Trick or Treat-ing is FUN!!!!!!

We're gonna see a parade! What's a parade?


Doggies pant and so do I!


Will we get candy?


Doin' the "I've got a leaf" Dance


OK, I'm waiting.....where's the parade?


I'm still waiting...........


Sheesh! That was a parade? Where's the candy?


Things did get better later in the evening. We went Trick or Treating and Natalie got loads of candy and other goodies. Halloween was saved after all!

Miss Doggie's Halloween

(Don't forget to turn off the background music, before opening the scrapbook)

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Self Portrait

Into the Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we joined our local FCC group and went to Uncle John's Cider Mill, followed by dinner at a nearby Chinese restaurant.

It was a balmy 80 degrees with puffy clouds in the gorgeous blue sky. A perfect day!

Natalie had a blast playing in the huge sand area and riding bikes on the little race track.

Look out Jeff Gordon, this girl has moves!

Then we hiked over to the pumpkin patch.

On the way, we stopped and Natalie rode 'the train'. Can you see the embarrassment in her eyes as she tries to pretend that she is not with these two square, old people.

"Gosh Dad! Pa-lease! You're doing it again."

She was all smiles when we finally got to the pumpkins. Natalie picked out her very own one. Then helped Daddy carry it to be weighed.But the nerdy parents struck again when they wanted her to pose for one more picture.

Sheesh!

I will leave you with two more pics............ Which one is having more fun?

Natalie?

Or Daddy?

I Did It! I Did It! Natalie-rella vacuums!

Until today, Natalie has been terrified of the vacuum cleaner. No matter what I did to convince her, she held firm with the knowledge that the big noisy thing was going to eat her. Today, I got out the vacuum and she watched with trepidation. Then she asked if she could try it. Woo-Hoo!!!!! She loves it. She says that the suction tickles her toes. I now have a little house elf to help with the chores!!!!!!!

Visiting Natalie's Grandpa ~

Jon took Natalie over to visit his dad. Tayden( Natalie's cousin) was there and she had a great time playing with him. She also got to play with her other two boy cousins, as well.

Here as a few pics of the fun ~

Crazy Daze

Sorry that I haven't posted lately but things are, as usual, crazy. We have had some bad news about Jon's grandfather. He had to be rushed to the hospital and they discovered that his heart is dead on one side. They stabilized him and sent him home. We are visiting as often as possible, Jon is staying the weekend. It's day-by-day right now. So we enjoy all the time that he is with us. I am worried because Natalie so loves her "Poppy".

School is progressing wonderfully. Natalie is a little charmer. Her teacher said to me the other day, "She sure loves to sing and dance! That girl NEVER sits still". HA-HA-HA! Tell us something that we don't know! Our private joke is that when China orphanage officials checked the ACTIVE box on her referral document, they were laughing! She has been active since day one.

Here are some pics from the playground.

Natalie is having fun - notice the tongue!

Daddy's little beauty!

Never one to do things the easy way!

I rest my case! I just let her go and stand ready to run and catch her!