December Snow

There's nothing like snow in December.

Christmas Castle

Walking up to Castle McCulloch. Lots of lights.
Santa standing up beside a 22-foot Christmas tree in the castle.
Mrs. Clause telling a story.

Mariachi band with costumes that light up to their music.

Kids getting their picture taking with Santa.

The Grinch in a cage but still scary.

Poor deer.

Santa and his elves - look closely at the elves faces.

My elves.

The family at a lighted train.

Thaksgiving 2009

Waving to Santa - just as much of a Thanksgiving tradition as a turkey. Maria waving as well.
Thanksgiving feast.

Noah and Pop at the table.

Autumn and Maria.

Gramma and Autumn.

Funky hats might be a new tradition.

Funky hats and rotten teeth!

Trampoline Hair

These picture were taken at the beginning of November (when it was still dry). If you're wondering about the blue around Noah's mouth, he had been eating a stamp pad earlier.

Halloween 2009

Maria's pumpkin - Tinkerbell. Autumn dressed up as Belle.
Noah with a Mator costume on.
The trick-or-treaters.

Autumn dressed as Dorothy.

Autumn and Peyton with Dorothy at the Wizard of Oz trail.

Peyton, Autumn and Noah with Jeffery.

Autumn and Peyton at Toys R Us.

Pumpkin Patch

Last Soccer Game of Fall 2009 Season

The Mighty Tigers

Autumn receiving her trophy
The Mighty Tigers with their trophies

Autumn cheesing

Jacob, Autumn, Peyton, and Noah

And a video...

2009 Dixie Classic Fair

We had the best time at the Dixie Classic Fair yesterday. The weather was perfect - slightly overcast with a nice fall breeze and the temperature stayed just below 70 degrees. Maria and I look forward to going to this fair every year and I know that the kids had just as much fun as we did this year. We got a pass for Autumn so that she could ride all the kiddie rides, which she did. Although Noah didn’t want to ride anything other than the carousel, he had a blast waiving to Autumn on the rides. We all had fun petting and feeding animals after going through the kiddie rides. Finally, we all enjoyed eating our favorite fair foods in the old-timey part of the fairgrounds, roasted corn, homemade ice cream, mini doughnuts (that’s right Chris, those fresh-made mini doughnuts), and Polish sausage. We skipped the fried candy and fried butter this year.