Santa Visit #2

The City of Genesee always has a fun evening with crafts, dinner, and Santa coming on the Firetruck to visit.  Thanks City of Genesee!  The kids had a great time!

 Here comes Santa!

 Cooper came over giggling after telling me that Santa's pillow was falling out. It was hard not to giggle. He asked us a lot of questions. I think he is starting to figure it all out.

 

 LOL!

 Craft time.  Coop made a Christmas chain to count down the days.

Trip home for Thanksgiving!

We went home this year for Thanksgiving.  It had been almost a year since all of us had gone home together.  We had a good time, except for the drive and when it was bedtime. :) The kids didn't sleep a wink all the way there or all the way home.  We spent a couple nights with Megan's family and a couple with Nate's. Megan had fun shopping, we spent some time with Aunt Patty and Uncle Bill visiting from California, went to the Botanical Gardens Garden-A-Glow, and Nic and Patrick were home for the holiday.  Enjoy the photos!

Nanni Vicki getting pictures of the kiddos.  

 Emma and Brooklyn.

We went to see Santa at the mall.  They didn't even get a candy cane. :(  They hand out little activity books now.

A fun game of spoons!

 Thanksgiving dinner at Nate's parents.  Both moms have pictures of all of us on their cameras. 

 The tooth fairy made a visit while in Boise.

 

Garden-a-glow

 

 Dad and the kids.

 Uncle Bill and Emma watching the trains.  They were so cool!

 Greg and Katelin

They all ended up in separate rooms. :)

Megan Passed her EMT Test!

I passed my test!  Wahoooo!  I am so excited!  It was the hardest test ever.  I walked out of there not confident at all.  It was a long 17 hours or so of waiting to find out if I passed!  I received a message and a text from my instructor the next morning!  It feels so good to be done.  I had awesome teachers and class mates that made this possible.  Thank you all!  I will continue to have fire training twice per month and EMS training once per month.  I carry a radio at all times and go on all calls when I am able to go. 

And here are few more pictures:

 Emma hanging out in the fire truck!

 Tiff and I driving the kids around town.

Driving the Truck!

And this past Monday I went in my first live burn.  I was hesitant to go in, but then was really excited.  I went in with the first group.  We went in on our knees holding the persons leg in front.  When we got into the bin with the fire, it was warm, but not bad.  I am really glad I did it and I didn't even panic.  We have some pretty good people training us. 

 Watching the second group go in.  One time was enough for me. :)

National Geographic Super Reader Program Review

If you all know me, you know I love to get a good deal, couponing, and LOVE getting freebies!  I received my first product to review through a blog post from Moms Meet.  This one was a National Geographic Super Reader Program Review.  My kids really enjoyed it!  Cooper was able to read the 2nd level book.  We had some friends come over and showed them the product and what would come each month if they were interested in ordering and what would be included in a subscription.

Here is the poster of all the books that come with the subscription.  The kids can mark off each one as they complete the book.

All the fun books and items that came!

Charlie enjoying one of the books!

Now for a giveaway!  The first person to go to http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/superreader/ and tells me how much a subscription costs in the comments will be submitted to Mom's Meet for a prize. 

Thanks Moms Meet!

Fall Soccer was a blast!

We love watching these boys play soccer!  Their skills are getting so good.  Charlie works hard out there and runs the whole time!  Cooper's team is actually learning how to work as a team, is learning plays and it is really fun to watch.  Coop was sad to see the season end.  This is his favorite sport.  Charlie had fun a good time as well.  

Our Charlie!

 Nate enjoyed coaching his team this year!

 Go Charlie!

 Charlie with some of his teammates.

He's ready!

Our Cooper!

Halloween 2012

The kids had a blast this year going trick-or-treating!  We walked around town for about an hour and they had buckets full of goodies. Emma loved it and kept saying "more candy, more candy."  It was also the warmest Halloween that we can remember without any precipitation.  After we came home we passed out some candy.  We had three trick-or-treaters was all!

 The first house we went to! 

 The second house really scared Emma!  She did not want to go up to this one. The pirate skeleton moved up and down and made scary noises.

 

 Emptying her full bucket!

 Yum!  Believe it or not we still have candy!

Decorating cookies!

Emma's Halloween Shirt from Nanni Vicki!

More goodies!  Pumpkin muffins.

And a couple fall pictures....

Cooper is such a hard worker!  He helps out around the yard so much!  This weekend Nate happened to be out of town.  We raked and raked! I drove the truck for the first time in over 10 years to the dumpsters and Coop helped me unload it.

These two on the other hand had fun playing in the leaves. :)