Snow Days!

As most of you know, I LOVE the snow! So, as Monday came to a close and it was a winter wonderland at our house I secretly went to bed hoping for at least a 2 hour delay for school the next day. And now, here I sit two days later with snow still on the ground...and I haven't been to work in two days! Lovin it!

The roads were extremely bad yesterday- so bad that even Dave got to stay home with us (administrators are expected to still be at work no matter the weather conditions- don't get me started on my thoughts about this!). We had a fantastic day of doing just about nothing (my favorite!). The kids had a great time sledding- so much fun in fact that they pretty much stayed outside from 10 a.m. until 7 at night with only a few pit stops for lunch, hot chocolate and cookies! One thing that I love about our neighborhood is that when snow comes, everyone is around- literally! By the end of the night we had lots of the neighbors over and about 15 kids out back sledding. Love, love, love days like yesterday! Dave and I managed to play some crib, read and play in the snow with the girls.

I've told myself today that I will do at least one load of laundry, pick up the house a bit and possibly put the Thanksgiving stuff away but so far I've been on the computer (kids are already outside!), talked on the phone and read a few pages in my book. Have I mentioned yet, that I love snow days?? :) Okay, I leave you with pictures of our day yesterday! Enjoy!

The ultimate sledding girl! The faster, the better!

The girls did a lot of snow eating...ICK!

We ended the sledding marathon with our good friends- the Glocks and the Meconi's!
From left to right...Mason, Addy, Mateo, Ellie, Taylor and Maddie

I was lucky enough to go down a very steep hill of ice with Maddie- can't even begin to tell you how sore I am today...SaD! And, I'm on the look out for a cute girly hat like the one I'm wearing...this is my first winter season with glasses- stocking caps don't work with those darn things! Let me know if you find any cute one's like the one I'm wearing (which is Dave's!).

We had two very happy, tuckered out kids last night! Let it snow! (some more!)

Happy Halloween!!

A Myers Halloween dinner....hotdog mummies :)
Must have a good cry before trick or treating!

Family picture....don't you love Dave's crown?

Our sweet witch and Cute Fancy Nancy!

Maddie the witch!

Taylor AKA Fancy Nancy!



Trick Or Treating!

Look at the loot!

We can't wait for the Great Pumpkin to come and take the candy away....

Happy Birthday Grandma and Grandpa!

We celebrated Grandpa's 87th birthday and Grandma's 85th birthday this weekend! It was a big celebration especially for Grandma this year! Amazing all that she has been through and still here to celebrate with us! We are all more then a little thankful! She continues to battle her cancer and has recently started Chemo again. They are trying a new type of Chemo that is less often. I am anxious to see how it goes. In the mean time though, she feels great, is golfing and truly living life to the fullest. We had a great time being with the family (something we haven't done in awhile), laughing, eating and catching up. Happy Birthday to two of the sweetest people around!

We had visitors at the door..... L to R...Taylor, Trey, Emilie, John and Maddie

Us Myers always have to have some ordeal going on...this was taken about 15 minutes prior to us realizing that Taylor had a 102 temperature :)

These 3 rallied after a fun Halloween party the night before!

And what's not to love about this cutie?

Let the Halloween Fun Begin!

Wow! A busy, yet extremely fun weekend! Here's how it went: Taylor didn't have school on Friday and Dave and I had already taken the day off from work because Maddie girl had to have her 4 back teeth filled due to sugar bugs (Yes, we do brush her teeth- the poor girl has no enamel on her teeth.) so Maddie, Dave and I spent the day at the dentist ; everything went GREAT and Mads was back to her normal self by about 7 o'clock that night. Taylor spent the day at a swimming party- a boy swimming party. She and two other girls were invited...I asked her if she was going to wear her bikini and I got this: "MOM, NO! Rylan is going to be there". Quite cute! Our Saturday was even more packed- the girls were invited to a neighborhood Halloween party, Cougar Football was on and I went to Portland for a Stampin Up convention. The girls had a blast playing games, eating candy and dressing up. Dave didn't seem to upset by the Coug loss (it was only 10 points!) and I had an amazing time in Portland! I got to spend 8 hours doing something that is fun and relaxing- make cards, scrapbook pages and visit! It was inspiring to be with people who enjoy being creative and I actually learned some fun new techniques and also got to learn about some business type things as well. (By the way, check out my new blog- a stamping blog! tandmcards.blogspot.com

Fancy Nancy and Maddie the Witch!

Now here I sit, Maddie is asleep, Taylor is being ready to and I'm exhausted! Why you might ask? Oh, lets see...we carved pumpkins, made sugar cookies, did homework, laundry and went to another Halloween party! It was a day full of fun and when we asked Maddie what her favorite part of her day was she said: "All of it!" That makes me happy! Even though I still have laundry to fold, lunches to pack and the house is a mess that simple statement makes it all good!

Yummy!

This is the first year that both the girls would touch the inside of the pumpkins!

Dave and I both agreed that this was the smoothest, fastest year we've had for carving pumpkins...We didn't do all the work :)

The finished product!

All the kids at the party!

I love this picture! These 4 girls are such great friends! Love them all!

It's a scarecrow!

and a cat!

I love this picture! Maddie got red paint all over her costume so here she is in Maddie fashion...capri's, a favorite sweatshirt and her flip flops!

Curious George!

Last weekend, Curious George came home from school with Taylor! Was she ever one excited little girl! George did EVERYTHING that we did and went EVERY where with us this past weekend :)

He spent a lot of time in Taylor's arms.....
When he wasn't in Taylor's arms he was in Maddie's....



He ate popcorn and got to listen to stories....

He even managed to rock climb....

George even got to pick out his own jammies.....

The Corvette

Dave and Carolyn have found a neighbor that loves working on cars and has been working on the corvette- don't ask me what he's been fixing- I just know that it's been exciting for Dave! I had to post these pictures from the end of the summer of he and Maddie going for a ride together. PrIcElEsS!

Carseat and a Baby doll....you can't beat that!

Maddie is a lot like her daddy- she loves to go fast in the corvette!

First Day of School Pictures...in October :)

Carolyn and Jerry arrived back home this week and so we finally got to see the pictures they had taken of Taylor on her first day of first grade! All I can say is where did the time go? Love this girl!

Ready to head to school!

Accessories are essential in first grade...backpack, water bottle, lunch box, silly bands, notepads...

Taylor and Katrina waiting for Mrs. Bond to pick them up!

I love this picture! Two best friends after a long day at school!

We are so proud of you Taylor!