Halloween

We had a wonderful Halloween at our new house! Some people may frown on Halloween, but we love it. We have fun and celebrate the positive aspect of it, not the negative.

Monday night Kirk worked late so the kids and I decided to carve the pumpkins! Brady had been wanting to for weeks! Surprisingly they were very easy to gut this year, so that went fast. My kids don't like to get messy so it was all up to mommy! haha

Brady designed and carved his pumpkin himself, he's a very traditional boy. Nothing wierd going on with his pumpkin.

I carved Bethany's and then she did some artistic drawing's on the back we called it "hair".

I also carved mine and daddy's pumpkin. Immediately after I was done Bethany yelled "Daddy!" I have to say I felt sorry for Kirk. haha

Tonight, Halloween, the kids got all dressed up Brady a Ninja and Bethany a Ballerina. We started out the door and low and behold the township Fire engine pulled in turned on his lights and stopped! At first I was like "Oh man we did something wrong, our first real trick or treat and we screwed up!" But no, they just came into the neighborhood to pass out candy!! I thought that was super nice!


So we started the walk, we were able to meet a few of our new neighbors(who love to talk I might add). Boy, you don't realize how big the subdivision is until you walk it with a ninja and a ballerina! They both did very well though, said their "Thank you's."

By the time we had done the big circle mommy was pooped and we saw Daddy handing out candy, so Mommy took over the candy and Daddy took them down our street to finish up. They got plenty of loot, I think Daddy will end up eating 3/4ths of it!

It is great to finally be in a neighborhood where they can participate in such activities!!

We hope you all have a Spookactular Halloweeeeennnnn!!!!

Birch kids

Eric, Christy and Abigail came over for a visit a couple weeks ago to see the house and we snapped this picture.

Sorry it's a bit dark.

Trip to the patch...

A pumpkin patch!

The kids and I were able to go with some friends from church to a pumpkin patch! The weather was great and everyone had a wonderful time. We found a lot of cool pumpkins!! After we hunted for our favorite pumpkins(we had to get one for every member of our family including dog and cats) we went over to a picnic area and had some lunch although I think the kids just enjoyed rolling down the big hill.

It was fun!!

We'll post some pictures after we carve them too!

Brady Update

Brady is feeling much better. His temp. has stayed down now for a good day and a half now and he did go to school today. I can tell that stuff is breaking up in his chest too. Thanks for your prayers!

Love you all!

Brady

I just got back from taking Brady to Urgent Care, yesterday afternoon he started getting really sick with a fever, headache, and some chest/breathing problems. He spiked a fever last night of 103+. So the Dr said, that he definately has at least an ear infection in the right ear, possibly getting one in the left and he heard some tightness in one side of his chest.
He put him on some antibiotics and also a strong expectorant to try to break up what's in his chest and then I should continue to give him tylenol or ibprofen for the fever and check it continuously to make sure it stays down. If he can keep his fever down to under 101 then he can go to school on Monday but if not then it's a no go. :(

Please keep him in your prayers, he is not a boy that likes to stay put and this is totally wiping him out! He also has a special field trip on Tuesday that he has been talking about all month. He's having trouble talking just with all the junk in his throat/chest too.

Happy Birthday

Happy 31st Birthday Kirk!

You have now fully jumped into your 30's! ;)

Love you!!!!

We're in...

We know we have a lot of family and friends asking and I'm sorry we haven't got back to all of you, but we are moved into our new home. It has gone smoothly, still a lot to do but we are happy. The kids are adjusting well, which is a relief for me. We do have phone and internet now.
I'll write more later when I have a bit more time.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!
Love you all!!