Booyah Cook-Off

On Sunday (Oct. 26), Dave and I packed up the kiddies and drove to Denmark to join my brother and my nephew at the Booyah Cookoff at the Circle Tap bar. My Dad and sister, Sarah, were also there.

The kids had fun running around the baseball field and inside the bar, where it was warm; and where there were lots of yummy treats!

Outside, there were at least 10 stands that people were at, making up their own Booyah concoctions....now...my brother's WAS THE best!! He won Taster's Choice...so yeah...his IS THE BEST!! ;o)

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!

Anyway--here are some pics I took of our day...

Here is my brother, Lee...the Booyah Man ;o)

Lee and my nephew, Leland


Jackson...playing in the baseball field

I'm FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Running away from Leland...


My pretty Jenna ;o)


Dave, Jackson & Jenna

more fall pics

Have I told any of you that I LOVE taking pics of these kids??

The girls were too busy for me...all they wanted to do was cartwheels on the trampoline or flips or some stuff like that; so that just left me chasing Jackson around the yard til my legs gave out ;o)

I did get a couple of him on the trampoline after the girls got off of it...

And, of course, he LOOOOOOVES the swings ;o)

I just have to "share" the dessert I made for dinner....yummmmmmmmm...
I saw it on TV (Jocelyn's show!!) and just had to run out, buy some apples and make it!
It was insanely simple to make, too!

*~APPLE CRISP~*

Cut up & peel 6-8 apples

place them in an ungreased baking pan (I used an 8x8)

and sprinkle with cinnamon

Topping:

In a bowl, mix together:

1 stick butter, softened

1 cup flour

1 cup sugar

Mix it up with a fork or pastry cutter until it forms into little balls/pebbles

Sprinkle topping over apples and bake in 400 degree oven until golden and bubbly ;o)

THAT'S IT!! Super easy, huh??
SO, thank you to Sara Petoniak from Living With Amy on Fox 11 in Green Bay for that super yummy, easy recipe! ;o)

OH...one more pic...

this is the girls, I love this pic, because they look so nice together...

look!!! They aren't fighting!!!!

First Fall pics

I took Jackson outside, yesterday, for a bit to play around the yard.
It was a chilly, brisk Fall day; I think the high was about 56 and breezy.

Anyway--we had to have our John Deere brought in to be serviced and we finally got it back, so he was super happy about that ;o)

He just LOVES to pretend to drive it!




After playing "car" on the rider, he ran down the yard to play on the swingset

He does have such beautiful eyes...doesn't he??

First day of school 2008...thru the years....

September 2nd was the girls' first day of school...first day of public school AND first day of riding a bus to school.
Whew...lots of firsts!!


Every year, I try to get a pic of them on the first day of school...
and then it reminds me of how big they are getting and how old I am getting... ;o(
So, I went into the ol' computer files and found the following...

This one...I am guessing, is from 2000, when Haley was in Pre-School.
Haley is 4 and Jenna is 2 in this pic!!

Then, there is a bit of a gap, as I cannot find any photos from any first days from 2001-2003 ;o(

But, here is 2004!
Haley is 8 and Jenna is 6


2005
Haley - 9, Jenna - 7


2006
Haley - 10, Jenna - 8


I don't have one from 2007...no idea what happened there...maybe I was too busy with Jackson, as always...

But here is 2008, again...
Haley - 12, Jenna - 10


And, of course, we have to throw one of the boy in here...
waiting for the girls' bus in his super-cute Transformers slippers!