Our Busy September

This month isn't even over yet, but we have been so busy.  So instead of a bunch of little post - here is what we have been up to in September.  Sweet Corn Festival, AWANAS, Gardening, Weddings, and enjoying (a so far very hot) fall! I took most of these pics with my phone and I don't think I uploaded them right because the resolution is a little funny - sorry!

 Enjoying the AWANA'S opening Luau

Look Mom, tattoos!

All dressed up for the party - with her ears freshly pierced!

 My beautiful Boo Princess

 I had so much fun decorating for this party!

Yee Haw! Sweet Corn Festival 2010

 First horse ride ever!

 Is the parade going to start yet?

 I love how patriotic our little town is! Happy Labor Day!

The field by our house was full of wild flowers and we had so much fun taking some pictures in the middle of it all!

Back on the Map

WOW!!! It has been forever since I entered in my last post. The reason: I am a working woman now. I say that with partial enthusiasm because my heart is at home with my princesses, but I am so grateful to have a great job with GREAT benefits.

So in case you are not part of the Snowflake rumor chain and haven't heard; I am the (not so) new English teacher at Snowflake High School. I can say that I survived my first semester, and I think I did OK. I mean the kids seemed to have learned something! HA! This next semester I hope to thrive. Its going to be crazy because I am going to be going back to school as well. I have some really great co-workers and I love being back with a lot of my old teachers - I appreciate them so much more now!! In addition to teaching English I am FINALLY back to teaching dance. I teach hip-hop to a great bunch of young girls at Raising the Barre in Snowflake. Its more hours but is so worth it. Besides, dancing is like vacation. Now we'll see if I will be saying that come recital time!!

Rolland is doing great and is enjoying being a stay-at-home Dad for awhile. He says its harder than he thought - uh...yeah!!!! I have been telling him that. But his break is soon over and he will be taking 18 credits this semester. Mostly online and in the evening, so the girls will see him, but I will not. :(

The girls both started preschool this year and I am so excited to announce that Aubrey is reading and writing!! And in true Aubrey fashion she went from simple words like "Cat", "Sat", "It" to more important words like "nail polish". Hilarious!! Rebekah loves school as well and is still her ........unique self. But she is officially a "Big Girl" and is potty trained. Which is great because I seriously thought I was going to lose my mind!!

We are so blessed! This year has brought about so many changes and new ways of life. We miss our friends in Virginia and New York TERRIBLY. No I really mean TERRRRRRRIBBLLY!!! These families were OUR family and I am really grieving their absence. However, we are close to our family and that is priceless. I love that the kids are able to rwally get to know all their family on both sides. I guess I just have to keep working to afford plane fare to get to everyone I love!!

My New Year's Resolution is to blog at least once a month so hopefully I stick to it. Enjoy some picture from the last 6 months though! HA!!!

They love their Christmas Present from Grandma & Papa (please ignore the finger in the nose)

Loving their new princess dresses

First trip to the ballet to see The Nutcracker. Posing with the Sugarplum Fairy

Fun in the Mud!

Halloween Fun - Princess Jasmine and The Octopus

Beautiful Fall Day...Beautiful Girls

Rainy Sweet Corn Festival

Camping trip with Grandma & Papa

First Day of Preschool

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had the pleasure of hosting some friends for Thanksgiving. My great friend Lizzy came from Virginia with her three girls (6, 4, 3) and Rolland's childhood friend Martin and his wife Katherine came from Conneticut.   We had a really good time, despite the 2 feet of snow that came down Wednesday night!!  The girls all loved playing with each other and I had help getting the house ready for Christmas!!  On Friday Lizzy and I left the house at 4:30 to conquer Black Friday.  Success!!  Lizzy and I both finished our Christmas shopping and now can enjoy December.  Later that day we braved a complete white out to drive to Old Forge NY in the Adirondacks for the Christmas celebration.  We saw Santa and Mrs. Claus and took a scenic train ride to check out all the snow.  There was so much more to do there, but with the amount of snow coming down we decided to head home rather than get stuck in it.  Lizzy stayed until Monday so the rest of the weekend we relaxed, played in the snow, and took LOTS of pictures.  I am so thankful everyone had a good time and a safe trip home.  Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Festive Fall Home

I have lived in 4 different houses in the past 6 six years, and every single one I tried to decorate to make feel like home. Even though the last one in Virginia was my favorite (apple blossom tree in the backyard, a lake with a playground across the street, seeing deer from my living room) this one is coming in close second. And even though we will be living here for a total of 4 months I am still trying to go all out for Fall and Christmas. With Rolland leaving soon (and the fact that we are having out of town guest for Thanksgiving) I wanted to make our house look special and festive. Also just because I love to do it! So here are some pictures of some fall decor, enjoy! (here you go Mom, since you can't see Facebook :) )

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a Spooky Halloween!  Enjoy the pictures!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Sesame Street Live and First Snow Fall!

Last night the USO brought Sesame Street Live to Fort Drum.  The girls and I were able to go (for free) to see all their favorites; Zoe, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Grover, and most of all ELMO!!  It started snowing really hard right before we left and by the time we got there, there was already over an inch on the ground.  Here are some pictures from the night.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I was surprised how hard it actually did snow last night. When we woke up there was about 6-8 inches on the ground, and its still coming down strong!! Good news is that its supposed to stop for Halloween, but I think I need to figure out how to winterize the girls costumes without just sticking a big jacket over them.