A Picnic at the Park

We enjoyed the beautiful Fall weather in Michigan yesterday - 75 degrees and sunny. I love Michigan weather! (I'll be taking that back when it is snowing in May!) Anyway, we enjoyed a nice picnic, play time and a little photo shoot while we were there. Here are some of our favorites...




I think this was our hint that Lauren was ready to be done taking pictures :)

It was a nice time - except for the lady repeatedly yelling at her kids at the park ("If you don't stop that, I'm going to beat you!", etc.). Ahhh...the joys of living in a redneck, hillbilly town. Why haven't I agreed to let Todd look for a technology job in another state??!!?? I'm still pondering that one!

Children's Farm Market

I just found these pictures from last Saturday. (We had taken our smaller camera, which we never do anymore.) We went to the Children's Zoo and they were having a little farm market where the kids went around and collected vegetables, wool, milk, etc. and then traded these goods in for "dollars" that they could spend at the "store." It was a great time!

Our Little Potato Heads

Lauren and Andrew had a great time playing together today...

I Feel Like Martha Stewart

The title says it all! I have been so domestic lately...cooking great meals, making decorations, etc. I roasted my first chicken last night for dinner. I was so excited about it that I knew I would have to share it on the blog...here is a picture of our delicious bird...

I was very proud of my chicken :)
It was a big hit with the kids too...they both had seconds!

Here is what the kids did while I was getting the chicken ready for the roaster...

They had a ball playing in the water and suds!
We were all just a *little* wet when they got done!

Homecoming

Tonight we went to the Homecoming parade and game. Lauren was so excited about the amount of candy that she got at the parade...it was better than a night of Trick-or-Treating! Her favorite part of the game is photographed below...

Yes, she got a foam finger! Once again, why do we spent LOTS of money on gifts when the cheapest ones are really the best ?!?!

Enjoying the (chilly!) game. I'm glad that I was not one of the girls on the Court...BRRRR!

Andrew also enjoyed the foam finger!

We stayed until half time, until we were chilled to the bone, until we heard that we lost the 50/50 raffle(~$570) ...then we came home! It was a nice family night!

Fire Safety

Lauren had a chance to learn about Firetrucks and fire safety at school today. "I sat on a firetruck and I had a great time at school today. I got a fire hat, a sticker and a fire truck coloring book. Andrew got to wear my hat, just look at the pictures... (Lauren)

WOW!

That's all that I can say...WOW! In the 10 years that Todd and I have been together, I have never seen this side of him before...




It is Homecoming week and the classes chose Decades of Music for their themes. The teachers could choose whatever they wanted...so they chose Emo. Huh?? That's what I said! Emo. Todd went all out...black nail polish, jewelery, tattoos, lip piercing...even eye liner!! And he said that he was "tame" compared to some of the other teachers. And you ask what is wrong with our education system??? Look no further! :)