Garage Floor

After two years of walking on huge rocks in the garage,

bottoming out the car driving out of the garage and

having rock dust all over the vehicles . . .

we finally poured concrete in the garage!

and also the garage apron.

The final product . . . isn't it beautiful. . .

or as beautiful as concrete can be??

The best part of the new garage floor. . .

we paid someone else to pour the concrete so we could just sit and watch!

One of the best decisions we made concerning the new house!

Well . . . Brandon didn't get to sit and enjoy watching the workers the entire time because

there was leftover concrete and he didn't want to waste it.

Along with the new garage floor and apron, Brandon quickly made forms and

poured a patio outside the laundry room door. . .

and a small sidewalk off the retaining wall stairs!

What a great day!

After it was all poured (in one day!!) and I was getting ready to leave for a girls night out, Brandon got a call that the bar was ready to be delivered!  What a great day for home improvements - new concrete and the bar!  Brandon was so excited. . . stay tuned for the bar update!

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween 2011!

Each year I have made (with Grandma's assistance) the kid's Halloween costumes.

Caleb decided to be Woody from Toy Story, so Sarah decided to be Jessie!

Grandma Susan made the kids shirts and I made Caleb's vest and Sarah's chaps.

I found the hats and Sarah's boots on Disney.com.

We spent the Sunday before Halloween trick-or-treating at Grandma and Grandpa Canning's house.

I got to spend some time with beautiful Bella . . .

and the kids entertained us with "The Wheels on the Bus."

Do you know how many versus that song has???  A LOT

They were so cute and Grandpa had no problems hearing them!

Caleb didn't do much of the signing . . . he was more into the interpretation of the song!

What trip to Grandpa's farm would be complete without playing outside?

The necessary combine ride with Grandpa and Matthew.

After playing outside it was finally time for trick-or-treating!

What a group!

FINALLY - - - Caleb's favorite part of the day - - - CANDY!!!

We spent some time with Grandpa Bob & Grandma Lois . . .

Grandpa Ken loves to dress up too!

The kids were worn out on the way home!

I took full advantage. . . I drove about 20mph on the way home

and enjoyed looking at all the beautiful fall colors in the trees!

Day 2 of trick-or-treating (on Halloween) involved lots of stops.

Caleb loved trick-or-treating, but the stopping to trick-or-treat really got in the way

of his candy consumption!

Mini Brandon. . . aka Caleb

Brandon loves the outdoors; Caleb loves the outdoors.

Brandon loves tractors; Caleb loves tractors.

Brandon drinks tea; Caleb drinks tea.

Brandon uses a shovel; Caleb uses a shovel.

What a team!

Caleb's Long Locks

Caleb is 2 1/2 years old and I haven't cut his hair yet.

I love his long hair.

It doesn't bother me that it's a little longer than his ears and forms a rat tail . . .

Who would want to cut his hair. . .

Look at this beautiful face . . .

I need a KING size bed!!

I would love to have a King size bed.

One would think with only two kids it wouldn't get that crowded in bed.

Well the kids don't make it crowded, it's all the pillow jumping, farm tractors, books,

bananas, sippy cups, tractor blankets, flash lights that seem to take up the most room.

The kids love to stack all my pillows on the middle of the bed and dive into the pile.

We haven't lost anyone over the side of the bed yet, but I'm sure that day will come.

Did I mention they aren't very good at taking turns?

They love to jump on top of each other . . .

Oh my. . .

Sarah's First Lost Tooth

9-17-2011

Sarah's last picture with all her baby teeth.

She finally decided to pull the tooth out herself; no way was I going to pull it for her!

She said it didn't hurt at all!

Her first lost tooth. . . .

She was so excited!

She's holding her tooth - it's hard to see, but it's there . . .

She put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy!  The tooth fairy gave her $1

and let her keep her tooth for her baby book!

Early Morning Readers

I am not a morning person.

I loathe my alarm clock.

My kids understand this and graciously allowed me to sleep an extra few minutes last weekend.

Caleb woke up and Sarah climbed into his bed with several books to read to him.

It didn't last long. . . Caleb was hungry . . . so off to the kitchen we went!