Daddy Daughter Dance

Kyle took the girls to the Daddy Daughter Dance at the Festival of Trees this year. They were SO excited to go with dad to the "ball". This was the first year that Kaylee got to go and she was thrilled. There were some other neighbor girls that went so they had a wonderful time. It's so exciting that it's this time of year already! I think I'm already getting more excited for Christmas than they are. Although, they've looked through the ads that have come and want nearly EVERYTHING. I've had to explain that Santa can't bring all that they want so we'll see how they react.

We got corsages for the girls and they thought it was so cool!

So gorgeous!
And the nails done to match.
On another note, looks like Kira will be having to have surgery to get tubes in her ears and her adnoids out. They did a standard hearing test at her school and she didn't pass. After more tests and a visit with the ENT, he said that she's got fluid and they want to try this surgery to see if it helps. It's just been such a shock because she has never had ear infections or had any indication she had trouble hearing. We have a history of hearing issues both on Kyle's and my side so it could be hereditary and we are just hoping that this surgery will help the issue and it's not something else. So, we also have Kaylee scheduled for tests in a couple weeks so that if she has problems too, we can catch it sooner.

We have been so lucky to have such normally healthy kids so I suppose it's just a hurdle to get past and hope it improves from there.

Otherwise, I'm doing really good after my surgery and healing up. We're looking forward to Thanksgiving next week then getting together in WI with my family the first of Dec. I LOVE this time of year!!

Getting older stinks - part 2

Well, here we go again. I'm going in for surgery on Friday for my gallbladder this time. I swear since I turned 40 this year, I feel like I'm falling apart. I've not been feeling good for awhile but it finally dawned on me what it might be so I went in and had some tests done. They said it's kind of an optional surgery at this point but I figured since I've already had one done this year and pretty much met my insurance deductible, I may as well get it done. Hopefully it will help me feel better and I can get back on the exercise and get in better shape.

We found out the car will take 2-3 weeks to get fixed but they're not going to total it. They almost may as well because they're replacing so much all along the passenger side. At least we've got a rental and everyone is fine so all is good. I think that van has just been bad luck since we got it. Broken into, transmission replaced, accident.... hopefully that's it!

Hope everyone is doing well!

Halloween 2009

We went to Curtis Orchard again this year to pick out our pumpkins. We usually just get some from up front but it seemed like they didn't have a great selection so we decided to make the walk back to the pumpkin patch to see if there was any more to choose from.

Not too much. They were pretty picked over and most that were left were bruised but we did find some good ones out of the bunch to bring home.

Kira had her preschool Halloween party on Weds. She was sad that Kaylee didn't get to stay for the party this year like we did last year but I think they had a great time.
It's time to carve the pumpkins! The girls were so excited to starts doing it. Last year Kaylee wouldn't hardly touch them but this year she dug right in and was so helpful getting all the seeds out. For the first time, I tried getting all the seeds out and roasting them. I did a batch with cinnamon and sugar and another one that was salty. They both were so yummy!




Kyle and I went to an adults only party again this year at a friend's house. The kids liked seeing our costumes this year. We had a really fun time at the party.

On Halloween, we took the kids tailgating before the Illinois game (I didn't go to the game so I could do all the Halloween stuff). It was pretty cold so most of the kids sat in our friend's van and watched a movie. It was fun hanging out with everyone.

We got the kids dressed up and went to Grandpa and Grandma's house to show them their costumes. Kira said "Kaylee, look at this"
"No, I don't want to!"
Who is that??
Silly Grandpa!!
We went to a party at a neighbor's house and all the kids went trick-or-treating together from there. We ran into Santa in front of a house. They thought that was so cool! Kaylee kept saying "I like Santa because he is so cute".

We had such a fun and busy Halloween. The only drawback was that the day before, I got hit in the van while driving home. A teenage boy ran through a stop sign (he said he brakes weren't working - yeah, right). Thankfully, we were all ok but now it's just the inconvenience of having to get the van fixed and all that.

Hope all our family and friends enjoyed the holiday too! Now, on to Thanksgiving and Christmas already. Wow...