we are venturing a couple of hours away this weekend, so Miss Ellie will be accompaning us. She herself will make this camping trip interesting, but we will see how she does. It is supposed to be a little cooler, so it should be just right for camping. Atleast the campfires will feel good when we sit around them:) We hope that all of you blogging buddies have a wonderful weekend yourselves and I am sure we will post a few photos of our trip when we get back. Until next time...

Trick or Treating in September???

What a beautiful weekend for camping. This past weekend we were at Yogi Bear once again and it was Halloween weekend there, so the girls quickly threw something together and went trick or treating on Saturday evening. It was so warm that our little kitty had to wear a tank top, but we are not complaining. I think that I can honestly say that I have never trick or treated in September, but there is a first time for everything. The campground did a wonderful job and it was nice to see that just about every site participated. I am sure that those few that did not were not aware that it was Halloween weekend. We did not know it until we checked in, but at least we were close enough that we could run home and grab something for the girls to dress up as and run to Wally World and get some candy. Court did not have much time beings she had the youth group's annual car show at church, so she opted for the easy choice of being a mime like she did in Holland campground last year. It all worked out well and they had the best time. After we trick or treated, we went to Sally's 60th birthday party where we all had a blast square dancing. Poor Mark, as well educated and smart as he is, had the worst time telling his right from his left but it gave us all a good laugh and believe me, he was NOT the only one. Courtney has found a new love, yep square dancing. She could not stop talking about how much fun she had. Lots and lots of memories for these girls to take with them as they grow up. I am thankful that we are in a place where we can give them that! Right now we are enjoying our lives and loving every minute! Hope everyone has a blessed week! Until next time....

First day of school

Things went rather smoothly this morning. Kids all got up early, got dressed, ate and were actually excited about going to school. There of course were a few glitches, but that is to be expected on the first day. To begin with a bus went by at 6:45am and Mark made Courtney get in the truck to run it down and it was not even her bus. It was the High School bus. Then when her bus did come, she was standing out there waiting and her bus driver rode right by her, so we had to jump in the car and go chase it down. Oh you gotta love the first week of busing! I took the other two to school, so they got there on time. We will see how their bus is tomorrow. I am glad that the first one is behind us and hopefully the rest of these early mornings will continue this way. I doubt it, but a mom can always hope right?!?!?!