A word to the wise...

If you're wearing mascara and cooking something in the oven at 400 degrees or higher, have someone else open the oven door!
Tonight I was making dinner and opened the oven door to take it out. My eyelids/eyelashes immediately melted together and burned my lower lids. NOT fun! But maybe a little funny...now...

GREAT Wolf Lodge!

For Kyle's parents' 60th birthdays this year they took us all to Great Wolf Lodge the weekend before Thanksgiving. It was a blast! All the cousins had a great time playing together in the water and out. Both Ashlyn and Maguire got much more bold in the water...not sure if that's a good thing or not ;) The adults had fun hanging out too. Grandma (Kyle's mom) even let her hair down...literally! She normally never lets her hair get messed up, but she jumped right in the fun and stood under the huge bucket that dumps 1,000 gallons of water. And she did it over and over again! What a hoot! The fun was, well...fun, but that was secondary to the blessing it was to spend the time together as a whole family.

Mac's fall "portraits" and Ashlyn not cooperating...

Annual trip to Robinette's

I had quite a few favorites from this day :) The kids loved playing on the wagon slide. I loved eating donuts. Kyle loved picking out the best pumpkins. Maguire loved eating pickles. Ashlyn did NOT love her caramel apple sucker yet again this year (why do we think that she'll like them each year??)! What a fun day...I'm already looking forward to next year's trip :)