Audie from a couple of weeks ago.

Gets me every time.

The week of Christmas and after, Matt was off work! It was so nice. We did a whole lotta nothing, and I wouldn't have had it any other way. It was nice to just have a week to relax with no agenda.

We did take the girls bowling one day...here are some pictures from that hour!

Selah was a hoot. She really loved it.

She kept playing with the air vent-blowy-thingy. (What's that for, anyway?) I love these pictures of her. I jut wish I had got my focus right!

Modeling and photo shoots went on at our house last night. Sure to make a photographer momma proud.

Selah, faces, and boots.

It seems to be that someone else in this family is taking after their father. Audie has already adopted her dad's quirkiness, and it appears that Selah is following suit. Why can't anyone just smile at me when I take a picture of them?

Selah is definitely developing her personality of a "kid" and not a "toddler".

She knows how to be in the spotlight and she's liking it.

 It's probably a good thing that Corinne and Audie are the set of friends around here. If the set of friends were Audie and Selah, I think they'd get into a lot of trouble and wreak some havoc around here.

I liked that Audie left her socks in her boots when she took them off. 

This and That

Here's a hodgepodge of photos, and not in the right order.

From the months October to March, this is the best spot in the house. It's the only place that sun shines in through the windows, and it's so warm. It's not uncommon to find one of us sitting in the sun spot. 

This morning we went to visit our chocolate friends for our annual halloween photo!

Back in early September we met up with cousins downtown for Corinne's birthday.

A couple of weeks ago we had a school field trip to the pumpkin patch. It has been years since I have been to a pumpkin patch, and I have to say they have evolved quite nicely. Back in elementary when I went for field trips, it was a hayrack ride to the patch, pick your pumpkin, and then go home. Now, there are tons of activities to do at pumpkin patches! The one we visited had train rides, zip lines, slides, barrel rolls, playground equipment, corn mazes, goats....

 It was a fun field trip, and a perfect day with nice weather. The girls enjoyed spending time with their teachers and classmates. After a couple hours of playing on the equipment, we took a tractor out to the patch to pick out pumpkins. We took our four pumpkins home and the girls painted faces on them.

Collect $200 Salary as You Pass Go

This one's for Grandma Helen.

This and That

Can I brag about this one for a bit?

Corinne had her fall recital last week. She did excellent! We went out for ice cream afterwards to celebrate. 

Earlier this month, the girls had assessment testing at school. Corinne's reading grades were superb! She scored "above average", being at 94% --meaning she reads better than 94% of kids her age. The testing also said she is proficient with 80% of words at a 5th grade reading level (she's in 3rd grade). Her math scores were above average also, being at 86%. Woohoo! Proud momma! I cannot claim giving her any smarts though, all of that has to all come from her brainy father. He can claim passing on the brains, I'll claim passing on the beauty. Heh heh.

We are still trying to get our house sold in order to move to our new one! It's been about 3 weeks and I'm trying not to grow impatient! I know the outcome is in God's hands, so doing my best to hold tight.

Can't believe this week will bring October. I suppose it's time to start thinking about Halloween Costumes and fall activities! Until then, we're hangin' out with hopes that our house sells soon! 

Audie

Why the prairie dress?

Why this mis-matched socks?

Why the weird river dance?

Because she's Audie, I guess. 

Sisters

I invite you to view a rare sequence of love happening between these two.

Corinne's 8th Birthday

Corinne's been looking forward to today for a long time. Firstly, because she is allowed to sit in the front seat now. Secondly, because it's her golden birthday. And, thirdly, her birthday is her "favorite holiday." We started the day off with school.  A couple of hours into the school day, we were wonderfully interrupted by a Skype call from Brazil. Our friends, the Isaaks, have a daughter that was also born on September 8, so she called Corinne to sing her a happy birthday. 

We had lunch with Matt near his work, frozen yogurt with the cousins, and dinner out with Grandma and Grandpa. We did a quick photo shoot downtown, and came home to open presents. I think Corinne had a great day!!