So my Mom's birthday is coming up on the 30th of this month, and we wanted to get her something that she would really enjoy. We decide that we would give her tickets to the Neil Diamond concert and pictures of her 3 grandkids. So this passed Monday Craig, Stacy, and i got together to take the "girls" pictures. What a mess!! When you are trying to take pictures of 3 kids under the age of 4 and get them all to look at the right camera; since we had 3 going at the same time, and smile. Then we add 3 adults to the pictures, any ways it was fun, here are some of the pictures we got!

Witch's Night Out

Last night I went to "Walk of the Witch's" at Gardner Village with all the girls on Matt's side of the family. This is the third year that I have gone with them. I enjoy traditions and this is one that I hope keeps going for years to come. Last night there were 21 of us that went and dressed in our best witch attire. Before going I was talking to Matt about the night and found that he thought that it was something that just the Kitt (Matt's step mom's maiden name) girls did every year. Ha ha! Can you imagine..... 21 grown women dressing up like witch's and walking around together just for the heck of it. I know that I am a little werid but that is even to werid for me! We had dinner at Archibald's, which was a 2 hour wait and then walked around to the different shops. Maybe next year I will take Brooklin. They had pony rides, a petting zoo, dancing, cackling contests, and everyone that wants to can walk across the stage they have set up for the walk of the witch's. All the shop's are decorated for Halloween and the staff is even dressed up. It's interesting to see how some people really get into it, I saw people dress as snow witches, the evil queen from Snow White, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, The Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, Glinda from the Wizard of Oz, and just some good looking witches.

Thought we would share some pictures from the wedding, enjoy!

Wedding pictures

If you want your dreams to come true getting married is a way to start. On June 13th, 2008 I made my best friend my life companion; we made our family legally a family! It was the day that every little girl dreams of and it was just as I had always wanted. I felt beautiful, the place was prefect, and all the people that where important to me where there to share my moment!! I want to thank everyone who helped Matt and I get to this point in our lives, for the love and support that helped us understand the importance of love and understanding. We are excited about the years to come and I couldn't be more excited about who I have picked to share them with.

Twin Bed

Last night we went and bought a twin size bed for Brooklin! My whole goal is to get her out of my bed and into her own. She has been sleeping in Matt and my bed since we moved into my parents’ house little over a year ago. I haven't and don't really mind it but it would be nice to more then half a pillow space to sleep in at night, I do enjoy cuddling with her however.
I just feel that it time for her to take that step and start sleeping in her own room, in her own bed. I took her shopping and let her pick out her own sheets and bed spread to make it more exciting and fun for her to sleep in the bed. I kind of have made it a big deal that she got this "big girl" bed, again trying to make her want to sleep in it. So last night was the test.
I gave Brooklin her bath, we got in jammies, and both of us got into her bed, and we started reading story. I thought for sure she would fall asleep because she hadn't had a nap and I knew she was tired, maybe too tired. She kept crawling under the sheet, jumping on the bed, and just not calming down. I start to get frustrated. Finally at MIDNIGHT (and I have to work on Saturdays) I gave up and told Matt that I was going to bed. I went into my room and crawled into my own bed. Next thing I knew here she came wanting to watch a DVD. Matt put in the DVD and the next thing I knew my alarm was going off to get up for work and Brooklin was asleep beside me. Oh, well I will try again tonight. I realize that it is going to take some time to get her to adjust; maybe if I start a little earlier trying it will work. I will be sure to keep everyone posted on the transition.