Favorite Place

Aa: "Mom, can we go to my favorite place for dinner?"
Mom: "Where is that?"
Aa: "You know. The one with the fancy writing on the outside."
Mom: thinking, thinking. "You mean Olive Garden? The place we went with Aunt Niki & Aunt Susie?"
Aa: "No. That's a good place too. No, the one with the orange and green writing on the outside..."
Mom: thinking, thinking. "Oh! Do you mean Village Inn?"
Aa: "YEAH! I love it there!"

My baby girl turned five last month. I couldn't let the year end without saying, " HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUDREY ANN!!" We're certainly glad she is part of our family!

Newborn

3 months

9 months

2 years old

3.5 years old - 1st year of Preschool

5 years old!

True Talent

Some October pictures

We had a fun Halloween this year. The Friday before, Audrey's preschool did a trunk-or-treat and party and Grace's school did a parade & party. Then on Saturday, we went to the combined wards' Halloween Bash & Trunk-or-Treat. Thankfully we had all this Halloween fun, so the kids weren't put out when Halloween actually quietly slipped by without them Trick-or-Treating or Knowing. :-) We are building Raggedy Anne & Andy costumes for us - this year it was the wigs. Everything else came from our closets or Goodwill or someone else's closet.

Raggedy Andy, George the Monkey, Snow White, Gabriella the Cheerleader, Raggedy Anne & Chip the Horse.

The Jolley Monkeys

And just a chubby pic of Ry

Little fishes

Halloween pictures to come or check on FB