Preschool for Macie loo hoo

We just got pictures back today of Macie's preschool class this year and I LOVE them. (Fantastic job Camille!)

These are some of my Fav's.

Enjoy!

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Banana Slugs!

Connor is on a basketball team for the first time this year and he is loving it. The name Banana Slugs comes from the yellow and black jerseys and his coach is our longtime family friend (and his future father in law) Rob Coffman.

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Mind you, these are all 6 year olds but Connor is pretty darn good. The first game he scored at least 7 times but since that game, because of the exciting cheering he gets when this happens, he tends to be a ball hog. We're working on that.

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(If you look really close in this picture you can see him whistling. He whistled the music from Harry Potter the entire game)

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This is the first sport he has played that when he is done he is dripping with sweat. It is a good workout for him. He's excited to go to practices and games for the basketball itself but...

mostly to see Isa.

Thankful Tree

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This Thursday is Thanksgiving and usually I just want to get past it and onto Christmas, but this year I really wanted to make sure we carved out time to stop and be truly thankful.

We all made a list of the things we were thankful for that day, and then that week, and finally what we were thankful for that year. We all took turns telling everyone and then writing it on a paper leaf and adding it to our Thankful Tree.

Some of the things are silly and minor, but they were also very thoughtful and came up with some that I never would have thought of.

I am so thankful for my little family.

videos

We have been so busy around here lately.
Some of the highlights are that I got to spend a whole weekend with some of my FAB girlfriends up in Bend, shopping and eating, and shopping and eating!! So great.

The kids have been spending time getting ready for their Primary Program, playing in the Fall leaves with friends and passing around a yucky 24 hour tummy bug. And the last couple of days we have been spending time with Olsen cousins doing some spelunking at the Lava Beds, frying up Scott's Halibut from Alaska and freezing at the Parade downtown.

We have all been Loving the Zumba classes at the YMCA and I took a fuzzy quick video of the girls getting their workout on. Also, because I think it is stinkin' cute, I threw in one of Macie right before Preschool. Enjoy!

Halloween town

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

We love this Holiday! You get to be silly and eat candy. What's not to love.

We have one of these little gnome's this year;

A sweet little girl scout;

Mr. Harry Potter;

And a scary vampire who left with friends so I haven't gotten to take her picture yet.

We have been carving pumpkins;

And making yummy treats, these are witches fingers;

And this year the kids woke up to some sort of spider web outside there door that they had to break through to come to breakfast.

We're all excited for tonight.

Muuuuhhahahah!

KU cheer camp

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Scott surprised Ellie and signed her up for KU's cheer camp again this year. She got to be in it with a bunch of her friends this year and she loved it. Because all of the "Real Cheerleaders" know her dad she went early and got to hang out with them while they did their cheers. Every time I looked over she was on one of the girls shoulders or holding one of their hands. Yea, she is just a little proud that she got to be one of them till her part came up at half time.

Here is a short video of part of their dance. She gets a little sidetracked watching one of the big cheerleaders doing the routine. She had so much fun and cheered her little heart out for those KU football players.

baby boy~17months

Sawyer.
Oh, we love this boy so much. He is so fun and as darling as they come.
This month he has been repeating everything he hears. His vocab has more than doubled in the last few months. Everywhere we go people comment on how blonde this boy is and ask me where he got his curly hair. I don't know how I will ever cut those curls.
He loves to swim, climb up onto tables, kiss babies, eat dog food and put his finger in everyones belly buttons. He loves his big brother and sisters and will climb up into their laps, say "Hi" and then smother them with puckered lipped kisses.
He is very good about saying "Thank you" and he sings along to the song Look Down from Les Miserables....it may be the cutest thing ever. And believe it or not he can whistle. My guess is that it is because his big brother whistles NON STOP and is darn good.
If I'm not keeping him out of the toilet, or the trash then I am chasing him around the house trying to get him to spit some object out of his mouth. He keeps us on our toes and I just know I am going to miss every exhausting minute of this stage so badly when my house is quiet and empty of kids all day.

Witches Day Out

Macie's October Girlie Girl party was a few weeks ago and the theme was Witches Day Out. It was so cute to see all the girls all dressed up like witches.
I am posting pictures that I stole off of my friends blog cause I didn't take any.
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Boy, did she have fun.

We love Halloween season.

Girly Girl Club

Macie is lucky to have so many friends right around her age.

Most of them little girls. A few of my friends thought it would be fun to create a Girly Girl Club where once a month we get them all together and have a party. The parties rotate from house to house each month (their are 12 girls, one for each month) and each party has a different theme.

Their first Girls Club party was this month and it was a Princess Party. What a way to start, the girls loved every bit of it. They had to come dressed up like a Princess so Macie let me curl her hair. This never happens so I jumped at the chance!

Then came time for the pretty dresses.

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(Macie getting ready with some of her favorite girls Janie and Jillie)

At the party the girls got to play several games. A dress-up game, a wand and crown making station, cookie decorating station, nail painting, bracelets, and lots of yummy treats.

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It was so fun to see her trying to be fancy with all these little girls. Girls are so darn fun and I am glad she gets to have so many others to play princess with.

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My month is December and I have a Pajama Party theme! Ideas are swirling, I am eating this up!

Pinterest PARTY!!

Does everyone know about Pinterest by now?

I finally became a huge Pinterest junkie this Summer. I find it so incredibly helpful for so many reasons. The biggest reason is organization of all the things I love and want to make, use, copy, or buy. I have seriously cooked more, dressed cuter and made some super cute things in the last few months because of all the fun things I have pinned.

My sister Julie and I were talking about how fun it is and how we have to continue to justify our time spent on pinning things. I knew I had to start taking more items off of my to do list.

So I had an idea!!!

Wouldn't it be so great if I could get the local Pinterest-ers together and we can bring all the projects we want to work on that we pinned from Pinterest.

A Pinterest Party.

It could even be a quarterly thing. Aaaannnd, we could all bring a dish, or treat that we made from a recipe we pinned.

Sort of a girls night out, being creative, and getting to share what we all love!

So.....I'm doin' it. Who's with me?

Julie and I have been brainstorming ideas and want to host it!

If your in Klamath....GET ON PINTEREST already...shesh!!! Then let me know if you wanna come party it up with us and I'll send you a cute invite with more details.

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