Having fun with fall leaves

Poor Bailey...

Yesterday around 4pm, we let the dogs back in the house from outside. We noticed that Daisy had blood all over her ear. What? After searching and not finding anything, we realized that Bailey also had blood all over her leg. We looked at Bailey's leg and sure enough she had a really large, deep laceration. I have no idea where she got it, but after Chris and I looked at it we agreed that she would need stitches. Sooooooo, we called the vet and they got her in right away. Bailey came home with 8 staples in her leg!! Poor Pup!
That night, Daisy would not leave her side. It was really sweet because Daisy usually likes her space... she's old and she is just not that into the new dogs. But tonight she cuddled with Bailey and let her know that she really did love her. Ahhhhhh...

18mm

135mm

200mm

18mm

135mm

200 mm

I got a new lens! I pretty much love, love, love it!!! My old lens broke, I have no idea how, it just didn't work one morning! This happened to be a morning that I got the girls dressed up in their Christmas outfits, did their hair all pretty, and was going to take our Christmas card photo..... I was so upset that my lens broke that I almost cried!!

Anyway, I have really been enjoying this new lens, and I thought it would be fun to take pictures of the zoom this lens has. The first is wide open at 18mm, the second is at 135mm (which is the lens I almost got), and the third is the closest zoom at 200mm.

Happy 8th Anniversary!!!

I can't believe I have been married to my wonderful husband for 8 glorious years! We have been together for almost 10, and I have been loving every moment! We have been through so much during these last 10 years, we have had some wonderful memories created, and I really do believe that we have out best years ahead of us. I am giddy at the thought of spending them with my husband and three beautiful daughters.
Thank you Chris for a delightful night, the company was great. And thank you for being such a wonderful husband, friend and father, thank you for being you. You truly are the best! XOXOXO

Halloween!!!

The next set of pictures are from Maddie's Halloween party at
her friends house.




It was Halloween overload this weekend! We had a school party on Friday, then a Halloween party at Maddie's friends house on friday night. Saturday Maddie had a Halloween soccer game (see http://desertflames.blogspot.com/) and then we had friends and family over Saturday night for Halloween festivities! Complete of course with trick-or-treating. The girls had a blast all weekend long and I am sure that they have enough sugar on board to last for the next several weeks!

A trip to the pumpkin patch with the Pre-school

We had our first ever call trip to Pumpkin patch with the twins! Lucy and Ava are loving pre-school and talk about it almost every day. The pumpkin patch was fun, and very crowded, as to be expected this time of year. Lucy LOVED the tractor ride and Ava LOVED the corn maze. We took them through the haunted house, thinking that it would be age appropriate, and boy was I wrong! Ava is now afraid of the dark and talks about monsters coming out from under her bed and closet.... I wish we would have known, but like I said, we thought it would have been age appropriate!

Dorky's 30th birthday! :)

Dorky is a funny name that my brother and I call each other. I actually don't even remember has this name calling started, but I think it may have dated back to when my brother was in the military and we would write letters back and forth to each other. Rather than using nice words of endearment we would use dork and nerd. Hey, I was only 17 at the time!! LOL It has caught on now with all his friends and even his wife. When he calls my house the talking caller ID says, "call from Dorky". Anyway.....

Dorky turned 30 on today! We had a great time at his surprise party!! My camera however got in the hands of some of his friends and I don't think you want to see those pics!

Happy Birthday Jeffrey!!!

A few pictures over the last several weeks

Hanging out with papa at a soccer game.

This picture just cracks me up. Ava was so happy before I took this picture. The reason she is so upset is because I made her stop playing
soccer so I could take a quick photo.

The girls loved playing in the rain today.

With all the rain and wind we have had today, Chris has been very busy all day running calls. He did however get a chance to stop by the house in between calls to
say hello to us. The girls were SO excited to see their papa....

And so sad to see him leave with the engine got a call.