Embarrassing

Ok, Can you tell I AM TERRIBLE at blogging?! I can't get the pictures to line up right! Urgh....So sorry that it's all scrambled around.

Family pics from Pumpkin Carving night!

Jacob working hard!

Timmy so sweet!

Katelyn taking her frustration out on the pumpkin head.

Girls just wanna have fu-un.

Mom threatening...again.

Heather....sweet, sweet, Heather.

So proud of this guy!

My brother is a dork....that is all I can say. Well and the fact that Dave can't help himself. :)

Pumpkin carving night!

It's been awhile since my last post. So I thought I'd get you up to date on the happenings at the Olin Homestead. We've been plugging away over here. Emma enjoying her "second round" of preschool. There are more students in her class this time. She enjoys the social part of it, I believe :) Uh oh-I wonder where she gets THAT from!? Certainly her father ;) ;)

Katelyn is getting over a pretty bad ear infection. She is such a trooper and only let it bother her for one night. One very, very long night :) She is much better! Praise the Lord for this minor thing-it could be so much worse. He is an amazing Father. He heals our "boo boos" all the time.

We went to a neighbors Halloween party the other night. Met some new neighbors, and hung out with Dave's sister,Holly, and her fiance, Joe. They are acquaintances of our neighbors as well.

I had so much to write about what all we've been up to-but at this very moment-I can't think of a darn thing. So I'll leave you to some pictures of our annual pumpkin carving night at my Mom's. We've been doing this for over 11 years now! Heather was pregnant with my nephew,Jacob, when I remember the first time. It could've been sooner-but of course, I don't remember. We always have fun and it's so neat to see what everyone comes up with. Watching Jacob and Tim throughout the years has been so cool. They have gone from getting help to not wanting help. (Although they still get it:) ) Now, Emma and Kate are enjoying it,too. They just want to stab the pumpkin at this point. :)
This year, Kate has Bob the Tomato. Emma has a Happy face, Dave has the "Halo 3" logo, and mine is a happy face as well. THe pic that I took of all the pumpkins didn't turn out that great. Ted will send me his pics and I"ll update when I get them.

Enjoy Trick or Treat this wednesday to all the church skippers out there! :)

Front Porch!

I love this time of year! I love the season change and the cooler weather. Of course, I don't look forward to the freezing weather. :(

I love it when people decorate their houses according to the seasons. No, I'm not talking about the houses that look like the person threw up the "season" on them. Do you know what I'm talking about? The Halloween and Christmas garb EVERYwhere! Oh-hideous!

Anyway, I enjoy the different times of year. It's so much fun to decorate! We have lived in our new house for 10 months now and the INside isn't decorated that well, but the outside we're having fun with!

I'm looking forward to "Trick or Treat" :) It's so much fun to watch the toddlers and kids come door to door to get candy. We give 3 point sermons to each child but that is our choice, now you may choose to give candy or crack, but we do it the godly way.

Whatever.

So, I think the girls are going to be "Superwomen". Our friends,Dave and Karrie, bought the girls super hero outfits last year for Christmas and they just love wearing them still. :)

New Mall

Yes, everyone! We went to the grand opening of the Fallen Timbers Shops! Located in the beautiful Waterville/Maumee area.

My friend,Jessica, called me at 8:18am in the morning and suggested we go to the grand opening that started at 9am! They were going to give away a $1000 shopping spree! Now, going by luck I should have known better, but you always think "it could be me"! Well friends....stop that thinking now...it won't happen to you....ever.

This nice lady won the shopping spree :) Good for her.

This event surely lasted awhile and had all the pomp and circumstance! The Maumee chearleaders, marching band and choir did a great job. The clown painted the girls faces and handed out baloons to the kids.

It was a different and fun thing to do. We had rain on the way there but it stopped when we got there. God is good :O)

Pumpkin Farm!

We were invited to go along with a few friends to Fleitz Pumpkin farm in Oregon,Ohio. It was SO neat! We've lived in toledo our whole lives and have never known about this place. The family that run this place are doing an amazing job! You could just sense the family atmosphere.

They have gourds, rows of pumpkins, indian corn,corn stalks, bales of hay, craft store, apples, snack shop, hay rides, mazes, etc. The list just goes on! What a great find :)

The kids had fun on the hay ride and going through the mazes. They picked out their own pumpkins and gourds.

We picked a day that was incredibly HOT for October! Go figure! We were all sweating and red faced by the time we left. But it was worth it! We hit Tony Packos on the way home. That was yummy :)

Thanks Plaisances, Whites, and LaVrars for a great time!