October 2009

Madeline and Hannah play nearly every day with our neighbor, Aly. Here are some pics of them being silly in our wagon on the patio.

Bright eyes



Kissy Faces



Surprised faces - I was impressed that Hannah was able to get in on the face theme!

Silly faces

Cheese!!! Show me them pearly whites


My sweet friend Kala and her hubby Wes welcomed their first little angel, Emleyn, and I had the honor of going to meet her in October. My friend Chris and I flew to Philadelphia for a few days. We had lots of great snuggle time with Emleyn and we were able to do a bunch of shopping. The trip was such a blessing.





I LOVE spending time with my oldest and dearest friends, Kala and Chris. We've been friends for over 16 years now. They are such a dear blessing in my life!!!

In October, we visited the pumpkin patches a few times. These pictures were taken during a beautiful, fun few hours at Carmichael's Pumpkin Patch in Bixby. We loved the company of our dear friends, Kathy, Gunner and Rylee!

Madeline smiling with the pumpkins

Hannah shaking some gourds

Miss Rylee and Jen

Gunner and Madeline on a camel ride

Silly Hannah posing for the camera. Poor girl's pants were too big around the waist but too short. Chrissy aptly narrated this picture with these words... "In a VAN down by the RIVER"

We had TONS of Halloween fun in October. Hannah was a Kangaroo and she had a little Joey in her pouch. Madeline had to dress up as a character from a book for her school celebration. So her costume needs some explanation. When she was 3 and 4, we used to read her a book called Tikki Tikki Tembo. It was a favorite of mine from childhood and she loved it too. If you've never read it, you should! Anyway, we looked and looked for a book character costume. And since she didn't want to be a fairy tale princess, we had a difficult task ahead of us. We were shopping at marshalls and found this gorgeous Kimono and immediately we remembered the book. So...Madeline was Tikki Tikki Tembo's mom for Halloween. She had such a great time with her costume...too bad most people didn't know who she was. We had one friend look at her and say "awww what a cute Geisha" :) Aw well, it was fun anyway! Here are some of my favorite pics. Then I'll post some collages.

Hannah and Rylee
Madeline and Chloe (Hannah Montana)

Hannah and Vadin (bumblebee)

In October, we also went on our first annual camping trip. We went with 7-8 other families to a camping resort called MarVal in Oklahoma. Chris and Preston, Madeline Vadin and Tolbyn shared a tent. Ed and Gunner camped in a tent off of their Element. Megan, Kathy, Rylee, Hannah and I shared a cabin and the rest of the families slept in various cabins around the campgrounds. We got to take the kids on a magical pumpkin ride where they received pumpkin seeds, rode on a hayride to a field and planted the seeds. Then (several hours) later we went back out to the field and their pumpkins had magically grown! We took the kids trick or treating that night through the camp ground. I was astounded at the number of campers who completely decorated their trailers and cabins for the weekend! We had a big bon fire dinner and smores. The kids had a blast and I loved watching them run free and play. There are so many great pictures from the weekend that I can't post them all here individually. I hope the collages tell a good story!