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Halloween Part 2!

Ok, we need to finish this so we can move on.

This year we had Alice and the White Rabbit from Wonderland, and of course Superman. I tried to get him to be the Madhatter, but he wasn't into it.


The scary house! This house's yard is like rated R! We had to stop and trick or treat here. This house has got playground rumors about it. Apparently, when you ring the doorbell, the clowns come to life, push you inside and throw 3 nets on you! Scary I know!

Yes, we were out in the rain this year. Ugh. Good thing it only lasted about 1.5 hours.

Then a rainbow.

...and we ended the night at our neighbors for soup and rolls. Yummy.

Halloween Part 1

Cole's cute little party.




They made cookies, spiders, played games, and of course sampled some of my witches brew.

I was the resident witch this year.

Ariah's little preschool party was fun. The cute mom decorated and did the cutest things.

...and again, the witches brew. I'm so glad I spent the time making this one year. It is a cute way to do a witches brew and the kids get a kick out of it.

2 Alice's this year:)

We spent all summer at Lagoon with our passes. Frightmares was fun to visit at Halloween time.

Cole was the only one up for the haunted houses. We took Ariah into a very mild one, and she flipped. Ambra and Cole both wanted to try the scarier ones. I got a babysitter for Ariah one day, and we headed to Lagoon. The first haunted house and Ambra went nuts. She was screaming AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS! When one of the scaries came to scare, she just stopped and asked if she could escort us out! Thank goodness. That was crazy. On the way out Cole kept saying "NOOOOO this is so cool. Ambra, your a wuss!" Needless to say, Ambra and
Ariah stayed with dad next time and Cole and I hit the scary houses. I think he was a bit scared, but would never admit it.

They had fun little houses for kids, where they gave you treats and prizes. These were the big hit for all the kiddos.

Holiday 09 Photobook

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This little darling, will soon be baptized!!

6 Years Old!!!

For Mister Cole's #6 he said, "Mom, I don't really want alot of presents. I just want to go to hotel and stay for 3 nights!" Are you kidding me??? Dude your 6 not 16! Fortunately I was able to make this happen - and we stayed for 5 days over Labor Day up at Wolf Creek Resort. We had a blast.


When I asked Cole what cake he wanted, he said "A hotel cake" - like duh mom. Here it is in all it's weird glory. Equipped with 4 stories, lighting, valet parking, a rollercoaster, lazy river and fountains.




Colie Coaster

These (streetlights) really lit up.

Lazy river with tubes... Too bad I did not build this very well and during transportation up the very curvy mountainside it looked like an earthquake had hit. Cole wasn't very happy about that.

We always do "bustout" the morning of thier birthday. What is "bustout"? Well its where you "BUST OUT" of your room of course.

Presents are always waiting outside thier door. I figure they get enough from friends and family at the party. Why not give him ours now. It makes the fun stretch through the day. Love that kid.

Whoa! Ambra looks silly. She gave him handcuffs that she bought with her own money.

...and Ariah sprung for a hotwheels.

He chose McDonalds for lunch.

We had a blast at the resort. The pool has a waterslide and rec center with video games, ping pong, pool, raquetball, etc. We also played tennis and horseshoes. The family came up Saturday for a day of games and food. We had so much fun. It was nice to be able to stretch the weekend to a 5 day little getaway. Thanks Cole for a fun birthday idea.

Candy Pumpkins!!

Our yearly tradition lives on. I am a firm believer children 7 and under should not be handling large knives and I really could go the rest of my life without scraping ooey gooey pumpkin mess out of pumpkins - so... we use candy.

Pretty princess pumpkin...

Evil witch doctor...

and scary pirate with "Cole" written in licorice...sounds about right for these three goons :)

ATV Tour

So we hired this company to take us on an ATV tour through the Sierre Maudre Mountains. It was about a 4 hour tour and we were excited. I expected another jungle ride - with me driving. Boy was I wrong. We spent about half hour in the mountains, and the rest was on dirt roads through little villages, ON THE HIGHWAY!! with crazy drivers, and huge busses, and cobblestone streets. Don't get me wrong, it was a blast, but definitely NOT what I expected.




Our short stay in the mountains ,we were able to snap this shot.

We saw so much culture on our ride. People were living in the mountains, out of busses and tents. Chickens were running around everywhere, and apparently NO ONE owns a washer and dryer - laundry was hung from every home. They would push there little popsicle and fruit carts into town for the day, this was a long, dirty walk. I hear this all the time, but I saw first hand how richly blessed we are in the US. Truly we are a rich people. I am so grateful for so many more things - after seeing how these people live.

We visited a Tequilla Factory, and they showed us how it was made. They use these plants. They grow everywhere. Tequilla and margaritas are the drink of choice. A big part of the tequilla tour was taste testing - we skipped that part. People couldn't believe we didn't drink at all. They kept telling us a little bit was ok, surely we drank just a little bit. They were quite surprised to find out NOT AT ALL.