Halloween

The kids both have more Halloween pictures on their pages.

We had to wake Jakob up to go Trick or Treating, otherwise he would have missed it! After dinner we visited our neighbors and then headed through town on foot. We went to new houses and some old- a few people over at Cathcart Commons remembered Jake! We walked around for about an hour..Jakob couldn't even carry his pumpkin it was so full. He ran into a classmate even! He loved going door to door, but we had to remind him a few times what to say because he was so excited. He even commented on the architecture of some of the houses by saying "I love your house!". Kaleb was dressed up like Pooh and Daddy was his driver for the night. He was really good, not a peep out of him. Of course when we headed back down our road, Jake wanted to keep on going!

Romp in the Park: Part 2~ Simonzi Park

Romp in the park: Part 1

This afternoon Jake and I met Nana at Hyde to see the Kids Circus (click link above to check them out). We made it to intermission (an hour in) and then Jake had a melt down. We ended up leaving.

After headed to the orchard for cider, we went to St. Mary's Cemetery to walk around and take photographs. Jakob shares in my love of cemeteries. It was chilly today and previous winds had knocked over ornaments and potted flowers, so he helped pick them up for the ones "buried under there". He is curious to know their names, and tries to "read" them- he has come close a few times.

My Fall Line Up

I thought about doing a Fall line up for Todd..but it would take forever! All I have to say is thank God for Tivo.

Brothers~ October

The Great Pumpkin Festival

Today my parents church held a pumpkin festival for the community. It was a great afternoon and the weather was perfect. Here are 2 pictures from the day..the rest can be viewed at our Shutterfly account. Enjoy!

Todd Stewart

Todd decided to upholster Jakob's chair as it was ripped on the bottom. Came out pretty nice.

Mai Ling, Mai Ling

Grammy and Grampy have a new puppy! A 4 month old Pug named Mai Ling. She is so cute, cuddly, and loves to give kisses! She snuggled right up to me and took a nap.

Jorge's Visit

Jorge came to visit from Mexico for Jaime's wedding and is staying the week for work. He came over for dinner tonight. He brought some nice presents, including a Dora Chutes and Ladders game- all in Spanish!

Nine Years Ago

We have made it this far with no major snags and I hope for many more wonderful years. We are happy, even though we get to each other at times. We are both not on the career paths that we would like, but what we hope to do will come in time. We are not living in that nice big house like we had wanted, but we make it work. We have debt like most, and that will clear sooner rather than later. We have 2 beautiful, happy boys that are the light of our lives. We have a plan, and in a few years we will be living our dream.

We celebrated with dinner at Manny's while my Mom watched the boys. The food was delicious. We donot have many recent pictures of just the two of us, I found a few of my favorites from "years ago" and scrapped them. Almost all of the kits used were created in honor of the "Think Pink" campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness (month of October).