Willow

Yes, it is true! We have a new family member. Her name is Willow and we adopted her from Tony and Heather. We surprised the girls with Willow at Thanksgiving and it took them a while to actually believe they had a dog! They were really surprised... and so is everyone else who hears, I think:)
She is a wonderful dog and she lets the girls brush her and dress her and take her for walks around the house. We were able to get to know Willow more at Tony and Heather's this summer so making the decision for her to come live with us was rather easy.

Thanksgiving 2009

We spent a great Thanksgiving in Denision with Barry's parents and all the VanHorn family. We had lots of time with all the cousins and visiting Grandma's and Grandpa's.

Hadley and Leila with Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Phillips.

Molly, Sydney and Gracie with Hadley watching the Thanksgiving Day parade! I think Hadley liked it!

Tony and Heather and the sweet girls!

Tony and Heather with all the girls!

The girls "peeking" through the stairs!

My wonderful family!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and took time to thank God for all the blessings He has given this year! I am continually thankful for all the blessings God continues to show my family each year!

Art Gallery

Why I did think of this sooner I don't know! I turned the inside of my cabinets into an Art Gallery for the girls' artwork. It seems if things get put on the fridge they are getting moved or rearranged, now I can see the beautiful artwork everytime I open my cabinets... which is a lot!

Costume Party Fun

Better late than never? I am a little behind in putting up pictures from trick or treating and our church costume party. Our costume party at church had a Storybook theme, that might help explain the 'characters'. I am finally getting it done although many of you who may read this regularly probably saw these already... I hope it is enjoyable anyway!

Barry as The Man with The BIG Yellow Hat and Gracie as Curious George.

Nancy Drew (that's me!) with Curious George, a Dalmatian and a pirate princess!

My Perfect Pirate Princess:)

The girls with Fancy Nancy!

Getting ready to go Trick or Treating!

Barry's sister and her husband were up and their daughter, Lauren, got to to trick or treating with her cousins. I think they all had a fun time!

Happy 4th Birthday Gracie!!!

My sweet Gracie turned 4 on October 17th! She has been looking forward to her birthday ever since we celebrated her sisters birthdays! We had a great family party and with the theme of Hello Kitty! It is so fun watching her enjoy opening every gift and being excited about every gift too... okay she was not as excited about the clothes but she still had fun opening them:)

My Big 4 Year Old!!

Being Silly... she insisted she needed a birthday princess crown to wear to Preschool since it was her birthday!

Her new bike from Grammy and PaPop!

Gracie and her Dora scooter from Mommy and Daddy!

Getting ready to blow out the candles! She was not so fond of being sung to...

One of her birthday presents, a fun hat!

The birthday girl with her sisters!

Family Worship

We have been doing family worship in the evenings before the girls' bedtime with all three of them. We have been singing and having Bible stories. It usually goes pretty well and even Molly is getting the hang of it now! I took these pictures one night, I just couldn't resist. They were all "singing" along and sitting still... for the moment!

... getting ready to sing... Sydney sings, Gracie sings a few words and Molly does lots of noise making pretending to sing. It is funny!

Being Silly!

"Listening" to Dad read the Bible story. They are easily distracted!

My Girly Girls!

Some recent pictures of the girls! They turned out great:) Most of you who read my blog have probably seen these but I had to post anyway!
Enjoy!