Christmas Tree

Megan and Alex decorated our Christmas tree one night after school.  Megan is still mad that it is fake but it is just so darn easy to put together!!!!!

 Alex needed some help to reach to the top.

 Megan is collecting all of her favorite ornaments.

 We had a good time laughing at some of the ornaments that we have.  They always bring back fun memories.

 I am not really sure what Megan is doing.  It is a fake tree so she shouldn't be putting water in it!!!!!

All done!!!!!  It looks just perfect again this year.

Thanksgiving weekend!!!!!

We have had a really fun Thanksgiving weekend so far. We have eaten way to much food, done a little bit of shopping, and gotten our Christmas decorations up. 

 I decided to make home made pies this year.  Normally I am all about going to Costco but I got a wild hair and made my own. I made Pumpkin and apple.  They were both really good.

I made lunch on Thanksgiving. Jim and Marilyn came over to visit just as we were going to eat so we got to have lunch with them.

Alex, Marilyn and Megan.

 Jim, Marilyn and Mike.

 We went to the movie again this year.  It seems to be our new tradition.  I think this is the third year we have gone.  This time three other people decided to invade our theatre so we didn't get a completely private showing but it was still pretty darn close. :)

 We saw Taken 2 and it was really good.

 Megan got a hold of the camera after the movie and her and Alex went crazy with funny face pictures.  These are just a few!!!!!

 That just doesn't look good for either one of them.

 They returned some movies at Albertson's and apparently the camera went inside with them.

 On the way back to the car. They are so silly.

 We went to Tony and Suzy's house for dinner with all of their family next.  Megan was still making funny faces.

 Me, Suzy and Tammy after we ate.  It was so good and I was so full but I still managed to get some more pie down.

 Valerie, Zak, Megan and Alex checking out u-tube funnies after dinner.

 Suzy and Barb after dinner.

 After everyone else left we broke out the rock band.  Sherry and Daria were still there and got to be the singers while everyone else played instruments.  It was pretty funny to watch.

 Megan and I got up early for the Friday morning sales and then we headed back over to Tony and Suzy's house for the Apple cup. 

What a good game it turned out to be.  Tony is a Cougar and Suzy a Husky so it was fun to watch.
Today we have been putting up our Christmas decorations and they are looking good.  Stay tuned for more pictures.
We had a great Thanksgiving again this year and as always are thankful for so many things. 



Alex had his first band concert of the year on Thursday night.  They have really improved since last year and sounded great.  It could be that we had to listen to the beginning band first and that was pretty painful but either way they sounded a lot better than they did last year!!!!!!

 Alex and his friend Rafeal waiting for their turn to perform.

 It's their turn. walking to the stage.

 All set up and ready to go.

 Alex sounded so good and is really enjoying getting to play.

They are all finished.  They sounded great and we even had a good view of Alex.  Luckily the entire concert only lasted about an hour.  The perfect length!!!!

Happy Halloween

Megan got to go to a Halloween Costume party on Saturday night.  Her and Olivia dressed up as Flapper Girls and they both looked so cute!!!!

 Megan is all ready to go.

 They made it back home at the end of the night and still looked just as cute.

 Megan and Alex are all ready to go Trick or Treating at Jim and Marilyn's house.  They didn't have very good costumes on.  When they got home Bonnie was here and had brought them Halloween cards and pizza for dinner.  Worked out perfect for me. :)

 Alex found a last minute Jedi costume and got to go trick or treating with Conner.  Thanks to Jake for the costume!!!!!

 Good thing he has kept his light sabers all of these years.

He got all of this candy while he was out.  Just what he needs!!!!!!
I stayed home to hand out candy to all of our trick or treaters.  We had our normal amount.  ZERO.  How depressing.  I bought 4 bags of candy just in case I got flooded with kids.  Jake ate one, Alex at one, and I think Megan had one.  Alex added 4 pieces that he brought home from Marilyn so I actually ended up with one more candy in my bowl at the end of the night then I had started with.  Good thing no one around here turns away candy I guess.  Sometimes I miss our old neighborhood where the kids came in car loads. 
I think everyone had a great night and luckily the rain stopped just in time for everyone to go out.
Happy Halloween!!!!!!!

Homecoming!!!!



Today was the big day.  It is homecoming.  Megan got up at the crack of dawn to go take the PSAT test at Rogers and got back home about noon to start getting ready for the dance.  She had to decide what to do with her hair and we had to go to Target to get some cushions for her shoes. :)

 We got home from the mall and it was time to get showered and start working.  She started with her hair.  It is so long that it feels like it takes forever to curl but it looks so darn cute when she is done with it.  I even got to help this time because she couldn't see the back to well.

 The finished hair.  It looked so cute.  She did an excellent job styling it and the red flowers looked perfect. 

 She is all ready to go.  She looks so beautiful!!!!!

 Megan and Alex.  He wasn't dressed nearly as nice so he only got a head shot!!!!!!

 Everyone met at our house.  It has been raining all day so we had to make a quick exit to get some pictures outside between rain drops.

 We lost a few guys in this one. :)

 Megan and Jake.  I hope she can make it all night in those shoes.  They were so darn cute.

 All dressed up and ready to go.

 All of the guys getting anxious.

 All of the girls.

In the car and ready to dance. 
Everyone was going to the Hub for dinner in Tacoma and then to the Tacoma Convention Center for the dance.  I hope they have a great time!!!!!!

I went home with Peggy.

I got to travel back home with Peggy when she left.  I went to paint her kitchen and do some painting at Tami's house.  Tami just moved in with her boyfriend, Andy, so I got the bedroom, bathroom, sunroom and dining room all painted for them.  In between we got to have some fun!!

 Kari picked us up at the airport and we went back to her house to get Peggy's car.  We ate lunch and then headed to Peggy's so we could get started on the kitchen.  On Tuesday night we were back at Kari's for dinner and then Kari took me out to Tami's.  Carter, Noah and Riley were being crazy.

 Riley was helping Kari make dinner.

 I painted all week long and then Tami bought us tickets to go on the River Architectural tour.  We try to go everytime I am there but something always gets in the way and we never make it.  The tour started at 4:00 pm and we got there right on time.  The only problem was that we went to the wrong tour company so by the time we walked the mile to get to the right place this is what we walked up to.  Our tour boat leaving without us!!!!!

 We decided to walk down to Navy Pier and see what was going on down there.  When we got there we stumbled upon another tour company that had a tour leaving in 15 minutes so we bought more tickets and went on this one instead.

 Yeah,  we finally made it.  It was so much fun and a great tour.  We didn't leave until 4:45 though and it was an hour long so by the time we got back it was getting really cold.  Good thing we had taken so many layers.  The 2 mile walk back to our car warmed us right back up.

 Everyone came over to Tami's house for dinner and to pick me up so we all got to have dinner together and everyone got to check out the paint.  I think it turned out great.  I hope they liked it. :)

 Peggy, Kari, Riley and Tami.

 Craig, Riley and Kari.

Tami and Andy.
I had so much fun with everyone and got lots of work done.  I am ready to go back and help when they have more work for me.