Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Our little girls are sick, so we're staying home today. We've been trying on costumes all month, but haven't gone anywhere. :) Eliza doesn't eat candy anyway. Yesterday when we came home from the park the ladies at the front desk shared their Halloween donuts with Eliza. That made her Halloween!! In her prayer at lunch she was grateful for dessert AND for chocolate (donuts).

Here are some Halloween pages! "Miss Mona Can Moooo Can You?" ;)

Here are a few from Halloweens past! My brother Dave in 1983, really enjoying his candy. Mom wrote on the back of many of our photos. The quote in the bubble was written by Mom.

I LOVED that my mom made the most wonderful costumes in the world for us. As I think about how much I loved them, I get ambitious to make them for Eliza and Mona. Then I find costumes on clearance and decide not to. Maybe when I get better at sewing it won't be so much more "expensive" to make them!

Here we are, the Halloween of 1988. I was Cinderella, Dave was an executioner, Sara was a ballerina, and Teri was making her famous "scary witch" face. Sweet memories...

This is for Dave and Sara, It's not exactly a Halloween page, but I dressed them up, so I thought I'd add it into this post. I love this photo where they're "Just Clowning Around."

Happy Halloween!

How Long Has That Been There?

About a week ago we were conversing with our friend, Lauren, regarding the teething stage. Her six-month-old girl was getting her first tooth. When asked about Ramona, I replied that she hadn't begun teething. Later, as Ramona was crying, Lauren spotted Mona's tooth!

Please excuse the poor photography, some of you may know how difficult it is to capture a baby's tooth. I slightly enhanced the tooth for you. :) The happy, proud owner, our little Mona. She's 5.5 months old now!

Thanks for sharing this special moment with us! Tee hee hee!

Our Cowgirls

Halloween is here and I thought I'd better post these photos. We have many costumes because I'm always buying them on clearance, so you may see others. These are their "official" costumes, because matching is too, too cute, right? Special thanks to Aunt Sara for making these possible!!

Here's our little sheriff, Ramona. I love how she held onto her vest.

I've finished a couple scrapbook pages too (they're clickable for a better view). Here's our cowgirl with her rockin' steed.


This one is my personal favorite, the sweet sisters.

Thanks for having a peek!

Miss You Aunt Sara!

It was never my intention to post only once a month... :). We've been having fun with Sara here! She just returned form the Tucson, AZ mission in August. She visited Dave and Kimi in Chicago, IL and then came to D.C. for two weeks!! We loved learning a little Spanish from her, hearing about her mission, and making food with her. Eliza LOVES having a special buddy and Ramona loved being carried everywhere in the baby bjorn by her auntie. Eliza loves to see the pictures we took with Aunt Sara. Here are some pages of our fun:

The National Archives
Sara and Eliza (2.5 years)

Forever Buddies

The National Arboretum
The Bonsai and Penjing Museum
Sara and Ramona (5 months)

Sara also made possible a few Halloween photo shoots. I'll post those pages later. Thanks for all the fun Sara!