Fall 2012

Back into the routine of school. Maggie is in 2nd grade and her teacher is Mrs. Goodin. Maggie has buddied up with another teachers daughter, Alaina Alexandrou. They are inseperable. Maggie is back to piano on Wednesdays and both the girls take gymnastics on Thursdays. Morriah is in the 4 year old preschool and her teachers are Ms. Sara, Ms. Winnie, Ms. Shannon, and Ms. Stacy. Morriah has bonded with most of her classmates...Soniah, Emily G, Emily S, Ethan (which I think she has a crush on). The girls had a big birthday party in August where we celebrated both of their birthdays. There were about 20 kids and their families. We had it at the house and Mackenzie's family let us use one of their gigantic waterslide bouncies. The kids had a blast. We bought the girls a trampoline for their birthday which has been used greatly this fall.

Poor dad is so busy working. He has been working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. He is such a strong provider. He has another month of this schedule but then we will be planning a little weekend getaway for all of us. Some memorable moments: Took Lucy the dog to a dog costume contest. She was a punk rocker. We must've had 20 people stop to take pictures. We loved it so much, we are going to put her in another one next week. We are slightly retarded.

While Lucy was in the car with us, she jumped on to Maggie's lap. Maggie yelled out "Owwwww, you just crushed my nuts." This is when we had a little talk about the privates of boys and girls.

Dad's Aunt Diane is in the hospital. She has stage 4 cancer. She fell and cracked her skull from front to back and is unconcious. Maggie wrote her this letter. We are still praying. The girls are doing great in school and I try to keep them busy. We go to every festival locally and love to go shopping at secondhand stores. We spent last Sunday at Uncle Steves and Aunt Tanya's carving pumpkins and decorating cookies. I love the fall until all the leaves are gone....then it is so gloomy.

Morriah just got her haircut for the first time. She is my minnie me.

My two beautiful girls.....I pray you will stay strong, always being kind and showing God's love through your actions. I pray you will always be close and be friends, just like this picture when you were 4 and 7 years old. I love you my babes.