October Birthdays

We celebrated two kids' birthdays in October... Sadie turned 9 and Grant turned 4. They both had some fun celebrations and we are so grateful to enjoy our kids for another year.







What a joy birthdays can be!

Halloween in review... before Thanksgiving gets here!

Okay, there have been requests for our costumery (is that a word?) of halloween. The kids dressed up as usual, and Angela decided to dress up once again this year too.

Here were the costumes of choice:
Sadie, a detective
Allison, a gymnast
Grant, an astronaut


and...

Angela, a 1991 prom queen.
Yup, really.
And she wore her 1991 prom dress (although she never really was the prom queen...). And, the before and after photos:




Ha ha ha!

Cousins came to Visit!

Back in October (I'll catch up on my blogging here eventually) we were lucky enough to enjoy cousins coming to visit!

They came for Lana's dedication at church and were able to celebrate Sadie's birthday with us too. We all "took in" a Coug game (stood outside the stadium peeking in for about 10 minutes... unwilling to pay for tickets knowing the kids wouldn't have put up with the cold wind for any longer than this) and generally enjoyed our time together.






Thanks for coming to play!

Labor Day Weekend at the Lake

So... think back about 6 weeks... and remember Labor Day...

We went to Priest Lake! So much fun for all of us. We hung out with some family and met some new friends.






It was a great way to end the summer!

9/9/09

So, yeah. Today's date is kinda cool.

But you wanna know what is the very COOLEST?!?

10/10/2010.

So why is 10/10/10 the coolest?

Because my sweet Sadie will have her birthday on 10/10/10.

Do you know how old she'll be?

She'll be 10.

Amazing, isn't it? Plan for the big celebration now!

Our Last First.

This was the last time our family will take a child to their first day of preschool. Snif snif.

With sisters off to school all day, Mom can get awfully boring. Grant was thrilled to get to go to Preschool this week!

He says "I love my school, Mom." He also asked "Mom, did you miss me? Did you cry?" The highlight of school is the "garbage truck with no cab". The lowlight: "Everyone tries to take MINE toys!" Good luck, Miss J as you teach this little guy to share!

Mom has a few hours of time to herself now! Woah.

Lenssen/Sawyer Family Gatherings Summer 2009

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Time flies...

... when you're having fun. I can't believe summer is OVER. Yoikes!




Another first day of school in the books. Wow!