We had a really nice Thanksgiving dinner with Daryle's brother Ron and his new girlfriend Cindy at their new place. It was really nice having somewhere to go espically after just gettting home from vacation. I only took a few pictures this day(I know, surprise huh?!) I think the kids were done with me taking pictures after Disney World.....
A few more pictures to share! I only took 237 pictures!
Breakfast with Mickey!
MGM studios~the Rocking Roller coaster was the BEST!
Christmas tree in Epcot!
Having fun in Animal Kingdom!
We had a really nice, relaxing vacation to Florida this past month while the kids were off track.. We went with my Mom and took the kids to the 4 Disney World parks, Space Shuttle site and they even went swimming! I am so thankful we were able to go there all together and the kids got to have that experience. They seemed to really enjoy it and we had a really nice time. I think we only got on each others nerves a few times a day! hehe.....I have been asked a lot since we got home, if I thought it was worth it to go that far to Disney World, when we have Disneyland right here but, it is really hard to compare the 2 because they are so very different. Disneyland you can walk between the 2 parks, Disney World you take the freeway between the 4 parks plus, they have 3 water parks. It is huge!I think it is worth it to go there, although you would need a good month to be able to do everything that is there. I told Daryle I would like to take the kids back to Florida again in 2 or 3 years. I think he thinks I'm crazy!
Melanie turns 34! Yes, I celebrated my 34th birthday while we were on vacation! It was our last day there so, everybody was pretty tired and cranky but, we went out to a fun dinner that night! It was a fun dinner!
We went and saw the Space shuttle while we were in Florida. We got to see them lanch a rocket and see some of the neat things about the different Space shuttle missions. The kids and Daryle really seem to enjoy it. 
Magic kingdom getting decorated for Christmas. 
I just loved this picture of the kids in Animal kingdom with Chip & Dale.
Heading out on the tram to take the boat out to Magic Kingdom. Yes, you either had to take a Boat or the Monorail to Magic Kingdom because it is right in front of the water..... Look at those cute anxious faces!
Swimming! Who would of known you could go swimming in November! It was pretty cold(Low 70's) both times they went swimming although they didn't think so! I was cold watching them!
Epcot at night time-right before the fireworks show!
Natalie & Lindsey each got their faces painted. Natalie's was called the Mermaid and Lindsey got Cinderella. They were so neat-I hated washing it off the next day. Tyler decided he didn't want to get his done. I tried and tried to talk him into it but, nope!
We took Natalie's birthday pictures today~they turned out so good! She looked so pretty in her dress! The lady that I always go to for our pictures calls my kids "pros" when it comes to taking their pictures. They know exactly what to do & where to stand, pose everything...its pretty cute.... I told her they are just used to it since birth!
Our beautiful baby girl. I'll never forget the look on Daryle's face when she was born. I can't even describe it. It was just love at first sight!
I just love Halloween!!! I love dressing the kids up and going out to see how much junk and candy we can get. It was freezing cold this Halloween evening, we have really lucked out in years past..the kids had a great time but, were even done with the cold chill of the weather & wind. We had a brave Astronaut, an "Evil" Devil(not!) and a innocent, angelic, ANGEL....(double not!!!) They looked so cute and I love that they will let me do them all up with make-up and sparkles!
We had this group of kids come to the door and 2 of the boys were dressed only in their underwear...and the one boy had his pulled up his butt like a thong. It was the funniest thing...
That's the man I love! My Sumo man! We found him this costume at Wal-mart for $20 bucks! The kids couldn't wait to give it to him, I'm not sure how thrilled he really was with it but, he looked so funny! He could not even walk down the hallway in it. He was so large! It had a little battery pack on it so, that once you put it on, it started blowing up until it was full.
Yea, right....she only looks innocent!
We took the kids to their first Raider game this weekend! We had such a great time! Tyler has been before but, it was our first family experience taking everybody!. I think the girls enjoyed eating ice cream and screaming as loud as they wanted! On the way out Lindsey says,"mommmy I didn't even hear any bad words!"
THE BOYS! They had some great plays and we beat the Super Bowl champs from last year! Don't know how we did that being 1-5. 
It was really cold. We were on the 3rd deck and the 2nd to the last row. They were actually pretty good seats though.
Our Baby Girl turned 9 years old on Friday! Wow..where does the time go??
She picked to have her party at Bulid A bear and invite 3 friends. We had such a good time! That was the best party ever! The girls were all so cute picking out their stuff and so appreciative of everything.
Wow,,,look at all those presents!!!!!!! Looks like Christmas! Natalie is so cute when she opens her presents...she reads every card and checks out everything. And smiles so big.
Gotta have birthday cake! The cake didn't quite turn out how I had hoped but, she seemed to like it.
Today was crazy hair day at school...the kids love it although, I think the teachers dread it because the kids are so excited & hyper!
He's just happy I let him spike his hair!
Natalie's hair looked so great! She was so worried walking to school but, once we saw some more kids with crazy hair, she felt so much better. There were some wild hair-dos!
Lindsey's teacher isn't too crazy about the spirit days so, we just did "mild" crazy hair on her!
It was too warm for Winter PJ's so, we had to wear summer ones! Tyler isn't really in PJ's,,,he was worried he'd be the only one in his class besides the girls..
What a nice cold, fall day to go to the Pumpkin Patch! I love FALL! We went to a new Pumpkin Patch this year where you take a 5 mile train ride out to the Patch!-(well the place where they have all the pumpkins!) It was really fun! They had hay rides, pumpkin tossing, animal petting and fresh baked goodies! We had a good day. Tyler was in hog heaven going for a train ride. He is still so young at heart! And it is o.k. with me! 
They had about 20 trains you could walk through...Tyler was in heaven!
The kids eached picked a pumpkin to get there,,,well the one Natalie picked was 37lbs! It would of been $15.00 so, she had to pick another one, which she was not happy about...and mad at me, of course!- Sometimes it feels like we are getting to the point where you're "Damned if you do" and "Damned if you don't." Just can't win.
I told her that if she really wanted to get that pumpkin, she could buy it with her own money-funny how she was more willing to pick a different Pumpkin then!
