Cold Day - Mia's 4th Birthday Party

This says it all, all wrapped up in a coat and trying to blow out the candles before the wind did.

Jaime designed the cake. Mia wanted blue cake with pink icing.

Jill helping Mia unwrap presents as she has always done.

Jaime with a creative outfit to keep warm and still look fashionable.

Conner and Vannon

Daniel

Erica

Jay, Jaime and Karin

Jonah - fishing

Joyce and PeePaw

Grandma Lee - trying to keep warm

I'm sorry that lots of people and great picture opportunities are not represented. Camera problems. It was an unusually cold, windy day but a lot of friends and extended family showed up to help Mia celebrate her birthday. She had a great time even though she insists she still wants to be 3.

Halloween 2010

Jonah and Zach

Roger and Aaron waiting for trick-or-treaters

Candlelight

Mia

Jaime and Aaron

Cory, Jill and Jack-O-Lantern

Jill at Pumpkin Patch

Halloween Party

Jill and Mia

Jonah and Zach

Russell and friend

Over 100 cupcakes, some flashing lights and loud music and lots of costumes. Great time.

Celebration

Had a great lunch with my daughter and a friend yesterday. My friend just became the owner of a car she has wanted for a long time. We laughed a lot and had a great time.

Cory's Birthday

Besides Roger's grandson, Cory, and my brother, Rick, and Stephanie, my Cory also had a birthday in October. 39 years old. Yikes! I regret that I was unable to do much for his birthday but he is having fun driving around in the little white sports car and playing golf. I plan to have them over for supper soon. Happy Birthday, Cory. (Above picture: I was helping Stephanie get ready for the wedding when I heard a call for help. He couldn't find his belt or his socks. Stephanie found him some of her father's socks and he borrowed a belt. Wonder if he returned those items?)

Jaime Haircut

Jaime made a dramatic change a few weeks ago. Here are some pictures. The top one is the best but I can't figure out how to make it bigger. Jaime has been cutting, chopping, coloring and bleaching her hair since she was quite young. Every version looks good. Makes even a mother a little jealous. Anyway, it always grows back. Hasn't fallen out yet.

Once when she was a teenager, she got a big bottle of bleach. When I turned down the offer for her to do my hair, she said, "Well, I'm going to bleach something!" Pretty soon every guy she knew had a big blonde streak in his hair. I will have to find a picture of one of them and post it.

Tooth Fairy

Jill requested to come home early from after school care. She was "sick" with a tooth that was literally hanging by a thread. She was fascinated with that tooth when it finally came out so she wrote a note to the tooth fairy. Above is a copy of the actual note with a comment from the actual tooth fairy. Maybe I should sell it on ebay. I'm sure it is valuable. Here is what the note said:

Dear, tooth fary colud you give me money But leve my tooth case I want to keep it. Thank You,

Sincerely,

Jill

P.S. how many teeth have you colected? (from every Kid)

And the tooth fairy wrote back in very swirly writing:

Dear Jill ~

I must take your tooth to give to children who don't have them. I have collected 807 million teeth!

Happy Wiggling!

Love,

Tooth Fairy