Our weather Wednesday PM to Thursday PM......

Storm total snow accumulation...5 to 8 inches of snow is expected in the watch area. Local amounts of up to 10 inches will be very possible with drifts even higher.
Winds/visibility...winds will become very strong Wednesday night from the north northwest. Sustained winds of 25 to 33 mph are expected with gusts over 45 mph possible. The strongest winds are expected a few hours prior to daybreak through noon Thursday. Blizzard or near blizzard conditions may occur with visibilities reduced below one quarter of a mile from time to time.
Impacts...very dangerous conditions are expected to develop on Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Be prepared for very difficult travel and blizzard or near blizzard conditions. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Winter Storm Watch means there is a potential for significant snow...sleet...or ice accumulations that may impact travel...in this case snow. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts. If forecast confidence regarding the strong winds continues to increase...this watch may be upgraded to a blizzard watch today.

Dale got to vote twice this year!

Wish Lists

Dave's Wish List

Nina & The Boys Wish List

Make sure you check to see what has already been purchased, to avoid the situation where Mom tells multiple people what she wants and then gets four of whatever she asked for.  :)

Wish lists....

Time for everybody to update your wish lists!!  And grandma.....leave some for the rest of us...
Can't wait to see everybody at Christmas!!  Presents, cookie baking, good food, all the decorations and family.  Who could ask for more!!!

Storybook Parade

Here are some pictures of the Storybook Parade, where kids dress up as characters from books they've chosen.  It just so happened that the Storybook Parade was on Halloween, and many of the kids dressed up as the same characters later in the evening for trick-or-treating.  I've always appreciated the school's willingness to give the kids a Halloween party without calling it that AND tying the event to reading, thus negating the efforts of the narrow-minded mouth-breathers who would otherwise complain about celebrating Halloween.

The last picture was taken before we went trick-or-treating.

Pumpkin Carving

Ben and Casey Aflac

Here's a couple of pics of AJ and Nathan feeding the ducks that live in our pond.  Their names are Ben and Casey Aflac (get it?)

Pumpkin Patch!

A couple of weeks ago, we went to a really cool pumpkin patch up in Hernando County (about a half hour from where we live.)  It was on a farm with haystacks and a corn maze.  It was a gorgeous day, and we got some really good pictures of the kids.

Mom and Nate-O

Fenn Halloween House

We really did our house up for Halloween - today, we finally took the rest of it down.  Good news is, only a month or so to Christmas decoration time!

Goofy Pics

Bear With Me

I am in the middle of changing this over for the season...I promise it will be better soon.

2012 School Pictures

Here are the boys' school pictures from this year.  They're high resolution, so you can pull them down and do what you want with them.  We didn't pay for the image rights for them this year, so this is technically piracy.  Ooh, but I'm sooo scared!

Here's AJ

Just doing nothing....

Look What I Found

So I thought maybe the boys would get a kick out of this.  I did not take this picture, but this is what I came across tonight just outside my front door:

I looked it up and found out it is a "ringed salamander".  Apparently they are endangered and rare, and seeing one is quite uncommon.  This is actually the second sighting I've had of one of these.  The first time, a few years ago, it got into my apartment!  I just scooped it up with a plastic cup and set it free outside.  They are shy, reclusive, and non-poisonous.   Nature can be fun!  Except for gators.  And wasps and hornets.  And spiders are kind of creepy too.  And I'm sick of moths.  And mosquitoes.  Never mind, nature sucks.

HUH?

So the boys haven't done anything picture worthy since the first day of school?????   What about Nate and Dave's soccer practices?

First Day of School 2012

Now that school has been in session for three weeks now, it seems like a perfect time to post pictures from the first day of school.  Enjoy!

So...

how's it going?

First day of School

No first day of school pics this year???????   HUH?????

Thank you!

Thank you to Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Mike and the boys for such a wonderful trip!!  It was so much fun getting to see everybody and we had so much fun!   Can't wait till Christmas!  Already have new ideas for cookies......get ready Santa!

Home From The Airport

Cookie making with Aunt Wes