Halloween Fun!

We had a great night tonight! We went trick-or-treating down our street. Allegiance was so cute! She was a real trooper. I know she got tired of wearing that costume, but she just kept going for MORE CANDY!!! What fun!!!

Here is Hannah with a few of her friends that we ran into trick-or-treating...Hannah was such a good big sister. She went with Allegiance and me and even carried Alle's bucket when it got to heavy. Now that is love!!!

This is Allegiance with her friend, Zana, from down the street.
And , lastly, my beautiful girls in front of our home. Could God bless anyone more???

Middle School Dance

Well, Hannah had her first official Middle School Dance tonight. Funny, I remember those dances (where nobody except the two "couples" in the school danced, and all the girls sat around drinking their sodas and talking, and watching the boys they had a crush on). She had a good time. It is so strange to see her growing up. I guess I finally know a little of how my mom felt now.

Fall Festival

Allegiance and I went to a Fall Festival for my school tonight. It was lots more fun than I thought it would be. We went on a hayride, ate caramel apples, painted pumpkins, and danced. Who would have thought that Allegiance could do the Cha Cha Slide? She had a blast!

Bubble Bath Kid

Well, I couldn't decide what Allegiance would be for Halloween this year. She doesn't have anything she particularly likes except for Dora, and the Dora costumes out this year weren't all that great. So, I decided to make her costume this year (like my mom always did for us...thanks, Mom!). I found this one for a bubble bath on the internet and fell in love. Just right for Allegiance. I showed her and she loved it too. How could she not? It's pink and white! Her favorites!!!

Painting Pumpkins

Allegiance and I stayed home sick on Monday. She had a touch of the stomach bug and I was all about staying home. :-)

We had a good day of resting...and painted our pumpkins. Here is the little artist hard at work.

And here she is almost finished.

Almost her entire pumpkin was painted pink by the time she was done!!!

Tractors and Wagons

We got on the big tractor at the pumpkin patch...

And Allegiance drove the small one too!

Allegiance thinks she is so big. Here she is pulling the wagon around!!!

the Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend, we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. It was a really cool one! There was a hayride, face painting, tractors, and best of all, a corn maze! I had never been in a corn maze before and know I remember why...I have a HORRIBLE sense of direction! Hannah, Allegiance, and I went in while Rich bought and loaded our pumpkins. 45 minutes later, we came back out the entrance because we couldn't find the exit!!! Oh, well, it was still lots of fun!

Girls in the hay
Here is our strong daddy loading up our picks!

Getting Ready for Halloween

We got out the Halloween stuff. Look at all the COOL things we found! Liberty was not too fond of her witch costume. She wouldn't move any inch once we put it on her. Luckily, it was easy for me to get a picture of her that way...

Here are Allegiance and Liberty in their witch gear. Actually, we usually dress a pumpkin in the stuff Alle has on, but we haven't been to the pumpkin patch yet this year to pick our pumpkins.

And here is poor sis, studying hard while we are all playing around. I guess that is the price you pay to have straight A's (which Hannah has so far this year, that smart girl!)

Thanks, Uncle Logan!

My brother, Logan, who is in Iraq, sent these adorable stuffed animals to the girls last week. Aren't they so cute? The stuffed animals and the girls!!! :-)

Hannah named her monkey Dankin.

And Allegiance named her elephant Pinkie.