Sew, very old one. Sew like the wind! - Three Amigos

Got it in my mind that I could whip up some sleeping bag blankets for Christmas. Sydney wanted a mermaid and Colin wanted a dragon. And, I didn't do too bad. I even made matching hats!

Memory Lane

I have a bunch of silly photos on my phone that haven’t made it on the blog. So before I lose them, I’m finally adding them below.

Sydney potty training Brutus Buckeye.

A perfectly timed photo.

Cousins on the 4th of July 2014, I think.

Colin and the summer mowhawk

Taking up snowboarding 

His first Buckeye football game (in MN in the very cold!)

Sibs :) 

Christmas 2017

While the artic cold didn't hit until after Christmas, we were getting in the holiday spirit throughout the month of December.

Kiddos enjoyed making and decorating their Ninjabread men.

And they made their gingerbread houses with Nana Sheila and Papa Guitar.

We spent Christmas in Toledo and had fun with aunts, uncles, cousins and Nana Mary and Papa Beard. They had a nice snow fall of a few inches for a lovely white Christmas. We went with the Molnars to see some of the lights downtown Toledo.  

Always a beautiful tree!

Made it back home after Bill left his phone in the rental car and had to go back to retrieve it and barely make the flight! Kids were freaked out that we might leave Dad at the airport. A bit of a "planes, trains, and automobiles" adventure. 

Back home, and opened more gifts. Syd compared her loot to the Target toy catalog and commented on the items Santa didn't bring her. 

Colin decided it might be a better plan to provide a Christmas list vs. asking people to surprise him. Found out that Sydney has fairly decent patience and skill for building a large Lego set. With some explanations for how the Lego instructions work, she built herself a beach house. Colin and Syd donned their long underwear and winter face masks and weapons for a ninja battle. 

Russ and Mandi's epic wedding

A beautiful setting in Berryville, VA for Russ and Mandi's wedding. It was a lot of fun to have all of Bill's sibs and most of the cousins join the festivities. 

Rosemont Manor

From the manor house looking out on the grounds and where the ceremony took place. 

We had time before the wedding to visit a nearby apple orchard and let the kids loose to pick a 'bushel and a peck'. We came home with 12 lbs of apples. 

Fun with cousins at the rehearsal dinner. 

Getting ready for the wedding!  CP -so handsome!

A great picture with Nana and Papa :) 

A pretty flower girl! Cutie Emma's photo bomb. 

And, finally, the big day! Bill was one of the groomsmen. Looked very fine in his tux and snowboarder cuff links, a gift from his brother. Sydney took her role as flower girl very seriously. She did very well spreading the petals along the walk. 

A beautiful wedding!

Enjoying the leaves

These two will rake up the yard to spend several hours jumping in the leaf piles!

Halloween 2017

Bill introduced the kids to Michael Jackson's Thriller video while carving pumpkins this year. I said he's on nightmare duty. The large pumpkin is one we won at a little fall festival we attended. The rind was easily 2.5 or 3 inches thick. The kids were pretty good scoopers and designed their own jack o'lantern expressions. 

More face painting. Colin went as a zombie with exposed brains. Syd went as Owlette from PJ Masks. She bought the costume last spring with birthday money as a dress up outfit. Then on Halloween she decided she didn't like the actual mask...so face paint to the rescue!

Severs Corn Festival 2017

Papa Beard and Nana Mary came for a visit! Nana and I took the kids to Severs on a lovely fall day.

 Nana and Colin rode a camel!

They buried themselves in the corn pit.

Everyone did several runs on the zip line. 

Both kids were miraculously chosen for the magic show. They had to hold the Pyramid of Death!