HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENNY!

Benny's bday was the day before thanksgiving! We celebrated by going out to Wapato Winemakers Grill for dinner (without ANY kids/baby) and then swimming and hot tubing in the Wapato indoor pool (thanks Shannon!) It's nice to go their for dinner in the off season because you get the place to yourself.
The night before his birthday he needed to deal with his Dahlia tubers. These are Benny's little babies and I say "babies" because they are the most high maintenance flower ever. He dug them out of the ground through the snow and then had to separate them, cut out the eye, and then label and tag them. I put a photo of what they look like in their prime so you can see how gorgeous they are in the Summer! My favorite is the HAWAII which is in the middle vase in the back with white at the ends, pink and then orange in the middle.
The next day we went to Spokane for Thanksgiving which I will post later!
5 Favorite things about BENNY,,,,
~ He puts his heart in his work! Many people come up to me and tell me about their doctor appointment and how much they love him! Mostly they say how they appreciate the time he takes and the fact that he is really listening.
Half the job is being a good listener and being patient!
~ He makes our kiddos smile & laugh! (sometimes this is a bad thing when laughter turns to crying which is 80% of the time!)
~ He never has said a thing about how messy the house is or complain about whats for dinner (even when I put pancakes over spinach)
~ It is a natural thing for him to be a good person! (He is an example of a good Samaritan in everything. I find that he keeps me honest and in check with whats right esp. with raising the kids)
~ He is a "pleas er".
I am the opposite in that I kind of do what "I" want first and
so he is a good example to me of someone who puts others needs before his own!

I LOVE YOU BENNY!!!! HOPE YOU HAD A HAPPY BDAY!

christmas cards anyone?

So, this is one thing I love about the holidays!! I have a closet passion for taking photos. This is just a few in the making. A hobby that keeps me fresh on my photo skills and creativity. It always helps when the people are cute .....
(tried to not use the actual ones they are using) ENJOY~

A spinach snow pop?

Our first SNOW and lots of it!

"How many baby licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?"
Atticus asked this after a quiet drive home. Scarlett's first sugar coma! I couldn't help but laugh and then the lecture came later!

Spinach for every meal!
Spinach smoothie for breakfast,under soup, pasta and chicken and in place of lettuce.
We had breakfast dinner and I had to do it!
It was actually delightful!

Fall Photos

our little BUMBO

This is the most recent photo of Miss Scarlett
(Atticus calls her that with a southern droll...pretty cute!)
Her hair is still growing on top and curls after a bath. She has some bald spots in the back too! She rolls to one side and then gets angry on her tummy (don't all babies hate that?)
We borrowed this little chair "BUMBO", but she just goes forward and spits up. Not ready for that, but she looks so funny in it!
She is delighted by the ceiling and her siblings mostly!
Very content & happy little baby!

Dames Goosebumps Haunted House

The original flyer Atticus made without our knowledge.
I saw it posted in the halls at school when I went for PT conferences. Then I heard that the principal was helping him get the word out. You kind of have to go forward and actually do it at that point, right?

The final flyer Daddy made.

The staircase with spider webs led up to this cocooned skeleton in the bathroom.

Playroom was the cemetery. (with strobe lights & fog)

Atticus. We had all the lights changed to flicker bulbs (those aren't cheap!)

Thanks to Brian Kenck for all the masks and stuff!

I scared myself when I saw this! Our cast was 5 (me the Inn keeper, Benny the sick dr.,Jeff the alien, Logan the grim reaper in the cemetery and Atticus who took the money/can food!)

Benny and his Dr. room with real xrays, body parts, and scary dolls!

Piano man that played freaky piano music!

We offered brain (jello) and blood (punch).

We were very shocked that we counted 90 people! I think this may become a Dame Halloween tradition...right up their with the MAUI every other year thing!!!