All Hallow's Eve 2013

 And this is our little neighbor boy...isn't this great!? 

I ordered Evie's red hood and petticoat off of Etsy- the hood is seriously darling! She was adorable! Went up to houses all by herself when her big sis went off with friends. She even tried to say thank you! So sweet! Once she was in her pjs- she fell right to sleep. John asked if she ate dinner. Yep- five suckers, two tootsie rolls and a snickers. yum! :)

Sun

My attitude and emotion tend to mirror the weather. My body needs sunlight to be motivated and energized. Even on the coldest most frigid day in January- as long as there is a bright sun, I'm good. These past few days have taken its toll. Its dreary and grey. The cold fall rain has been drizzling through the fog. Evie and I spent the better part of yesterday cuddled up on the couch reading books and watching cartoons. She must feel it too.

It's days like these...these borderline winter days...that have me longing for autumn's glory. The warm colors and spectacular sunsets. The reds, oranges and yellows that wash over the landscape and sky. I wish there was a place that was perpetually stuck in fall. Wouldn't that be awesome!? 

Happy Fall and be sure to do a sun shiny happy dance for me! (It's kind of like a rain dance, but for sun!) 

And while we are waiting for fall to come back...enjoy these fall photos from Earth Porn  (funny name, huh!)  you should totally follow them on facebook!!!

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Monday evening the girls and I headed out to Davey to take our Christmas photos. Yes, these are way early. But it gets cold and busy and you have to order them and wait for them to ship, then address and label them all and well...ya that's why we took them this early.

I usually take the photos of the girls. Mostly because I am cheap and partly because I like taking photos. But taking photos of your own kids is problematic. They rush you, get cranky, put on fake smiles, bicker with each other and that's not even counting all the problems that come with trying to shoot a 2 year old.

On this particular day, the girls were a little pissy because we had to drive all the way to Davey for a 20 minute photo shoot. They had homework, didn't want to, why do we have to, blah blah blah.

Like a drill sergent, I ordered them in the car and told them we will stay at Davey until I get done with my pictures! Lucky for me, they calmed a bit and tried to comply.

I got some really great photos. At least one we'll use on our Christmas card (which I'm not sharing- you'll have to wait to receive it in the mail!). Here are a few of the others:

One of my favorites is this one...

Which is a great pic! Evie loves to swing between people and this photo really captures this moment in our lives. BUT thank goodness for photo editing, because this is the original! 

LOVELY, Emma! LOVELY! Damn dog! 

Had to share- I thought it was so funny! 

Well, there you go! Now you know the rest of the story!

Happy Friday! 

Funny story

I posted this on Facebook a few weeks ago, but wanted to be sure to it documented on here.

I seriously love my family! They crack me up!