I feel like the Scrooge of Halloween, but I'm just grumpy. A nasty pestilence has descended upon our house and put a major damper on our Halloween festivities. The 104 degree fever, cough, chills, aches, etc. etc., started with Tori on Wed, then with Elli on Thursday. And this bug is nasty! My tough girls are rarely down with an illness for more than 24 hours and don't always pass it to each other - not this thing, whatever it is, it is running rampant through the house. The good news is the girls are doing much better - looks like Elli will go back to school tomorrow, but Tori is still struggling - not sure if she'll be ready or not.
Yesterday, yes, Halloween, dear hubby & Ryan come down with it. Poor pumpkins. Ryan actually sat still on Daddy's lap for over an hour today - he definitely is not feeling well if he sat still for that long. DH is actually considering not going to work tomorrow - he must feel like death warmed over to even entertain that thought... Grump, grump, grump. I should be very grateful that I have not caught this yucky bug. I am believe me, but I'm still grumpy.
With all of this going on, we missed Ryan's party at school, and the girls' party & parade at school. Our trick or treating last night was greatly curtailed. We did make it to a party at our church last Sunday, but I forgot my camera, humph! So I got ONE, yes ONE picture from Halloween this year! How am I going to make a two page spread with that??? (only a scrapbooker would understand that comment).
Here's my pic, thank goodness it is a good one! We did manage to carve/paint the girls' pumpkins, so pics of them are below.
Seems like our little man hasn't gotten much air time as of late. Here are some recent pics. This little guy is incredibly busy. Never stops moving. Giving Mom a run for her money, to be sure. But his smile melts my heart and his laugh is as good a pick me up as chocolate! He loves to entertain and he loves it when he can make you laugh.
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I went to a wedding yesterday, and let me tell you, the flower girls were the most beautiful little ladies I have ever seen!! :-) Perhaps they look familiar to you....
It was an absolutely wonderful day! The bride was absolutely gorgeous (as you can see). The bridesmaids were stunning. The ceremony was beautiful, and the reception was a blast. We feel blessed & honored to have been part of this very special day! Congratulations Bridget & Dustin!
We were very proud of our ladies - they held up very well during a very long & exciting day. They lasted pretty well through the ceremony, a bit fidgety, but over all not too bad. They were an absolute blast at the reception - during the cocktail hour, they mingled like crazy & wanted pictures with absolutely everyone! After dinner, they were real dancing machines - moving, spinning & dancing with anyone they could find. The extro-vertedness we observed yesterday absolutely floored us.
Of course we took a million pictures - here is a small sampling. I apologize in advance for being a blatant Mamma-razzi and taking more pictures of my daughters than of the bride ;-). Everyone looked absolutely gorgeous.
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...our lives were blessed with two of the most amazing people in the world. My words cannot express how grateful I am to have the honor of guiding and watching these amazing ladies grow.
The words to the song "Something Good" from Sound of Music come to my mind...
For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good
I know it's meant to be a romantic song, but I can't help but wonder at how lucky we are to have these wonderful ladies loving us like they do.
God has blessed us indeed...
We celebrated by going out to dinner - we let the girls choose, and they chose Outback - go figure.
So we had a bit of fun re-creating the day... On that special day in 2005, our Elli came walking in the room first - right to Daddy.
Then Tori came strolling in - Mommy picked her right up. Tori looked at me for about three seconds and started crying, screaming & trying to get away from Mommy. We've come a long way, baby...
A couple of pics of the happy sisters...
And finally, our beautiful family. Thank you, God for bringing us together.
First day of school for Ryan yesterday! Woo Hoo to my big man!! He loved wearing his backpack, (mistakenly pilfered from Grandma H's house during our last visit) & he looked oh-so-cute in his overalls & nice white sneakers. I must say that the outfit he did wear to school was the second choice of the day. He started out in something similar, but Mr. Man, being Mr. Man, got hold of a tube of toothpaste & well, you can guess the rest.
From all accounts he had a good day. He cried when I left him in the room, but it sounded like he had stopped by the time I made it down the hall to the door to the outside. He is a man of very few words, but when I asked him if he had fun, he nodded. I asked him if he read a story, he nodded. I asked him if he made a friend, he nodded. I asked him if he wanted to eat crickets for lunch, he nodded. You get the idea. Hard to tell, but his teachers said he did fine & he seems none the worse for wear.
Here is our handsome man outside of the school building, ready to take on the world.
Ryan & his sisters (always willing to pose...):
And home again after his learning adventures, holding his very first work of art. He's actually saying "cheese" in this picture :-).
