There I was working on the computer Thursday afternoon when the neighborhood kids come crashing through the garage door yelling "There is a deer next door".. I said yeah right..no really...so off I go and sure enough the male deer was chomping away at the apples next door in the back yard...of course I had to take pictures since the owners of the house wouldn't be home till after dark...the deer wasn't scared by all the boys yelling at the top of their heads and it stayed for half an hour just eating it's snack..we have deer in the area but never in our cul de sac.....The hot item of the day.... and the best part is how well the boys behaved..about 5 minutes into it they went back out and finished their soccor game...

Fall is upon us...
the trees are gorgeous shades
of orange,yellow, and red..The drives in the area are outstanding..we are lucky to be living in the
foothills of the mountains..

halloween decorations

Ok this is the extent of my decorations...One neighbor brought over a lit up pumpkin for my window and another asked if I was done and where could he buy some decorations...It's sad but my house is the most decorated in the neighborhood..That's not saying much...

Wild weekend

Do you ever dream of being woken up at 6:30 am by screaming kids tobogganing down the stairs with their sleeping bags? Neither do I....Megan and Andrew (cousins) came over Friday for play time with Alex and Anna-Maria...they had a ball...Anna-Maria took them to all her friends houses and then it was off the McDonald's for dinner.....The goal that night was for them to sleep peacefully in the family room...some fell asleep right away, others took a few hours to calm down...Alex who went to a friends Birthday Pary came home at 10:30pm and hung out with Andrew for awhile...I thought I was clear when I said "be quiet in the morning" but I don't think the word "quiet" is in their vocabulary...So there we were..early in the morning with four screaming kids running wild downstairs...Can't say they didn't have fun....

Time to Fly

Anna-Maria approached me yesterday and asked to have her training wheels off...I was floored..Here I have been begging for months for her to try without and she is the one that finally decides it's time...so off they go and off she goes..in two trys she is cycling on her own...She waited outside till Daddy got home and then surprised him with her new feat...Yeah for Anna-Maria.....

Salmon Days

While the cat is away the mice will play..so while I'm slaving away at work Peter took the kids to Issaquah Salmon Days..it was down poor rain and gusts of wind but they endured and loved every moment of it...between hoola hoop contests and pony rides they survived....

Tag...you're it....

My whole life is corky....

1... I have to read half a regency romance novel before turning the light off..it drives Peter crazy...

2....PET PEEVE...eating with your mouth open..don't do it in my presence.....

3.....Love traveling to Europe...it is an addiction....

4....It's a PASSION of mine to poke at my kids while they are sleeping till they throw their arm out to hit me..that way .I know they are alive when they are sleeping like angels...it's just a reassurance I need...

5.....Let me drive the car...I do it better honey...

6.....You can come and clean my house anytime because I don't want to....

I tag Kristi,Mika, and JJ...ok sisters see what you like....

the showgirl of the family

If there was a girl who loved having her photo taken it is definely Anna-Maria..this morning we cleaned her room and I had her make her bed..so she says "Mom take my picture just like this"..Every time I have a camera in hand she is in front of it posing and seeing how she can perfect her smile...I only hope this isn't a sign of the coming years...Mommy give me all your attention.....