Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Tina's Wedding

Saturday night, my dear friend Tina from work had her wedding reception. 2 weekends ago they got married in Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the beautiful mountains. This is our last wedding this year to attend, we had 7 of them in 2008 - lots of dancin goin on!

Syd and Cami danced the night away. Tina and Jim had a live band, which was excellent!

Cold Monday!

The weekend is over - oh how it goes by way too fast! Friday night we went to the Japanese Garden with our Club Cross group from church. We had a wonderful time, I really enjoy going to this restaurant. The food is excellent and it's always a good time watching them make your dinner right in front of you. Before we left for dinner, I looked out the back door and spotted this beautiful rainbow that God blessed us with.

Pictures from the Japanese Garden.

Our chef was really funny.

Fire shooting out of the onion stack.

I'm home today with 2 sick kids. Cami's got the worst of it though. They started with colds on Saturday, but with colds - for us comes the asthma. They coughed a lot through the night. Cami woke up with a terrible bloody nose that got over every piece of bedding, the story was that she got up and walked into the wall?!?!?!? Whatever the story, it was a mess! Bob is on his way to Minnesota, he just called to tell me he was currently driving through snow. I'm definitely not ready for that here, yet!

2nd Annual Oktoberfest

Saturday we had the 2nd Annual Oktoberfest sponsored by good friends of mine, Lisa and Beth. Last year was a Mascoutah scavenger hunt, this year... Crazy Olympics. There were 12 games total, but you got extra points for drinking (chugging) a beverage between games. The team with the most points, WON! We came in 3rd place and only won 1 out of 12 games... so what that boils down to is... there was a lot of drinkin going on - and mostly by - MY HUSBAND! Bob actually came in 1st place for the most beverages consumed.... oh yeah, proud moment.....

Here we are at the donut eating contest. Which team could eat 20 powdered donuts without taking a drink - the fastest? We lost (Bob's got a choking thing going on..).

This is how much of our puzzle we got finished before this game was over and someone else already finished theirs.... wow... we were terrible!

Angie and Lisa aka The Coordinator!

Amy and Dan during the cracker eating contest. We lost this one too...

Team Cameltoe.... Anyone care to guess who came up with the name?!?!? BOB!

The pumpkin toss - WE ACTUALLY WON THIS ONE!!!!!

Dizzy Bats - WOW - now this is a game... You had to spin around 5 times, then run to the cones and back. The first time I did it, I fell - so DIZZY - and Kara managed to leap over me like a frog - it was very impressive!!!!

Here is Bob! Here is Amy!

Bowling Anyone?

Last Saturday Nicole and Ryan took the girls out for a night of bowling. Cami and Syd had never been bowling before, so they were super excited! And - even more excited that they got to go to one of their favorite restaurants - O'Charleys - for cheesy soup!

Sydney getting ready to get a STRIKE!
Camryn setting up for her STRIKE!

My girls helping each other out - no rivalry here!

And the winner is...... Ryan! But Cami came in a close 2nd!

Who has Heterochromia?

Heterochromia is the presence of different colored eyes in the same person. Heterochromia iridis is rare, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the United States.

Known people who have Heterochromia? Alexander the Great, Dan Aykroyd, Camryn Walter, David Bowie and Carly Simon.

I bet you can guess whose beautiful eyes these are!!!!

Cami and Syd went to the Pediatric Opthamologist yesterday at Cardinal Glennon. They were both given eye exams and passed with flying colors.

Zion Fall Festival

Yesterday, our church heald a Fall Festival. The girls had such a fantastic time!

Syd getting her face painted with a pumpkin.

Cami doing the same.
Cami going fishin'
Jake and Mia taking a train ride!

Big bouncy house!

Syd maning the carmel apple station. I think she had 4 of them...

All the kids on the train - Nick with Cami and Syd with Jack.