5 Years

What can happen in 5 years?  Well, since this picture was taken (at our wedding in Cancun) we have had:

1 career/lifestyle change, 2 1/2 beautiful little girls, 22 vehicles (including buses, 4-wheelers, etc.), 2 homes (technically I used Dave's info to buy the first home before we were married, but details), and moved 8 times.

I love that we don't have things planned out.  I love that we laugh all the time.  I can't wait to see what the next 70 years or so brings!

Coming up:  a week long California Getaway in December.  YAY!

November

To be honest, I have a hard time transitioning into November and the cold weather that it brings.  I have finally embraced winter and we are making the best of it.....play dates, library time, preschool, getting creative inside, and looking forward to our upcoming adventures.

We combined food coloring and shaving cream for a super fun bath time!  I refilled the tub several times and finally pulled them out for bedtime.  We will definitely be doing this again!

Eden and daddy found a new way to play Elefun.....the elephant trunk is supposed to shoot butterflies into the air, but Eden loved the butterflies flying into her face!

Here's Milan sporting her Burger King crown.  (Dave and I are looking forward to the day that eating out does not involve a Play Place.)  For now, we eat fries at sticky tables and the girls love it!

Just playing.

 Even better, playing together :)

Eden has decided that she loves dress-up just like her big sister.  It's great because we have a TON!

How cute are these girls?!?!  Grandma Kat sent these great dresses and I think they are adorable!

Mega HALLOWEEN!

We were all super excited for Halloween this year and it did not disappoint!  Here's the cutest Lalaloopsy and Minnie Mouse in town!  

(This first picture sums up the girls.....Milan loves packing around her Lalaloopsy doll (so much so that we loose that tiny doll on a regular basis) and Eden is always rocking a baby!)

 We kicked off trick or treating at the medical clinic on Friday.  

Eden loved petting the costumed dogs!

 Saturday morning, we headed downtown for more trick or treating.  It was really fun, but a little chilly so we didn't last too long.

On Halloween, we started at Milan's preschool party.  They got to do fun Halloween crafts, eat yummy treats, and do a parade through the school.  I loved helping out for the Halloween Party!

Halloween night was so, so, so fun!  We went with some friends and Milan was the excited leader of the whole group!  She would race up to the next door then patiently wait for the rest of us to show up!  Eden just kept saying, "I go that house too."  After two hours and tons of candy, we loaded some very tired girls into the truck.  

Corn Maze (Part 2)

Our over-indulged kiddos got to visit two corn mazes this year!  There were a combination of factors....we missed out on the petting zoo at the first corn maze, needed to do some shopping in Fort Collins, nice weather, coupons, etc.  We had a fun day trip to Fort Collins and it was a great way to enjoy our last weekend of nice weather until May or so.

First stop, the petting zoo.

Eden talked about petting animals for weeks, but when it came time to actually touch an animal, she wasn't too sure about it.  

The bunnies were a HUGE hit though!  I'm not surprised; we have a couple of bunnies that live around our neighborhood and the girls get super excited every time we see them! 

 The Jump House!  Milan spent some serious time in here and Eden liked to jump on the entrance stair so we could stay close to each other.

 The Pedal Cars.  We pushed the girls around this track forever.  I think Dave got the easier job because Milan could steer her car.  It was worth it, they both had a blast!

Fall Fun!

Eden has had a thing against smiling so I decided to stop bugging them with pictures for a little while.  It worked!  A couple of days ago, Eden told me, "cheese me please mom."  (Translation:  let's start taking pictures again mom!)  Yay, my smiley little Eden bug is back. 

Last week, we headed over to the park and jumped in some piles of leaves.  I had to work for a while to make a pile up to Milan's standards, then the girls had a blast!  

 Our family!  We have tried family pictures a couple of times this fall and this is the only one with a happy Eden.  I'll take it!

 Milan went to a birthday party last weekend and somehow Eden scored some new bubbles too.  Eden and I hung out in the backyard blowing/spilling bubbles for a while.  The wind totally helped Eden and she was pretty proud of herself.  Milan was off playing hide-n-seek with daddy most of the time.  

 Yesterday we had some friends over for Pumpkin Painting.  Here are the girls and their masterpieces.  

An exciting trip to Wal-Mart

For some reason, the girls LOVE to go to Wal-Mart.  I'm not sure if it's helping put stuff in the cart or the stickers at the front door, but they're always excited to go (hey, at least someone is!)  Last week, there was one extra reason to be excited........

They also got hot dog whistles and stickers....score!

When the weather outside is frightful......

We had some freakish winter weather so we found some fun ways to pass the time.  

Reading books with daddy.

 We set up the tent in the living room and it was a big hit!  We would still have it up if it wasn't so dang big!

The tent made everything more fun! 

 Milan and I braved the weather and went on a fun little Pumpkin Walk here in town.  They had pumpkin painting and Halloween stations at all the different buildings.  Milan and I ended our date with Hot Chocolate at Starbucks and it was perfect!

Our new pets....Mexican jumping beans!  Eden ate her first bean (don't worry, the FDA says they're not harmful) then named her next bean Jumpy.   Milan named her bean Princessy since we wouldn't let her get a dog named Princessy.

Of course, we also built a snow girl in the front yard, but she melted before I could get a picture.  Hopefully that is a sign of warmer weather to come!