Hey, you're not even a "30-something"!!!

And so this is the look I got when I came upon that revelation! :) Storm and I had quiet birthdays, thankful to be healthy, still happy with each other, and blessed with great kids. No complaints here...except I have officially lost the couch battle with Aly. It came down to choosing the lesser of two evils and when one of those "evils" is submissive urinating, you give up the couch pretty fast! That is the only section of furniture she wants, the space in the sun; so now it is hers. If Gracie thinks she is next, she's got another thing comin'. Right now Aly is up sleeping with Alex in the race car bed; talk about a lap dog. The third picture is just the pretty, late-afternoon sun on a snowy day. Not sure if the picture will show I what saw...the colors were amazing. Anyhoo, that is all I have for you. Thanks for coming by and seeing what we are up to; basically the same stuff you are all up to as well! Take care and we will update after the big "Candy Haul". :):):) -KM

Here is a little preview of Halloween...that is if the costumes last that long. I have already endured the "Friday Night Fights" with Darth, Ninja, and the Storm Trooper trying to conquer the "bad guys" (sometimes Gracie and Aly) or just each other. Loud and hilarious, with a few bonked heads in between. Tomorrow is Harvest Fair at school, so they are looking forward to the pre-Halloween festivities. Was Halloween a week long when we were kids? Honestly, after this week I am going to test them for Type II Diabetes...and that's even after we turned down invitations to another Halloween party and a birthday party!! (A mom can only handle so much sugar...) So...it was 19 degrees here today, sunny and clear, but cold. Trick-or-treating could be varsity this year. Our sun is setting about 6:20 p.m., but it only shows up after 9 a.m. I don't like getting up in the dark, it always seems a little harder...here we go, Winter #3!!! :):):)

The boys...

Just a few pictures of the boys in their future college gear and our wind storm. We lost about 4 trees, had >75 mph winds for hours on end. Needless to say there was no sleep that night...so loud! (Boys slept through it; how is that possible?) A neighbor found a part of our out door heater down the street...in three pieces. :) All is well. We have snow on the ground at this point, nothing pretty yet, but the mountains are beautiful. Storm is foaming at the bit to get out there and ski. More in a minute... Love, KM

Some September Pics

Hello again, here are a few pictures of the house with our recently added deck. I put in a picture from last winter to show how the house looked without the deck....and because I cannot wait for it to snow again!!! Also there are some pictures from a race that Nick and Alex ran. It was about a 1 mile cross country run. The kids did great and had a blast. Other than that we are just enjoying the end of our fall colors and getting ready for winter. There's some snow on all the mtn tops around our house so its getting closer. The kids keep asking me when they can go skiing again and they are already planning which hills they want to sled on first!! I am personally hoping for a record snowfall year, of course I hope for that every year. Anyhow, enjoy the photos. See Ya, Storm