October has come and gone and this year marked the 11th year of the Hochhalter/Jeffers pumpkin carving extravaganza!!! I need to dig back in this old computer before she dies and dig out all of our past pumpkin carving fun!! The Ross' have been there for quite a few as well and it is so neat to see the 8 kiddos and 6 adults get together for an evening of FUN!! We are truely blessed to have friends with kids so close to our kids age it makes hanging out and getting together more of a play date then anything else!!!
This Halloween I was fortune it enough to use 3 different costumes!!! A zombie crawl for breast cancer awareness had me dressed as a nun, for work we were The Voice, which I dressed the part of Christina, and for our adult night out, I went as Penny from the Big Bang Theory--Josh played an excellent Leonard!!!
This year for the kids we had a NERD, CREEPY JESTER, and a LION! We spent Halloween with the Ross family--a tradition since we both moved to Bismarck--walking up and down Catherine drive, our kids decided to take pillow cases this year and Addy was asking me to carry hers towards the end since it was so full ;) It was a good time and the kids wanted to come home to hand out Halloween candy this year---little did they know we would only have 1 family knock on our door, so all three did their part and handed out LOTS of candy to our one knocker!
We had a great time out on the town as the Big Bang Theory---Rick and Tara dressed up as well!! We enjoyed some karokee and many, many laughs!! I'm so thankful for such fun friends :) The only thing we didn't get to do that totally bums me out this fall was that we didn't make it to Papa's Pumpkin Patch this fall :( it was either bad weather on the weekends or that we were busy that kept us away and before we knew it they were closed! We haven't missed a year until this year and it still makes me sad!
Saturday, November 2, 2013
12!?!?!?!!?? Really????
I was trying my hardest to think of a good title for this post, but seriously all I could come up with and think to myself as I typed it was, Wow---she is 12.
Anna Marie, our first born....I have went over 'their day' in previous blogs, so I won't go through the whole birth story again, although we always share those special memories with each of them on their birthdays...I always want them to remember 'their story'. So I thought I would just recap some of my favorite Anna's greatest hits over the past 12 years. My only wish is that I had a picture to share of each of my memories....
Anna--on your first night home from the hospital, we lived in the worlds SMALLEST appartment in married housing on UND's campus, you slept in the basinet that we got from Aunt Astrid that had been used for many, many babies before you :) We were so nervous and excited to have you home--I'm sure between me, your Dad and Grandparents we all would have heard a pin drop in the less then 600 sq ft appartment :) I can remember waking up early(4am maybe) and the blanket was up over your face!?!?!! I PANICKED!!!!! I through on the light to make sure you were still breathing...and you were, you sighed and went right back to sleep---you were an amazing baby!
Dad was 100% sure you would walk by your first birthday...and you did.
You have always hated cooked carrots and still do to this day!
For your first birthday, which we had at the Settle Inn in GF I think you had 50+ people there :) We lived away from our family at the time, so Dad's college friends became a lot like family--Rick was your first and only babysitter for the longest time and we payed him in cheese, so you owe Rick and Tara a LOT of free babysitting--so you will here us tell stories about the endless sloppy joes we made and gifts we opened that day!! It was a birthday party for the record books that's for sure....but you were and still are worth it :)
You pulled the fire alarm once in a hotel in Fargo--the fire department came and you had to say you were sorry to the firemen. We thought it was odd that no one came out of their room to evacuate!?!
One time while we were camping with Gma and Gpa I put a slice of cantelope on your plate and without even thinking you looked at Gpa Ralph and said WHAT THE CRAP IS THAT!?! We still laugh about it till this day....
You have been a black kitty for at least 3 or 4 Halloweens in your short little lifetime....
There are so many many more I could go on and on for days--but it all boils down to this, you are kind. You have the BEST most contagious smile we have ever seen, and you are smart and can do ANYTHING in this world that you set your mind to!! We love you so very much Anna--
Anna Marie, our first born....I have went over 'their day' in previous blogs, so I won't go through the whole birth story again, although we always share those special memories with each of them on their birthdays...I always want them to remember 'their story'. So I thought I would just recap some of my favorite Anna's greatest hits over the past 12 years. My only wish is that I had a picture to share of each of my memories....
Anna--on your first night home from the hospital, we lived in the worlds SMALLEST appartment in married housing on UND's campus, you slept in the basinet that we got from Aunt Astrid that had been used for many, many babies before you :) We were so nervous and excited to have you home--I'm sure between me, your Dad and Grandparents we all would have heard a pin drop in the less then 600 sq ft appartment :) I can remember waking up early(4am maybe) and the blanket was up over your face!?!?!! I PANICKED!!!!! I through on the light to make sure you were still breathing...and you were, you sighed and went right back to sleep---you were an amazing baby!
Dad was 100% sure you would walk by your first birthday...and you did.
You have always hated cooked carrots and still do to this day!
For your first birthday, which we had at the Settle Inn in GF I think you had 50+ people there :) We lived away from our family at the time, so Dad's college friends became a lot like family--Rick was your first and only babysitter for the longest time and we payed him in cheese, so you owe Rick and Tara a LOT of free babysitting--so you will here us tell stories about the endless sloppy joes we made and gifts we opened that day!! It was a birthday party for the record books that's for sure....but you were and still are worth it :)
You pulled the fire alarm once in a hotel in Fargo--the fire department came and you had to say you were sorry to the firemen. We thought it was odd that no one came out of their room to evacuate!?!
One time while we were camping with Gma and Gpa I put a slice of cantelope on your plate and without even thinking you looked at Gpa Ralph and said WHAT THE CRAP IS THAT!?! We still laugh about it till this day....
You have been a black kitty for at least 3 or 4 Halloweens in your short little lifetime....
There are so many many more I could go on and on for days--but it all boils down to this, you are kind. You have the BEST most contagious smile we have ever seen, and you are smart and can do ANYTHING in this world that you set your mind to!! We love you so very much Anna--
Time for a little catch up!!!!
Well summer has long come and gone--fall is here and we have been a very busy, but happy and content family!! As I looked back at the last time I blogged and compaired it to all the pictures I have on my cell phone, I thought ITS TIME FOR AN UPDATE!!!! So here it goes...
We have three SCHOOL AGE KIDS!?! Where did the time of diapers and formula go!?! Not only are they all in school this year, but we have a middle schooler!? Oh my!!! So far, school is continuing and going great for our kids---we are so blessed to have kids that enjoy and look foward to school each and every day!! I only hope that this continues on for all three of them for the next however many years through high school and college!!!!
Josh and I were lucky enough to sneak away to watch the Browns BEAT the Mn Vikings early this fall! We love the cities and so we left Friday evening, spent the night in Fargo, left Saturday morning and drove to Minn. We stayed with one of Josh's many Boys State guys, and enjoyed a fun night out on the town on Saturday and the game on Sunday!! I would never say I'm a NFL fan, but there is something so fun about a live football game--we had a lot of fun!!! We hit up the outlet mall on the way home on Monday and had a great get away weekend together!!! I enjoy and take advantage of these football getaway weekends now, as I know someday soon my seat will be replaced with Zach as he and his Dad can go away together :)
We have three SCHOOL AGE KIDS!?! Where did the time of diapers and formula go!?! Not only are they all in school this year, but we have a middle schooler!? Oh my!!! So far, school is continuing and going great for our kids---we are so blessed to have kids that enjoy and look foward to school each and every day!! I only hope that this continues on for all three of them for the next however many years through high school and college!!!!
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