Halloween - Pre Party

Went to Grandpa and Grandma Brower's house tonight. Had to test out the Halloween Costumes. Jakob is not to sure about the head piece to his costume. Not sure if we will venture out tomorrow night or not. Gail force winds, rain & cooler temps - doesn't sound like fun with 2 boys. Enjoy the pics, they may be the only ones we get in costume. You never know.

Jakob is suppose to be a dinosour and Ethan a Frog.

Starting off with a good record. Pictures posted the same day they were taken. WOW!

Headed to bed. It has been a week!!

Hugs,

Rick, Mandi, Jakob & Ethan

Blogging not as easy as you think!!

I thought I used to be a pretty good blogger, updating every couple days. Then it grew to weeks and now months. Taking the time to blog is not as easy as you think. Maybe it is uploading the pictures or just getting a chance to sit by the computer without someone banging on the keys or stealing the mouse. Well I was told to step it up a bit. GGram leaves for Florida in 2 months and wants to see new pictures every week. WOW! Wish me luck on that.
We have been busy. Ethan is sitting up and scooching around. He should be crawling in no time. He not the best eater, but is working on his baby food. He likes fruit and vegtables not so much. He has had a little cold, but so far have been able to avoid the flu. No teeth yet, but drooling like it could be any day. Jakob is growing like crazy. He runs everywhere and only knows 1 speed Fast. He isn't the best eater either but loves Cheese Sticks and Hot Dogs. He can live on that right??? He helps with chores. He loves to take Ginger outside and fill her bowl of food and water. Both the boys love taking baths. Rick has been busy working as usual. He is getting his plow ready for the snow. He also has been holding down the house cooking dinner and helping to clean. I have been crazy going from task to task. Work has been quite busy. We have had a few big fundraiser lately that take some extra time. I have been working on a fundraising committee for a new Christian School in Costa Rica which is going great. Teaching Sunday School, taking care of the boys and the house fills the rest of the hours in the day. Occasionally I get some sleep. I will practice updating the blog more. Hope it goes well.
A few weeks ago we had our family pictures taken. We need to decide what ones to print. Any input you have would be great. They turned out pretty good considering.

Hope you enjoyed our photos.

Will be back soon posting soon.

Hugs,

Rick, Mandi, Jakob & Ethan

Jakob turned 2 in September

We finally have a weekend at home to catch up on things we haven't really spent time on. One thing would be updating you with pictures. We had a party with the Browers back in September for Jakob's birthday. I made his cake. It is suppose to look like a tractor in case you couldn't figure it out. It tasted good. Jakob enjoyed it too.

Jakob had a wonderful birthday.

Hugs,

Rick, Mandi, Jakob & Ethan