Another Birthday Party!!!

Happy first birthday to my sweet Hailie!! I can not believe that my baby is one!! We celebrated her birthday tonight. She was not near as exciting to watch destroy her cake as Karlie. When Karlie turned one, she dug right in. Hailie was just too shy for the occasion!! After all was said and done, she hardly even had any cake on her shirt. We had a good time anyway!!

Happy Birthday Braden!!

We celebrated Braden's 4th birthday today!! My brother Jeff made him the most awesome 3D Spiderman birthday cake! Braden loved it. Jeff worked on it for hours and hours and created the design himself. The body and shoulders were made out of cake and the neck and head were rice krispie treats!! Yea...not good on the diet!! It tasted so good!! Thank you Jeff!! We also had a pinata and the kids all loved that...how can you go wrong with candy for kids!! Happy Birthday Braden and thank you everyone for the awesome gifts!

Playing in the leaves!!

Halloween!!

Halloween was so fun this year. Braden was the black spiderman, Karlie was a fairy princess and Hailie was a lady bug. We took the kids trick or treating from our house to my parents and all the way back. They just loved it. It was such a nice night we didn't even have to worry about the baby getting cold. Then after that we took them up to Mike's parent's house and of course got more treats there! It was the best Halloween we've had so far! Every day since the kids have been asking to go trick or treating again!

To start off the Halloween festivities we had a pumpkin carving party at the Martins. With as many kids as we had, it actually went really well! The kids all had their own pumpkins and did a really good job...with a little help.

Last pictures of Summer '08!!

These pictures make me so sad to see summer go! I just got these off my dad's camera. I just love them, especially the one of Karlie eating the popsicle. The picture just totally describes her. She has quite the appetite and loves her sweets just like her mom! I love her so much! She has such a sweet heart but really has been my most challenging child. Some people say it's the red hair!! I guess in this case it's true. She is just so independant. Karlie and Hailie are so cute together. I am so happy to have them as sisters because I didn't have a sister. Although now my sister-in-laws are just as close as real sisters!! I feel so Lucky!!

Coeur d' Alene Trip