I think my brain has fried!

I can honestly admit that I am almost ready to travel on Thursday! Where are you traveling to you might ask? Well I am lucky enough to be able to visit Davide while he is working in Germany this next week. I am so excited (and nervous)! I have never traveled out of the country before. And I am not taking the kiddos so I worry about them too.
So then back to my brain ...I have had a constant to do list in my head the past (oh way too long!) of things to pack, write down, ask, pack, and so on. I feel as thought every where I go I am leaving a smoking trail. But the past few days I have slowly felt things lifting as I have gotten things done. I am really looking forward to that moment when I sit on the plane and I can just take a deep breath and release!
So a shout out to all those helping watch and help with my children for the next 10 days! What would I do without wonderful family and friends. And I want to say how nice it is to finally have some family close enough to see on a regular basis! It had been way to long!
I will be posting pictures as soon as I get some!
Auf wiedersehen!

The Wizard of OZ meets X-Men

This year Emma wanted to be Dorthy. So I tried to get the rest of the kids to dress along with the theme...Well they all cooperated except Ethan. I was not really that surprised but it was worth a shot to at leas try to get him to be the Tin Man or a Scarecrow. Hey I even offered the Flying Monkey! But alas he wanted to be Wolverine. But hey it worked out well because I did not have to sew anything for his costume!
This past week I have been sewing for Emma and then just today I was finishing up Breanna's. I did even have to do some patch work on David's. So I have been utilizing my new craft table/room this week.
So tonight we had our churches Chili Cook off/Trunk-or-Treat party. It is lots of fun every year. We all hang out, eat, and hand out candy! This year our friends the Arbeiter's came with the twins. The girls were so excited that they were waiting by the door watching for them to drive up. And then they ran out to greet them. We had a great time!

Relleke Farm 10\2009 (29 photos), by Stephanie Anderson

Little David had his first field trip today to the pumpkin patch. He was so excited because it had been rescheduled from last week because of rain. So he has been waiting patiently for this day to come. David hung out with his friends William and Summer. They got to ride the bus to the farm which was very exciting (1st bus ride). I met them there in my van because I had the twins and had to drive. So first we went on the hay ride. It was quite an adventure since it was so muddy and we were glad that we did not get stuck! Then they played in the corn and little tractor ride area. They went on a pony ride and got there faces painted. Then it was time to load back on the buses. Thanks again Susan for watching David on the bus and bringing him home!

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Columbus Day weekend fun!

We decided to take advantage of the long weekend and go camping one more time before it is to cold. Well it was a bit cold this weekend but our heater works great! We only had to use it at night though. So we packed up our camper and drove out to our favorite spot and spent the weekend enjoying nature and good company! I tried to plan ahead for all of our meals so that I would not be prepping, cooking, and cleaning the whole time. It actually worked! I planned out our menu for each day (with the help of all my friends who gave great meal ideas) and then I prepped as much as I could before we left. I will say most of my ideas worked out great. The only one that did not work was to put our fish foil dinner all together and freeze it so that all I would have to do is cook them. Well it would have worked if I had not put potatoes in the packets...they turned a very unattractive color. But the potatoes that I deiced and put into a Ziploc bag with water for 3 days were fine! Well eating was not all we did the whole weekend, we just enjoyed not having to be anywhere and just being able to go for walks and sit by the fire. Annie came with us too, this was her first camping experience. She was not to fond of the fire and would shake and hide her head the whole time we were sitting by the fire. But I was very glad that she did not bark like some of the other dogs there.

So in the end the kids loved playing with the fire and playing Uno! But that is what great family memories are made of.

Funny Stuff

Tonight while we were finishing up dinner this is what was happening across the table.

He just had to get all of the juice out of the box! I give him points for being creative!