Turkey Time....

We were at the ranch for Thanksgiving. Mike and the kids went up on Monday. I ended up having a full 48 hours kid free. It was so nice...but in the middle of it all I was helping a sick mom. She got feeling better and we headed up on Wednesday. Lots of fun and good food!!!

This is Sophia's way of "dressing warmly". It was 80 when I got there on Wednesday afternoon. Thursday morning a front blew through and dropped it to about 35. Baby Lucy is such a cutie. We all can't get enough of her!The kids table on Thanksgiving.

Our annual trip to Homestead Heritage on Friday. The kids had a great time!

Once Again...

This is what we found in Sophia's room last night. Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall for this tea party??? She has such a wonderful imagination!!!

Where Has the Time Gone????

Okay...took a little hiatus from blogging to deal with life...which included a 3 night hospital stay for Jake. Thankfully Jake is doing fine and life is pretty much back to normal.

Mike and the kids went up to the ranch yesterday. Mom, Shirley and I were supposed to go up today but Mom is sick...so Shirley went up today and hopefully Mom and I will go tomorrow. Turkey Dinner will be calling our names....loudly!!!

Mike took Joshua out in a deer blind tonight. Check out these adorable pictures!! Mike took them with his cell phone, but they are still priceless. Joshua looks SO big. Mike said he did great and loved watching for animals. Such a little cutie!!!

Happy Halloween!!

The kids could hardly wait until trick-or-treating time. We met at Shirley's house. Tim, Noel, Sullivan, Brian, Courtney, Christopher and my mom were all there. We had a quick dinner and then hit the streets.

Wonders never cease!!! All 5 Wille cousins together and looking at the camera!!

Joshua and Christopher tried HARD to keep up with Jake and Sophia!!!

Checking out their loot afterwards!

Party Time...

Two families in Sophia's class worked together to put on one incredible Halloween party. It was so much fun!!! Most of it was outside...2 bouncers, bobbing for apples, sidewalk chalk, face and hair paint, pinata, treasure hunt, good food and drinks for young and old!!, fabulous decorations. It was quite the party scene. The kids had a great time...and so did we...too much fun that I didn't get many pictures. Thankful that we have such a fun group of friends to hang out with!!!

Carving Pumpkins...

Kids love carving pumpkins...parents...not so much!!! But, of course we pretended like it was loads of fun!!! Mike took the redneck approach to carving. But I have to say that the drill really made things go faster!!!! Sophia wanted a princess pumpkin...complete with tiara, eyelashes and red lipstick!

NPDS Halloween Parade...

I love the annual NPDS Halloween Parade. It's so fun to see all the costumes. There are some cutie-pies!!! Sophia was thrilled to wear her Ariel costume!!!

Joshua was thrilled with all the costumes...as you can tell!We were standing in a very sunny spot!!!!

Inside the classroom after the parade....