Halloween 2009

Pumpkin Time

Well it's that time of year again...time to carve the pumpkins. This is one job I try my best to steer clear of ...this is a blue job 100% I hate the mess and I just don't have the patience.

Riley loves pulling out the pumpkin guts and squishing them in his hands...eeww

Zack carved Anthrax into his pumpkin...he is really going through a 90's rock phase

The boys worked hard to get as many seeds as they could for me....

I love pumpkin seeds

Connor found the template for Lucky the Leprechaun...it was really cool!

Riley is all about the Buffalo Sabres now so when I came across this on their website I knew it'd be a winner....we got a lot of compliments on this from the trick or treaters!

My Baby Girl is 12

Hayley's 12th birthday was quite an event. Since I was having surgery on 9/29 and would still be laid up on her birthday she was very worried that she would not be able to have her annual Slumber Party. We didn't want her to be disappointed so Kirk said she could have the party and he would handle everything.

For her birthday all Hayley wanted was a cell phone and since Verizon has a great family deal where you can add an additional line for only $10 we decided maybe it was time she had a phone so we could keep track of her while she's away from home.

We wrapped the phone in a bag with other small gifts and as she was opening the small gifts I called her new phone which started to play Happy Birthday.

Next up was the slumber party which we told her needed to be trimmed down to only a few girls...Hay's version of a few was 9. It's been wonderful to watch the girls change from year to year. Hayley's had a Slumber Party for the last 5 years and most of the girls are the same each year. They grow in many ways each year.

The best part about this year was watching Kirk handle everything himself. He certainly got a real taste of what I do for something that seems simple to him. I laid in recliner so I could be a part of everything and each time he sat down I reminded him of something else that needed to be done (dinner, cake, presents, etc) His reaction was repeatedly "but I just sat down"!

It was so much fun to witness I felt like it was my birthday too ;-)

Finally some good news

Went to the doctor again today to have my staples removed....her exact words "pathology came back negative" What an amazing statement to hear.
I don't remember the last time I felt such relief and happiness.
No I can just heal and not panic any longer...or for a while anyway.