Jingle in the Junction

I took the girls down to Valley Junction tonight for Jingle in the Junction. It was a lot of fun. We only got cold standing in line to ride horse drawn wagon ride. There was ice cravings, live reindeer, balloon artist, Santa and Mrs Claus. We enjoyed walking in and out of stores. Valley Junction has some really neat stores. 

one big Santa

 pretty cool to see live reindeer

Haydn's Music Concert

Haydn had her music concert last night. The them was Americana.  Everyone was to dress in red/white/blue. Each child had a speaking/playing xylophone/group singing part. Haydn rocked her speaking part!!  She loves to sing and really enjoys her music concert every year!! 

Haydn's speaking part

 

Olivia, Macy, Mackenzie, Haydn and Ellie

Olivia, Haydn and Mrs Biegger

no more booster seats

for the 1st time in over 11 yrs we no longer have car seat/booster seats in the van! Haydn has graduated from a booster seat! YAY!!  My girls are no longer babies!! 

411 Graduation

Hannah had her 411 graduation today.  For the past 6 weeks she has been talking about drugs, alcohol, bullying, internet safety and so on. Every student got a 411 t-shirt as part of the class. They all wore them today. It was a great assembly. Glad I was able to support Hannah today. Along with the certificates there was a spokeswoman from Puppy Jake talking about PTSD and how they train dogs to help soldiers coming back to deal with trauma they encountered serving our country. It was very interesting hearing what all the dogs go through. It is a 2 yr program for the dogs alone to learn how to help their new owner. The dog is truly their new owners right hand man!! 

 

 

Hannah receiving her award

 Principal Williamson

 whole class

 Hannah and Shea

 

Halloween at Jester

I took the girls to Jester this afternoon for a "spooktacular" party. It was a lot of fun. They had pony/horse rides,wagon rides, face painting, crafts, scavenger hunt, hot dogs, cookies, s'mores, hot chocolate and a night hike that we didn't stay for.

Girls actually got to ride the horses they ride in weekly lessons. It was so fun to see the horses dressed up too. 

 

cowgirl and gymnast

Freckles as a hippy horse

 Lucy-in touch with her hawaiian side

 wagon ride

 Sunny- girls ride him during lessons

 Haydn riding the pony Dottie

 Hannah riding Brownie the pony

 

road trip to NC

Mom, Kayren and I took off last Wednesday morning, early 3:50 AM for NC.  We made it to Newport, TN Wenesday night. Got up Thursday morning and drove into Asheville, NC to tour the Biltmore. This was the highlight of the trip excluding seeing my sister and nieces! Everything about this house is magical. The house still remains in the family today. It has 250 rooms, their was indoor plumbing (a man ahead of his time by a century). We got into Raleigh around 6:00ish. Right in the thick of rush hour. Made us appreciate our "rush hour" here! HA! We stayed busy while in Raleigh. We shopped, went to Pullen Park (park that has old time carousel, paddle boats, train ride around park, normal park slides, swings). Fun park. Took V and IJ trick or treating. V was Elsa and IJ was Anna. IJ's dress even lit up and played a song from Frozen! The weather was great!! We grilled out supper our last night there. Kayren and I were able to go out for drinks and appetizers with Anna one night and the 3 of us got to spend the night together. Mom, Kayren and I left early Monday morning, 4:00AM! We made it all the way to Hannibal, MO!!  15 hrs in the car! Yesterday (Tuesday) we had a short and sweet drive back home.

 

 

group shot

 Anna and Elsa

 Biltmore

 

 down by the gardens

 Pullen Park

 Isla, Nana and Vada being silly

 showing off her light up dress

 funny sign at Pullen Park.

 

Howells 2014

We headed down to Howells today, it was a perfect day to be at the patch. The girls love this patch so it is fun to go back year after year.

 

 

strong Little women

 for some reason Haydn was scared to jump. Finally she took the plunge!

 peace out!

 sad goat

 mom bringing up the rear

 girls loved this ride this year!

 dad taking his pumpkin back!