Happy Halloween

We had such a fun Halloween with our little princess. Lucy started the afternoon with a party at her daycare. It was fun to go and play games and eat some food with all of her friends. As soon as daddy got home from work we ate a quick dinner, put Lucy back in all of her "pretties" and took her out. We were so disappointed when the minute we walked out into the driveway it started raining. (that's Lucy and daddy together on the trunk of the car while I was searching for an umbrella) We went to a couple of neighbors houses, I think Lucy had fun. She ate a lot of chocolate and juice tonight, hopefully she sleeps well! We hope everyone else had a wonderfully fun night with their kids!

End of the week

I cannot believe that it's Friday already. I'm suppose to be napping because I work tonight, but of course I can't sleep. The house is quiet, I have all the time in the world, and Lucy is at day care. Oh well. Since I work this weekend I have had the rest of the week off. Lucy and I have been enjoying the cooler fall days at the park. She loves the slide. She goes up the steps all by herself, and yesterday finally went down without the help of my hands. She loves underdogs on the swings and she can't get enough of riding her bike. She took off across the park to try and get on this 2 wheel, shiny, red bike that someone had parked at the edge of the park. She didn't seem to understand why she wasn't able to ride it. I love this weather, with the sun. I wish it would go from this to sunny snow days. I can deal with the snow, just not the grey weather. Jim looks forward to his weekend with Lucy. It's fun for them when I work, they get to do special dad and daughter things. Hopefully this beautiful weather holds out for halloween, we all know how it can be!

Lucas' first birthday party

What a gorgeous afternoon to celebrate Lucas' first birthday. We had such a relaxing and fun time. Lucy was so excited to see "Jo-Jo", she had been asking for her all week. We picked up Grandpa Herrema and joined up with the rest of the fam at Carrie and Chris'. I'm putting mostly videos up here for Ryan (you are reading this aren't you?!), but they all made me smile--from singing, to watching Jovie and Lucy play, to the boys finishing off the evening taking out a fire hydrant. Thankfully no one was hurt in the process! I can't believe that Lucas is already one. He is such a healthy, happy boy. What a blessing!

bath tub fun

Well the weather must be wearing on my mood. Just kindof blah; I hope the sun comes out today. Lucy has been a little stir crazy, she had to stay inside yesterday because of the rain. We had a great time this weekend with Chris, Carrie, and Lucas. They came over Saturday for dinner and we just hung out and let the kids play. It's so nice to have them only a half hour away, instead of 2 states. We will be celebrating Lucas' first birthday this weekend. It is fun to see him grow and change.

Our little pianist

Lucy's hayride

We spent Saturday at Koetsier's kissing puppies, looking at pumpkins, playing in corn seeds, and going for a hayride. Who would have thought that it would be 85 degrees out?