Dawn tagged me and it is good blog etiquette to complete it so here is some insight you would not have without this "tagging"

I went next door the other day to bug Dawn and check out all her Christmas decorations and she showed me the cutest thing.  A perfectly sized PINK tree that she picked up for Addie at WalMart!  Of course when Sydney saw it she was totally into the idea of having her own tree but I was worried because Casey is a little monster and would destroy it within seconds - right?  Wrong!! Dawn gave me a great idea and I think it will work out without any tears or broken ornaments!!!   I love that I can do these things for my little girls!  Next year I am sure that Casey will  have her own tree but probably the purple one!!! 

I thought I posted yesterday but when I came in here tonight I saw that I hadn't posted day #4 yet so it is here combined with day #5.  ENJOY!!!

Aren't they sweet??

So today I'm totally thankful for my neighbor, Dawn! Not only are we soooo much alike in a ton of ways ( I mean it's creepy sometime) but our children are close in age and our husbands get along. She is my shopping buddy - which is great cause Daniel hates shopping!! She satisfies my craft addiction and she has even introduced a new one (stamping!). Dawn is a really amazing person that I'm lucky enough to have right next door!! Yay for good friends!!!

My Parents and My Brothers Family...

Since Thanksgiving is 6 days away I thought it would be fun to blog everyday about what I am thankful for!!  

Casey is almost 19 months old but due to vacation and the Dr's schedule she just had her 18 month check-up on the 10th.  So let me tell you a little bit about our precious girl...

DENTIST - at least for me!! My kids didn't seem to be phased much!!!

This was Casey's first visit and it is a male dentist so the combination of that was a little upsetting but she did great!  Actually I think I was more nervous than they were...

The great news is that neither of them have any cavities or signs of cavities!! YAY!!!  Sydney's X-rays showed that her adult teeth are ready and waiting (anytime between 5 and 7 they should start to make an appearance).  He liked the spacing and the overall mouth health of both girls!!  He confirmed that Casey had in fact just gotten 4 new teeth and was about to get some molar's in the back of her mouth - YES MORE TEETHING!!!!  Nothing concerning though and we don't have to return for another 6 months!!!

Yes,  ladies and gentlemen Daniel is 29 tomorrow!!  Daniel and I met in Oct 1999 when we were both babies at 19 years old.  It is hard to believe that the two "kids" that met back then are now the child raising, mortgage paying, future planning adults that we are now!!  

We had such a blast last night with the kids!! Everyone dressed up and took the girls Trick-or-Treating... Words will not do it justice so here are the pictures that captured our little ladybug, our princess witch, the cowboy sheriff, the crazy clown, the doctor, the two kitty's and a Pimp!!!

Earlier in the day while shopping Sydney wanted a kitty face and some "bubba" teeth!!

Hello I'll be your Dr. today .... YUCK!!!

Casey was not a big fan of her ladybug costume but she ended up having fun also...

Grandma and her pimp hahahaha...

My pretty witch!!

We had a family portrait done this afternoon (right at nap time so you can imagine how well the children cooperated!!!)  then off to lunch (still during nap time - we are REALLY crazy!)

And the all of the carved Pumpkin's - Dad did the Apple Symbol and Alisia did the Wink emoticon - :) - Didn't they all turn out great?

Can't wait to go Trick-or-Treating with the kids tonight!!  

Today was quite a busy day...

After we got ready we thought we might try a family picture - who would have thought it would be difficult.  Here are all of our attempts!!! 
Only Daniel was focused this time around...

Then Sydney thought it would be fun to throw leaves!

Can you see that I have given up at this point???

We did a couple of cute ones...

Then we took a drive up into the mountains to see the amazing fall colors and let Sydney see some real Mountains and it was great!!!  For some reason i didn't get any pictures of the colors but I did get these pictures and I thought they were amazing...

After this we dropped off Daniel and a very sleepy Casey and went to get Sydney's haircut!  Yes Sydney officially received her first haircut - about 3 or 4 inches!!!  Before we even got to the salon we saw a field of Pumpkins that it looked like they were plowing to start a housing development so we jumped out and Sydney and Grandma got quite a few pumpkins.

Sydney with her all HER pumpkins!!!

And then it was time for the haircut...

She did a great job (even though she looks scared to death)!!  Sydney even made us laugh - The woman asked her "How are we gonna cut your hair today?" 

Sydney replied, "Ummm, with scissors!!!" 

We laughed so hard because obviously she was asking what style she wanted but to Sydney there was only one answer for that question!!!

Needless to say we had a great day and the girls were exhausted!!!  Tomorrow Kale and Alisia get here and we are going to the pumpkin patch!!