And....the rest of the story

So we left off last time just before the kids Birthday party. We had it at a little place called Monkey Bizness. The kids had a great time and got way too many presents. We went with a monster theme so that it would suit both boys and girls. Here are some pcs of the event:

We stayed at home for Thanksgiving this year and had our friends, the Daniel's family, over to share the meal with us. Wes and Mia's real Birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year....we had their party the weekend before. The day after Thanksgiving we always put up our Christmas decorations. The kids really loved decorating the tree this year.

Then, Chris and I got all fancied up for my company Holiday party. We were fortunate enough to talk our friends the Nuetzel's into taking Wes and Mia for the night so that we could stay downtown after the party. It was held at The Brown Palace.....very nice!!

 Also, with December brought back our family's elf on the shelf Chippy. He was a very mischievous elf and had lots of fun getting into all kids of thing around our house....

We spent Christmas this year back in Chris' hometown of Florissant MO. Got to catch up with all the relatives and swung by Farmer Skip and Beth's house too. Thanks to everyone for helping to make a memorable holiday! And thanks to Skip and Beth for saving us that big beam....can't wait to get that puppy up in our living room. Shoot....I have pics from Christmas on my other camera and the stinking battery is dead!!! Seriously, it's like every time I try to get something accomplished a road blocks gets put in the way. Well, guess I need to charge the camera and next time I will put some shots of Christmas. In the words of Charlie Brown.....Good Grief!!

New Computer.....Wish I Knew How To Use It Better

I know, everyone has been bugging me to do an update. The delay had been due to a severely out of date computer. We got a new one around Christmas and I just haven't had the urge to sit a write. I am home with sick kiddos so I thought I'd get on here and bring everything up to date. Only problem is I can't get some of the photos off of my camera. I'll have to get back on this weekend when Chris is home so he can tell me what the heck I am doing wrong. Gotta love technology! Every year I feel like I am falling farther behind with all of it....I should probably just ask one of the kids to take a look. At 7 they seem to be able to get stuff to work before I do.

We left off last time with the kids starting 1st grade. They both have some really great teachers. Learning all kinds of cool stuff and both doing really well. During the first month of school they did a fun run to raise money for new playground equipment. Here is a pic during the race:

Then over Labor Day weekend we traveled back to St Louis for Chris' parents 50th wedding anniversary. It was a fun evening seeing everyone celebrating. Congrats Pat and Ron!

Before we knew it Halloween was upon us. We carved some pumpkins and did trunk or treat at the kids school. I have to say, their school does a really great job on this and everyone enjoys it. Chris and I went as vampires and the kids were a candy corn princess and some star wars character that I sadly forget the name of.

The kids played soccer all during the fall as well. Our last game was I think the first weekend of November. Chris coached again and one of the other dads from last season helped. It's so crazy how much different the kids looked playing this time around. Soccer starts back up near the end of March. Looking forward to seeing the kids play!

That's all I have for now. Will pick up the rest of the story this weekend. I need to get the pics of the kids birthday party off of my camera to continue......stupid technology!! More to come soon :)