...Plus, another soccer game!

Well, we are still waiting for Hurricane Sandy to hit the New Jersey shore sometime tonight. So far there is just a lot of rain & strong wind. I see some big branches outside, that have cracked & are now hanging by threads. I think, so far the worst thing about this storm, is it just cut our GORGEOUS fall very short! Since last night, almost all the trees have gone bare! :( I'm sure, after tonight most of the colorful leaves will be gone. I guess this will make for a LONG (looking) winter!

Here are some pics of the kids going from office to office, collecting candy...

Baylee always drops whatever candy she is currently holding, to get a new piece

(ie the Reese Cup on the ground)

The kids, just chillin' in their Dad's office

(I love how the offices all have a ridiculous amount of kids toys/furniture)

Another soccer game... Aubree, my timid goalie.

I think Garrick & I have determined that soccer... Just might not be Aubree's sport.

But, we'll give it another year!

I don't think she came into contact with the ball, the whole game!

But at least she ran with the pack! :)

This past Friday, we had the privilege of being treated to another Fun Trick or Treating event at Toys R Us Corp., the kids got a free bag, tons of candy & toys! I forgot, I don't have those pictures ready right now! But, I did take a few pics before the event.

Aubree has been in LOVE with Pippy Longstocking! My Aunt Ann has even sent us little Pippy stuff here & there which Aubs thinks is so cool! Aubree is always singing the Pippy Longstocking song & soooo... She came up with the idea to dress as Pippy for Halloween. So, I took it upon myself to just make her the costume! I started with the apron & then the dress just kinda popped into my mind. I didn't have any pattern, or anything... It just morphed into this outfit. But, I think it's a perfect (original) costume & oh my goodness.... Aubree was the hit at the TRU event! Everyone got so excited & said, "Hey! Is that Pippy??? No way! I didn't know anyone knew who she was anymore!". This one HUGE guy; who looked like a football player, even busted out the song ("Pippy Longstocking is coming into your town, the freckled face, red-head girl you wanna know, the one you really wanna know....") & did a little dance - I almost died! Anyway, the big question was.... How did you get her hair to do that?!?!?! Hahahaha...

We got asked it, about 150 times, at first it was cool telling everyone, but then... It was like, "a coat hanger" (now please stop asking!!! Hahahah! jk)

Anyway, anyone who knows Pippy Longstocking, knows her best friend is a monkey, named Mr. Nilsson & look!!! We even got the little guy, who's her real-life best friend to play the role of it! :)

So, here they are.... Pippy & Mr. Nilsson!

(btw - Aubree plays Pippy to a Tee! I'm proud of my little 25% Swedish girl!)

Well, we're preparing to be hit by Hurricane Sandy in the next few hours... And, although a LOT of surrounding areas get flooded, pretty severely.... we know we are not in a "flood zone". But, because we live near so many trees & all of the power lines are above ground, we hear that we may be losing power - anywhere from a couple days, to 7-10 (or so "they" say). So, the laundry is ALL done - we have 20 gallons of clean drinking water, flashlights, canned foods/snacks, propane for our BBQ & firewood + we moved most of our basement stuff upstairs & propped the furniture down there, up on bricks just in case we do get some water in the basement (we hear that is common)... Soooooo, we should be ok! :)

But, since I have been slacking, I figured I'd make a couple posts before POSSIBLY going "off-line" for awhile.

These pics were from the Pumpkin Patch, from a couple weekends ago & then our nice evening that followed...

Conklin Farm - Montville, New Jersey

 B...crusin', always crusin' these days...

 The day started off a bit windy & cool... But ended up warmer & really nice!

 My babies! :)

 This guy.... Is a character!

 Just hanging out in the front yard....

 The trees all looked SO beautiful the past couple weeks!

 Our evening walk, Garrick & Preston on the scooter.

Who would have thought Fall Cleaning could be so fun?

Obviously, our kids!

This weekend we were busy storing away our 450 logs of firewood in the backyard & racking up all those leaves that don't stop falling!

Of course, Aubree & Preston found it all to be a blast, they helped us carry the logs into storage & also... gave Garrick a helping hand... or body, racking the leaves! :)

We already had two evenings with the fireplace going, the low on Friday night was 30!!

After Garrick blew all the leaves in the middle of the driveway... HE let them jump on in!!

That's such a "Dad Thing"

Maybe... just maybe, I'd like to be a kid again! :)

After all the leaf pile excitement, I threw the kids in a nice warm bath & Garrick made a fire...

But, because the chaos never ends... the clean kids ran out on the deck & then they were no longer clean again!

Hey...it was good while it lasted! :)

The trees are all sooooo beautiful! I'm glad we live in such a forest-like area! :)



...from back in July!!!

I just found some old pictures & decided to post them anyway. During the summer, Garrick played Softball again, in a league from his work. I tried to go to most of the games, because the kids always enjoy watching the game, cheering & running around.


 Watching Garrick... Who's up for bat!
 And, he got it out of there! Home Run!!!
 And, the crowds went wild...
 Hahahaha!
Best Friends...

 Racing in their new tennis shoes! :)