Happy Anniversary

Today is our 5th Anniversary! I can't believe how time flys and what an amazing life we have together, with so many blessings. I thank God everyday for bringing such a wonderful man into my life.

My cousin Kelly is a fantastic photographer!(http://kvvphoto.blogspot.com/) No exaggeration, even if I am biased. She was gracious enough to take some fantastic shots of all of us. Getting pictures taken of Olivia and Ethan is always a challenge, especially Olivia. She just clams up and getting a smile is all but impossible. But not with Kelly, she had Olivia eating out of her hand. Olivia even asked the following week if cousin Kelly was coming back to take her picture! Here are some of the photos she took.

Happy Halloween

Olivia and Ethan had a great time trick-or-treating! Olivia has been so excited. She was really into it this year. Ethan was also excited but didn't quite understand the whole concept. To my shock and amazement my usually shy daughter went up to every house (sometimes trying twice) and would knock on the door, say trick-or-treat, Happy Halloween and Thank-you!!!! I couldn't believe it! She even made sure that Ethan wasn't forgotten. Ethan thought that he should carry all of his candy instead of putting it in his basket! He would walk up to a house put the piece of candy he had in his hand into the person's basket and take a new piece. More than once did someone not only give him back his original piece but several others as well!

Aren't they just adorable! I plan to show them this picture when they are older and don't want to be anywhere near each other!

Busy Fall

We have had a really busy fall. Olivia is still enjoying school and seems to be settling in finally. She has actually started to talk to the teachers! We have been to the zoo, where I think the goats and sheep in the petting zoo are at least Ethan's favorite. We went to the family day at Springton Manor Farm where Ethan demanded that he try out every tractor they had there on display!
My friend Teresa has 2 miniature horses that are the perfect size for little ones. Olivia had a great time leading Scrappy around the small paddock, she even rode her briefly. Ethan also rode Scrappy and thought that it was great!
Olivia had the opportunity to be a flower girl in my friend Kari's wedding(I did manage to finish the dresses for the flower girls in time). She had a great time. She walked down the asile without any hesitation with her basket of flowers. The highlight of the evening was dancing. She was a dancing queen! She didn't leave the dance floor from the time we told her she could start until we carried her out to Pop-pop's car at 9pm crying because she didn't want to go! The girl has some moves!!