belated birthday wishes...

belated birthday wishes: last saturday we ventured to waconia for a birthday celebration for bobby. Bobby's birthday was actually October 25th, but we weren't able to get together until October 30th. It was a nice evening of delicious food (Thanks, Jenny and Jim) and cake (thanks to me...well, I picked it up), and wonderful family! whoa! call the fire department!
happy birthday, bobby!

sophia donning daddy's new birthday cap

auntie jenny and livia

(already eating halloween candy to prepare for the days ahead!)

2nd cousin, caleb (great nephew to bobby and me...crazy, huh?)

by broomstick or ruby shoes...

by broomstick or ruby shoes: i am not sure which would have gotten us around town faster this evening, but i don't think it mattered! The girls had a blast, and we had such an enjoyable time seeing the pure joy on the girls' faces! livia- mostly a "good" witch ;)

sophia- dorothy or dorofee as she liked to call her...

here we go...

holding hands trick-or-treating...

look at all that loot...and look at their faces!

another successful halloween!

sunday, fun day...

sunday, fun day: on sunday we had a small family get together at our house. Before everyone arrived, I decided to take some photos of Bobby and the girls for his birthday present. Here are some of my favorites... cheese...
kisses for daddy...

what a group!

later, the sederholm and withers family stopped by for some lunch and sunday fun.

sophia, elana, livia, & kaytlin

carving pumpkins

the end result...pretty cute!

the kids aren't too bad either ;)

love the silly faces!

root beer/creamsicle floats

what a fun day on sunday!

thanks, sederholm and withers family :)

the many adventures of bobby and nesha...

the many adventures of bobby and nesha: bobby and i had quite an unusual weekend. We actually spent a total of 24 hours together without the girls. It felt rather odd...but it was fun (as usual!). A big "thanks" to my parents for taking great care of the girls, while we were out having our many adventures! bobby standing next to "his sign" at cragun's
getting a picture at the golf course

me and my brother, shawn (14 years old)

my sister (stephanie), my biological mother (leonice) and me at cassie's wedding

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day two: saturday morning i handed bobby an early birthday present- 2 tickets to the gophers football game versus penn state. It was a huge surprise and a first experience for both of us!

this is the view from our padded seats (24 rows up)

i have now christened this weekend, "the weekend of bobby"...what adventures do we have planned next? stay tuned...

my little pumpkins...

my little pumpkins: this afternoon we decided to do a pumpkin project. Livia has been feeling a little under the weather, so we decided to get busy indoors. Here are our masterpieces...thanks, brandi and theresa, for the great idea! sophia and livia with their decoupage jack 'o lanterns

my silly pumpkins

(even livia commented, "grandma calls us pumpkin sometimes.")

i even created one...it looked like fun!

happy 1/2 birthday, sophia...

happy 1/2 birthday, sophia: it makes us a little sad to see our baby growing up so fast... ...but we are extremely thankful that she is such a healthy, vibrant little girl...
happy 1/2 birthday, sophia!

sophia: 2 1/2 years old

orange you glad i didn't say banana...

orange you glad i didn't say banana: last weekend grandpa and the girls picked out some carrots from grandpa's garden. This was one of the carrots that they found...how interesting! twisted carrots
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on sunday we gathered at the withers household to celebrate auntie jill's birthday. Here are some photos from that evening...

livia, grandma nancy, and sophia

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it was orange day at daycare today. I decided to have Livia join in on the fun, even if she was only at daycare a few hours....

here's photo #1...livia!

photo #2...sophia!

trying to get two girls to smile on cue is hard work!