2008.11.10 Setting up the Christmas Tree

We were a little late getting the Christmas tree up this year...we try to get it up the weekend after Halloween (are we insane?)

You can just feel the joy coming from Kirk's little smirk.

2008.11.02 Teage's Birthday

Hopping in the tub to clean off the chocolate cake> honestly, most if came from his brothers!

Teage's big day, he partied pretty hard.

The gang's all here!

Believe me, this was the start of something bad, very very bad.

Haloween in Flower Mound!

Here we are. Looking at this picture, Kirk looks like a vulcan, but in reality he's just himself with hair. He did wear his Geek Squad shirt to add to the geeky mop on his head. Ethan is the shark, these are shoes and pants sticking from the sharks mouth. Koral was Minnie Mouse, and my good friend Terri Parker visiting from Ann Arbor, Michigan, painted her face for me. Korbin was a mad scientist, and Teage a clown. As always, I'm a party pooper when it comes to Halloween and didn't dress up. I think I was traumatized as a child, because I hate this holiday. Just skip it and move right on to Thanksgiving!

We joined up with our good friends the Nickerson's for a bit in our neighborhood.

The end of a hard day!!

Kirk has gotten the kids into counting and sorting. Korbin hauled in some 167, Ethan 156, and Koral 150. Kirk (who was supposedly trick-or-treating for Teage), hauled in a good amout as well. Now that the candy is here, Kirk is starting to be the Halloween scrooge and wants to give the kids 1 week, then at the end of the week, he's tossing everything. I remember saving my candy for months. Kirk's brother used to save it for almost a year. Kirk says that's just not the way it is any more. Kids now have so much candy that they just don't need any more. He's also starting to play Dentist, as he's making the kids brush after they get done eating their candy!

The day before Halloween!

One last trip out to the pumpkin patch to frolic in the autumn mist.

We really were behind this year. We picked up pumpkins only today and then spent the night carving and eating donuts and hot chocolate.

Oct 5, 2008 Surprise!!!

On my birthday, I heard a knock on my door. Kirk quickly made himself busy and asked me to get the door. He had just come home from an "interview" at a Starbucks at the airport. Sounds fishy? Well, it wasn't at the time. So, he walks in and gives me my kiss and pinch on the rear and we chat for a while. Then this knock. After the screaming died down, I invited my sister from Las Vegas in and we all enjoyed a great week together. It was the best birthday surprise ever.

We spent a lot of time at the pumpkin patch. We got some great foto's of some cute little kiddo's.

This is scrapbook material for sure.

Oct 9, 2008 Pumpkin patch

I always have to have a picture like this...it's like a movie ending...walking slowly away into the sunset...don't you see the sunset?

Michelle and the little ones. Big boys are in school learnin readin ritin and rithmatic. This was on our little hay ride.

Jump houses, pumpkins, pumkins, and more pumpkins. We went to the pumpkin patch 4 times i think!

Misc pics

Korbin was such an incredible helper with dad out in the yard. Perhaps this attitude of his will change as he turns into a teenager, but he wanted to mow the lawn each week. Kirk did very little mowing at all this summer, he'd just sit in the driveway and watch. We can't wait until Korbin can start babysitting as well. We're outa here!! Okay, we are really not that bad.

Teage and his cousin Brody. Mel's sister's kids are all pretty close in age to ours. Hey, do you notice that yellow letter on Teage's shirt...I can barely make it out...what is it?

Flower Mound has the most incredible pumpkin patch. We do miss the ones in Ann Arbor, MI, especially the cider and donuts and fall colors, but this one had some serious pumpkins!

October 8, 2008 Pedicure!

The little ones went out with their moms for some royal treatment. What a waste of time! (this is kirk)

Koral and her cousin Brynlee, BFF!!!!!!

Sept 18, 2008 Princess Koral

A princess birthday party. It was a Cinderella moment as Koral walked down our spiral stairway. Couldn't be more beautiful.

Sept 9, 2008 Korals First day of Preschool

I know I'm a bit behind in my blog, but here was Koral's first day at Lewisville Christian School. She was actually a pertty good (that's Texas talk) sport about the pictures. It was only after 15 or so that she finally said, okay, that's enough. She's not one to worry too much about what others are thinking. We hope she stays that way.