All Hallows Eve...

Happy Halloween!!! We have been busy preparing for this event and another birthday just right around the corner. We were going to have a big birthday party for Hannah this year but with all the illness going around we decided to keep it family. "Baby" Hannah turns 3 Wednesday the 4th of November.

The cutest little Dalmatian ever!

We have enjoyed some snow here. The girls had a blast outside being in it.

Hannah making little snow people to protect her fort.

Halloween morning enjoying breakfast burritos.

We carved pumpkins Thursday evening. Hannah really enjoyed digging all the guts out of the pumpkins.

Jasmyn didn't.

Checking her progress.

Sorting and cleaning seeds.

Blowing out the candle from the first finished pumpkin.

Seeds.

Meet Jack.

Joker.

And Jerusha the witch. Jerusha started out weighing in over 100lbs. She still weighs at least a hundred. They are all still on my dining room table. Dolan doesn't want to move it again.

All three together.

Hope all enjoys a safe and fun Halloween.

Remember that Hallow means holy, sanctified.

Just Jas

Jasmyn is officially a teenager! That's right. She turned 13 on the 6th of October. With this new stage in life came a new challenge as well. She played in her first volleyball game the Saturday after her birthday. Jasmyn usually is the score keeper and the team was short a player so she got a uniform. Jasmyn is not into sports and really did not want to do it. She did step up to the challenge though and actually did quite well. She does practice with them everyday and knew the basics. The team was really supportive and encouraging. In her first game she scored 4 of the points! Not bad at all!Ready to serve.

After the first game in the tournament. They actually had to play 3 games that day.

Serving.

Encouraging and coaching.

After the volleyball tournament was over Jasmyn had a sleepover to celebrate her birthday. The girls had fun playing games and playing with the puppies.

After the sleepover Jasmyn played with Hannah. Here they are going for a stick horsey ride.

Give a child 5 minutes and...

...they can have a great time.

...they can make a huge mess!
...they will be proud of their accomplishments...

Even if it does turn their hair white!

...they could even get the worlds biggest sliver!

But most of all, you give a child 5 minutes and you give them the world and they give you a heart full of joy!

Heritage Days...

We recently went and enjoyed the Heritage Days parade in McCook. The Wauneta-Palisade band played in it so we got a 2 for 1 deal!

This Pogo stick was the best of the whole parade (according to Hannah)!

Our little clown! I can foresee numerous calls home from the school principals office.

Waiting for the parade to start.

Enjoying herself.

Notice the band-aid? She started out with a tiny little scratch. Now it is huge! She will not leave it alone and we have a hard time getting her to leave the band-aid on.

Our school just got these (almost) new uniforms. They sure do look great in them!

Jasmyn playing her Trombone.

They did a great job!!!

The song that they played is Paint it black by the Rolling Stones.

Jasmyn has come a long way this year in her music. Actually the past 6 months she has made wonderful, wide strides all over! Her tremors are almost non-existent and she can control both sides of her body much better. On occasion we will load up and head down to the local school and play some basket ball. This last time Dolan had made a comment regarding how well she is doing! Can't wait for basket ball season!

We have had a busy week! It started off with two new additions to our family. Introducing Sadie and Lola. They were adopted from the pound. They are 3 month old cocker spaniel/basset hound mixes.

Everyone loves them! They are full of energy and life!

A neat picture of Jasmyn.

Hannah has a big scratch on her forehead that she has to pick the scab off of. So it just keeps getting bigger. It will more then likely scar.

This weekend Dolan and I finally got busy on the lawn. We planted grass seed and covered it with straw. We had plenty of helpers as well. Hannah, Jasmyn, Sadie, and Lola all wanted to be involved "in" the project.

Covering the new seed with straw.

Hannah kept this p until the whole lawn was covered...one handful at a time.

Hannah had her first organized performance Sunday morning during church services. The young children sang a song. Hannah stood up on stage like a big girl. She swung her arms back and forth the whole time! She even tried to sing towards the end! My "Baby Hannah" is growing up way too fast. This is just the first of many more to come! The encouraging yet scary thing is...she looked right at home on stage (scary part comes from her being a clown!). The song that they sang is playing on my play-list now. They did a wonderful job! Thank you Sara for giving of yourself to instruct and teach them! You do an AWESOME job! God gave you a wonderful gift and in turn the rest of us share that gift!