Halloween etc.

This weekend was BUSY to say the least!

Before I go on and on about this weekend I have to share this funny before I forget it again. The other day Marina was really "talking" to Emma and she made a noise that sounded like "ah gwa". I mentioned that that was the Spanish word for water. Emma got SO excited and told Dave that Marina is a "Spanish girl." Then she thought about it and said that she was a little worried that Marina was going to be a "Spanish speaking girl" and how would we understand her if she is going to speak Spanish. :) :)

Well, Friday was Halloween. The weather here was incredible. It was so wierd to see "princess" characters out and about without winter coats. We had an extra fun Halloween this year as we had three of our cousins from California and three cousins from Omaha. That made 10 trick or treaters. We let the bigger kids split off from the much slower 3 year olds and we all had a great time. We have way too much candy here and my goal in the next day or two is to throw lots of it in the freezer. One or two pieces a day never hurts. :) Later that night after the kids went to bed Dave and I sat out back with our neighbors and had a bonfire. We didn't get to bed until 1. Haven't done that in a LONG time.

You gotta love the Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head pumpkin pieces...

Saturday morning was the toughest part of the weekend as we headed to Avoca for Aunt Shirley's funeral. The funeral service was very nice as was the ceremony at the cemetary. It always helps when the weather is nice. Her grandchildren even released butterflies at the cemetary. We enjoyed getting caught up with family at the luncheon too.

Saturday night we had a fish fry, hung out with neighbors , and watched the disappointing Husker game. Oh well, Oklahoma is an awesome team and we still love the Huskers.

This morning we got up extra early to make sure we weren't late to church for Marina's baptism. It was a wonderful mass and all the kids did great. Marina didn't mind the ceremony either and smiled through most of it. Thank you Stacy and Ted for being her Godparents. Afterwards we went to lunch. It was a very small get together with family but very nice! Then, Emma had yet another birthday party today from 2-4.

Nice hair huh?!

Now I am doing laundry, dishes and typing one handed to update this long overdue entry. Back to work tomorrow and I have a ton of stuff to get done.

The girls played nice tonight...which is always a bonus. Emma built this cool tower thing using "all" the blocks. Then she read her and Lauren's new books tonight to Marina who didn't appear to be too thrilled about it.

Have a great week!!