Happy Thanksgiving!

We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we are trying to keep the cold/flu bug away.  We hope to not spend our Thanksgiving holiday feeling this way!  Paige, especially, is looking forward to making a yummy pumpkin pie.  It has become tradition for her and I to do this together each year!

We had our annual photo shoot with Grandma Billie a couple weeks ago.  Thought I would share a few of the great pictures we took of Paige.  Paige loves having her pictures taken and rarely do we get a bad one of her, so it is really fun!

My Fav!
This was not planned.  It just happened and I love it!

Halloween Fun!

This year, Paige was a cute little Pirate for Halloween!  She loves the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and loves this ride at Disneyland.  We were asked a few times why she wasn't going to be a pretty princess.  Well, sadly, Paige has grown out of the Princess stage!

Now in the 2nd grade, her wardrobe consists of black, white, grey and lime green!  Paige is a VERY picky dresser/shopper.  All she wants to wear is a pair of jeans and a peace sign shirt!  Occasionally she will put on a cute little skirt.

Here are a few pictures of our jack-o-lanterns this year.  We grew, in our own yard, 8 huge big max pumpkins!  Curtis was up to the challenge of carving at least one out.  The whole experience of growing these pumpkins has been so much fun!

 Yes, we had to get the power tools out !

Paige painted her pumpkin.  This is the pumpkin that won 1st place at The Fair!

The front of our house with all those huge pumpkins.  Our neighbors loved them, too!

1st Place Winner!

We helped Paige enter a big max pumpkin in the Nez Perce County Fair this year!  Her first grade class started the pumpkin seeds last Spring.  Much to our amazement, these pumpkins are huge!  The pumpkin that Paige chose to take to the fair weighed in at 79 lbs!  Today we get to go collect her prize money ($3) and bring that awesome pumpkin home.  It has been a fun experience for all of us.  Wonder what we can grow to take to the fair next year :)

First Day of 2nd Grade!

Such A Sweet Girl!

Patiently waiting for 8:10 to come around!

Of course, there always has to be a silly one

All the kids at the bus stop this morning

I think we are all happy that summer is over.  This mama is not too happy about her baby girl being in 2nd grade already but it is also very exciting!  Paige asked if she could ride the bus to and from school this year.  With much hesitation from m,e I told her she could try it out.  Hopefully she won't like riding the bus home all the time because I like to pick her up and take her out for frozen yogurt or pretzel.  Maybe I can bribe her with a treat after school now and then!  Can't wait for her to get home and hear all about her first day of school!  This morning she actually seemed to care about "my" feelings and asked if I would be waiting for her when she got off the bus.  "Mom, you can stand in front of Rosie and Eli's house and wait for me to get off the bus after school".  Made me feel good :)

7 Years Old

Paige is 7 years old, can you believe it?  I know I can't!  This picture was taken at her birthday party which was at the movie theatre.  She got to start the movie "Cars 2" for her and her friends to watch. Every year at her birthday time I pull out her baby scrapbooks.  I spent many hours putting those books together and boy was it worth it.  Paige loves her baby pictures and all the day by day stories I wrote in there.  Curtis and I really enjoy them, too, as we realized that we had forgotten some of that baby stuff.  Soon Paige will be starting the 2nd grade.  Just yesterday we found out who her teacher will be and that her BFF is in the same class.  Phew, life is good!

Happy 7th Birthday Paige!

I can not even believe that Paige is 7!  Celebrating her birthday is so much fun and it goes on and on for about 5 days.  By the time it is all over we have one exhausted birthday girl!

What Would We Do Without.........

This Cutie Patootie!

She is almost 7 years old! 

Where has the time gone?  I thought being a stay at home mom would make the time go by slower but I was wrong.  But I do know that I haven't missed anything in those almost 7 years and I love that!