As good as it gets

So I have been soooo terribly busy, and have been working on our house instead of the computer lately that I have been out of touch. And I don't have much time now, so here are just a bunch of pictures from the last, er, three months! Enjoy!!


Did the pumpkin patch, riding the tractor.


Hudson loving his independence

Max loving his fruit snacks

Addie being silly, like always

Busy pushing her brothers around

Max rooting for his dad's favorite team

I just love this kid!! Even if he is three and a willful one at that!

Finally, a freshly painted house. Bye bye peeling paint!! And, yes, Colorado does have these beautiful blue skies nearly EVERY DAY!!

Hudson, stitches round two! This time he fell into the hymn book holder about 42 seconds after arriving at church. Blood everywhere!

Halloween with the kiddos. Addie was Aurora (Sleeping Beauty, for the princess challenged), Max was Captain America (for this pic at least), and Hudson was a dinosaur, but we didn't get a SINGLE picture! Thank goodness for skeleton jammies.

Was worried about the thin costume, so I made this awesome cape! It was double lined fleece with a pointed hood, just like Aurora had. Too bad Halloween was like 70 degrees and did us no good! Cute cape, though!!

Max was Spiderman for preschool. The best part of the day was the rubber spider he got in his goodie bag!

Here he is with his class, Spiderman to the right

Menacing, isn't he?

Our yard is a fraction of what we had in Milwaukee, so leaf cleanup was a breeze!

Corey is so patient!

Our one and only snow this season. Did I mention we've moved to God's country? Just sayin'...

Addie and Max enjoying the fun.

Addie's sassy new haircut. We're growing out her bangs, and losing some length to avoid some of the morning fights over combing through the snarls.

Max really doesn't like having his picture taken. Most pics of him are when he is distracted, otherwise he's running away in a blur! A rare treasure...

Sure, he looks sweet. But this kid will be the DEATH of me!! He fears nothing, doesn't learn when something hurts or causes damage. Oy!

Of course, Santa came to town. Here's Max asking for all sorts of superhero stuff!

Addie probably wanting something to do with princesses.

And convincing Santa she's been good, regardless of what Mom and Dad say!

The ONLY way Hudson would get near this guy, with Mom being the buffer.

Max and Hudson decorating cookies at Max's preschool party.

Enjoying just the frosting. We had soggy cookies at the end, because they were sucked on over and over again, until the frosting on his plate of decorations was all used up! Weird kid!

I don't care if he's weird, I love him to pieces!

This one, too! Even though he's trouble.

Good thing he's CUTE!

There you have it, the Grips for the last three months! Hopefully I'll get better, but for now this will have to do.