vote for KJ!

November 12, 2008

If you haven’t been following,
KJ is one of the entries {NUMBER 55} in 97.1 ZHT’s
jack-o-cutie’s halloween costume contest.

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all things FALL…

November 9, 2008

are showing up around our home-
leaves falling
sweaters
pumpkins
cinnamon
hot apple cider
football
soup
pilgrims
family
gratitude

I have not been excited about the cold weather approaching,
but there is always something exciting, vibrant, and fresh in the air
when the seasons change.

the rhodes & howell kids…







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Halloween

November 1, 2008

It all started with the kids going to school in their costumes…

I went to help with each {3} of the parties around 1pm. Sela went along and party-hopped the entire afternoon. If I ever couldn’t find her, she had simply found another sibling and joined them in their classroom.

First, I stopped into Kiana’s class. Kiana was a witch this year. Actually, Kiana, Myla, and I were all witches and Sela was our little black cat. Our family was divided by the sexes. The girls were witches/black cat and the boys were Transformers.

Kiana’s class required the least amount of hands-on help, big kids are so cool and all, they’re really not into activities as much.

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our 4 little pumpkins…

October 29, 2008

decorated, colored, and carved their pumpkins!

we truly went all-out this year and last night we stopped by our local Albertsons to hunt for about 20 pumpkins, yes, 20…
Then we came home and the kids used our traditional “Mr. potato head” style pumpkin decor for the first few pumpkins…i love these, they are a riot.Sela kept going out on the front porch this afternoon to visit her pumpkin…Kiana put her festive socks on to show her pumpkin spirit…
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Tonight we carved all of the others. I love carving pumpkins. seriously. I invested in a pumpkin-carving Dremel this year, it was awesome.

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