Christmas INTRUDER!

Can you guess who's been visiting our home for Christmas? Mr. Flu... needs to pack his stuff and get out because I have had ENOUGH!!! I have big plans for next week and they do not involve medicine, tissues, thermometers, fevers and especially NOT whiny kids!

Avoiding thoughts of WiNTeR!

I haven't been brave enough to look at all

of our vacation pictures until today...

It's true we've been home a month

and I've been craving a fresh mango with

sand in between my toes ever since!

HAPpy, haPPy, hApPy, Halloween

Halloween was so much fun this year.

I love that all of my kids are at the age to have

fun and enjoy the costume thing.
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Who knew Mexico braids would come out

perfectly for Kennedy's 80's hair style.

And doesn't Madison make a beautiful dead bride!

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Carter loves to dress up, so when he got
the whole "gangster" idea and realized
he could get a tommy gun too!
It was a done deal.... easiest costume ever!

It's been so much fun to have Madison
and Julie close...

I feel so blessed to have AMAZING sisters!

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O.... yes, everyone was stopping and taking
pictures of these two!
They were the cutest
plump creatures!!!
If you know us very well I don't have
to tell you who the pink monster is. :)
He is always making me smile!
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Well... I've just recently diagnosed myself

with Vitamin D deficiency!

I'm certain it's from all those FANTASTIC

English papers I've been writing!

The only cure for my problem

is

A LOT of MEXICO SUNSHINE!
Here we come!!!

(yes, yes, I'm going to stick to soft food that can melt easily with hot water:)

(Carter enjoying the sunset last year)

A perfect way to spend a Saturday!

A couple of Saturday's ago Hillary, Brett and

Raife invited us to go to the lake with them.

It was our kids first boating experience, besides Uncle Scott's plastic fishing boat:)

We all had a blast on the tube, even though Brett tried really hard to kill Hillary and I.

I let go a couple of times for fear of loosing my swim bottoms!

Addison loved playing in the water...

Hillary and Brett were so nice to keep giving in to her request.

Thanks guys - it was such a fun day!