portrait

Here we are trying to get a picture for the christmas card and Snickers just wasn't having it.....He thought it was time to get petted all over, so there he goes rolling on his back!

Giving Thanks

So much to be thankful for this thanksgiving evening..... 2 healthy children, a wonderful man to share my life with, a warm home, an inspiring church to attend, what more can we ask for?

So here we are at our big "feast"! (ignore the date on the photos)

Started the day watching the Macy's parade, had a nice dinner, some pumpkin pie, and now the kids are watching the Incredibles. Hope your thanksgiving was just as "uneventful" as ours. Take time to thank God for all the blessings in your life! The fact that you take the time to check on us here and read about what we are doing tells us that you are a blessing in our life.

Thanksgiving fun!

NEW TURKEY RECIPEYour dinner will be the talk of the TOWN!!You should try this! Sure to bring smiles from your guests!Here is a new way to prepare your Thanksgiving Turkey.1. Cut out aluminum foil in desired shapes.2. Arrange the turkey in the roasting pan, position the foil carefully. (see attached picture for details)3. Roast according to your own recipe and serve.4. Watch your guests' faces...

Power team

Our church just hosted the "power team" for a weeks long event. These guys can do some cool things (at least the kids think so) Here is one guy breaking 9 blocks of ice with his head! Two guys had a contest to see who could blow up a hot water bottle and have it explode the fastest. You know "cool stuff like that. Here's Cody and his brother Kenny getting ready to enjoy the show.

BIG 13!!!!!!!!!!

Today was Cody's 13th birthday! Yikes now we have a teenager on our hands! Here he is with all his "loot". He wanted the radio control plane, so that's from Mom and Dad. The clothes and CD were from Aunt Martha, and the books and game he bought with money Aunt Ruth, Uncle Tim and family sent.
He could chose from any resturant around to go to and for some reason he picked "exotic" Bob Evans! But the food was good and I didn't have to cook so it was a good night.
Big 13... He 's been a bit uptight this week. He said he's in that inbetween where he doesn't know if he's a kid or if he should be more grown up. It's confusing for all of us. we've never been the parents of teenagers before. Pray for all of us!

trick or tweet?

Jordan decided he wanted to be a referee for halloween this year. Actually he wanted to be anything that had to do with baseball. Since he was a player last year that was out. Then he wanted to be an umpire, but their uniform is nothing but a blue shirt and pants. So he finally settled for a ref (I know they are not in baseball). He only "tweeted" his whistle at a couple of people. Cody (turning 13 this saturday, YIKES) went to youth group at church instead.

art class

Today for Art class, since it was halloween the kids made clay masks. Here's Jordan's cool creation (no he wasn't trying to make Cody!)
And Cody's mask with 4 eyes.
When they are dry and they get to paint them. I'll again post pictures.

family night

We had my family over tonight just to get together. We all decided that we don't see enough of each other so we are going to try and get together once a month. It was nice just spending time together. Here's one of Tom and the newest member of the family

Playing UNO. The adults were WAY more serious than the kids......HA

soccer

Cody had his final soccer game today and they got to play at the new, high school field. The boys thought this was really cool. It's got astroturf and everything. Big Pizza party afterwards.

Lowriders

One of my favorite christian comedians.

Fun

Here's Dad after he got home from work and the we attacked him with silly string just as he stepped out of his truck! Then I threw him a can and he chased Cody and Jordan down the driveway laughing and carrying on!

tooth fairy

Jordan lost another tooth. Cody jumped on this opportunity to call him "bucky beaver"! Jordan figured out years ago who the tooth fairy is. When he was about 4 years old he said " I know it's you Mom"!

Halloween Hayride

We went to the community hayride last night. It was fun. Although we had to stand in line to ride for about 2 hours! It was cold. Once on we went for a 3 mile ride through the community. They staged a little "drama" at one of the parks, where a girl was chased by a gorilla and there were zombies. Afterwards they have free hot dogs, popcorn and hot chocolate. That really hit the spot.

Halloween Hangman

Here is a fun game that was sent to me. It is just what the title says Hallwoeen hangman. All the words relate to halloween. Give it a try!

Camp

Today was Columbus Day and as all of you probably know there was no mail today so for our family that means DAD IS OFF! So we spent the weekend at camp. Toasting marshmallows!

Since the pool was closed and it was 86' , we did the next best thing.......mother nature's pool! (Bring back any memories Di?)

Unfortunately the trees weren't changing much yet. The lake is really beautiful when the leaves change!

William Tell Overture

FOR ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE!

A friend sent me this and I just could't resist putting it on here. All you Moms click above and ENJOY

Heinz Field

Today we went and toured Heinz field. it was free day, and really neat. Here is a picture of the field from the nose bleed seats! The field has special heaters under it to melt the ice and snow in winter. It is also kept at 61' at all times , the optimal tempeture for grass to grow. The field stays green all year! The new scoreboard. Everytime the Steelers get into the "red zone" (near the endzone) these ketchup bottles pop open at the top and red pours down and makes the whole screen red. The guide told us that they don't show it on TV because everytime they would show it the Heinz company would have to pay for advertising.
This is the view from one of the $40,000 a year luxury boxes. And that's a cheap one.
The view from the field.......

Heinz field 2

Part of Heinz field is an area called the Coca Cola Great Hall. Here they have lockers from some of the Steeler greats. Terry Bradshaw, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth. It's pretty neat.