Life with our little family of 3...

For a few years Emma has been asking to get her ears pierced. We have always felt like she needed to be responsible enough to keep them cleaned in order to have them done. She has finally convinced us that she is responsible enough... so here we found ourselves this afternoon....   1...2...3   She didn't even flinch or cry! As you can see above she was very stoic. But I almost did! I think I was more nervous than she was. Plus it was a moment where I realized she is growing up. Her admiring her new fashion accessories...   

We recently took a trip to the spa for a day of pampering... ok well not we ... Gwen. A friend was in town visiting us so we took a day trip to see her son who was in Lynnwood for the afternoon. Since we were going to Lynnwood, we decided to take a trip to the American Girl store. Emma was so excited she could hardly stand it! So she gathered all her money and off we went. After walking around the entire store multiple times, she decided Gwen could use some freshening up. Last time she was there with Daddy, Gwen had her hair done. So this time she received a facial treatment.  Here she is all pretty and relaxed from her spa treatment!  But it didn't stop there! Gwen was sent home with a home spa set! So when we got home later that night, she received another spa treatment!  Hmm I wonder if Emma will send me to the spa next time! :-) 

One of the things I miss the most living in the Northwest is.... SNOW! I grew up with snow all winter long! We rarely get any good snow, we're lucky if it's once a year. This week we got some alright... over 29" total! Last night through this morning we received 17"! As the principal & administrator, I declared some good old fashioned snow days! Emma and I had a blast in the snow! We made a snowgirl, had a snowball fight (I won of course! I am not sure why she thought she could beat the snowball champion!) and went sledding!  Emma and Emma! :)   We had over 6" on the edge of the truck alone!  Snow Angel Emma 17" just from midnight Tuesday through about 10am Wednesday morning!  Poor snow Emma! We had to dig her out! 

Happy 9th Birthday Emma! She is growing into quite the beautiful young lady! Who is full of fun and love! 

Trick or Treating Fun! I realized that I didn't get any pictures of Emma actually trick-or-treating! Probably because it was so cold and I didn't want to take my gloves off to take a picture! Oh well... the candy and experience is what matters right?? Emma and all her loot!  The lone piece that she bestowed upon me...  (Just kidding, she gave me more later.) A fun pumpkin on someone's porch

We have had a beautiful fall for the most part this year. By now we're usually thoroughly soaked by the rain. Since it was such a beautiful day, we did a light school day and met some friends at the park! Silly friends....  Sweet friends...  Great friends... 

This year Emma dressed up as Nancy Drew! She's been reading the books and recently watched the new movie. She loves trying to solve mysteries too! We were invited to our friends' Annual Fall Harvest Party. Again a great time was had by all! Yummy punch! Well that is before it was ruined with sherbert!   Creepy monsters... Melted witches...