Golden

Today was my Golden Birthday.  Yep, 30 on the 30th.  Though there was nothing spectacular about it, today was definitely one of my favorite birthdays so far.  Simply for the fact that the people I love most went out of their way to make me feel special.  I am very blessed.
Isa decorated the house.  It's difficult to see, but there were about 15 signs that said "30" and "I love you" on them. 

Mom and Cade got special plates and napkins, and Isa, Cade, and my Dad made a cake (forgot to get a picture of that!).  Marcus made me breakfast, brought me lunch at work, and cooked dinner and cleaned up.

Thank you for a wonderful day!!

Merry Christmas!

Sadly, we will not be getting a Christmas Tree this year.  We never had this problem with the first two, but we decided it's just not possible with Sydney.  She would tear it down in a heartbeat. :)  So, we are trying to decorate other parts of the house instead. 

Before I show you this picture, I should say this.....I am thankful for my husband for many reasons.  One of them is that he doesn't call me crazy (ok, he does, but he still loves me anyways :)) when I stay up late doing things like this...

The lower parts are in Sydney-reach and so will probably be torn down loved on first thing in the morning, so I had to take a picture right away.  :)  I can't wait to see the kids' excitement when they see this when they get up!

Happy Birthday, Dad!!

Today is my dad's birthday.  We went over to my parents' house for dinner.  Cade was very cute when, in conversation, he referred to my dad as "The Birthday Boy."  I was quick enough to snap this great picture of them.  Isn't it cute?!  Only missing 2 sweeties....

Halloween

This year for Halloween, we had Ariel (Isa), Super Why (Cade), and Minnie Mouse (Sydney).  It's pretty much impossible to get all 3 of them still and looking at the camera all at the same time....especially when the older 2 were so excited for the evening ahead.  I tried.  (Also, Blogger doesn't like me tonight....I have edited my pictures and they are rotated correctly, but when I load them in they keep getting rotated again.  I tried twice and it did the same thing both times.  So I give up.  You may just have to turn your head. :) )

I love this picture of Sydney....it really shows her personality. :)

We went to a Harvest Festival and then trick-or-treated in my parents' neighborhood with friends.  The kids had a great time, and now we have way too much candy! :)