Halloween

In our family, there are a few things to count on come the end of October.  The first, Papa's birthday.  While he's not a monster [usually :-) ], we are glad for this part of Halloween!

The second, Grandma Gasser coming through with some stellar costumes.  This year, we have a beautiful Belle, a Rosetta fairy (Tinkerbell's friend) and a fierce Batman (the physique a little more Adam West than Christian Bale).

The Robin costume came together at the last minute.  Mostly, Ty just wanted an excuse to break out his old wrestling tights (to accentuate his shapely legs)!
Trick-or-treating is always fun.  Especially the selective candy harvesting after the kids are in bed :-)

heavenly reminder

We decided to take a quick drive to Hanging Rock State Park to do some hiking and see some water falls. 

 Unfortunately, the pictures never do justice to the beauty of the surroundings...

Lots of fun rocks to climb on and around.  We had some excited explorers.

Here's Coleson enjoying some hide and seek.  Now if he could just stop giggling...

We're so lucky to live in such a beautiful area!! The quiet and natural beauty of the Lord's wonderful creations not only help us feel peace, but remind us that our Mr. B is always so very close to us, even though unseen.

pouting and picking pumpkins

Papa was kind enough to ride the merry-go-round with Coleson not one, but two times!

When you don't listen to your mom and dad, sadly, you have to get down off of the very cool wagons...and that results in two very upset kids whom will no longer smile for the camera.  Stinks when parents ruin all of your fun!...Maybe they'll remember how it felt and next time they will listen when mom and dad are trying to keep them safe??  OR maybe not??

 We ended up with a white tiger, rapunzel, a black cat, a funny monster, a spider, the wicked witch, and a frankenstien jack-o-lantern.

a very special birthday

Makinzie finally turns 8.  Only one year after most of the other kids in 3rd grade.

(have to love pictures from the missing teeth stage of life :))

Luckily, Nana and Papa were able to be here for her very special day.  We were so grateful and happy that she made the decision to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  She has a very strong connection with the Spirit and is a very intuitive and sweet little girl.

All about ME! (kind of)

So, he posted ALL about him, why not post ALL about me. Mainly because I have been told I need to add a few more details about life...
I guess it is pretty easy to tell, even from my quick blog posts, that I am usually quite ornery and almost ALWAYS not feeling well.
So, here's my,(hopefully) quick explanation:
-2007: my hip got completely messed up when I was pregnant with Coleson, but, after the 9 months (post-baby) to see if it would find it's way back to normal, plus an extra 9 months, just in case it needed a little more time, I finally decided I should ask some experts (or at least my pain level decided it was definitely time.)
-experts: not a clue...after several scans, tests, medicines, PT attempts etc.
-November, 2009 I got the flu...no big deal...until I never recovered.
-The flu turned into: LOTS of weight loss, hair loss, continual nausea and constant migraines...so, finally, I went back to the experts.
-experts: not a clue! (after several scans, tests, medicines, etc...you get the idea)
-FINALLY, I found a PT that could tell my hip was out of alignment in 3 out of 3 ways...and she has helped me ALMOST fix it (it should stay that way, as long as I keep up on ALL the exercises).
-All those other nasty symptoms...well they got WORSE, way WORSE, mainly because, in all the medicine switching, this happened:
But, feeling HORRIBLE seems SO much more worth it when there is an absolutely INCREDIBLE outcome!!!
(And who knows, maybe all those "not sure why they are around" symptoms will leave when the baby arrives...I can always hope, right?!)
So, we could not be HAPPIER that baby BOY is due April 4th, 2011!