Fall Festivities

So I know it has been forever since I have posted. We have been crazy busy trying to work more hours and get Ben on top of his school work. Here is a quick recap of our fall festivities.

We started by going to our local pumpkin patch to get pumpkins. I was impressed with this local patch and would definitely go back. They had other things like mazes and what not for the kids but we didn't do any of those this year. Perhaps next year when Logan is bigger. Logan loved walking around outside and helping us pick out pumpkins.

Next we had the Ellis Family Halloween Party. This year we dressed up as a Lion (Logan), Tiger (me) and Bear (Ben). Oh my!

I know a bit cheesy but it was cheap and I thought somewhat creative. Everyone at the party thought Ben was mouse instead of a Bear. Ben wanted to go as "french" bear, whatever that means. He would keep talking in french and hence the swirly mustache. We had a lot of fun at this party. Logan loved keeping up with all his older cousins and crawling around with his tongue sticking out.

Then the night before Halloween Ben and I finally decided we should carve our pumpkins. We had both been putting it off but were glad we decided to do it. I think Ben had grander ideas for our pumpkins but these were simple and turned out ok. Here are a few pictures of them at night and then us with them later on Halloween. This is Ben's scary pumpkin. And this is my pumpkin on the bottom looking up at Logan's baby pumpkin on top!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!

Video of Cayman doing agility

Cayman and I have been practicing hard on our agility skills. Here is a video we took at our last pratice of a short sequence we were working on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha4S1xMgHyI Sorry I am not blog savy enough to know how to add a You Tube video directly into my post. Impressive right? We are still hoping to be able to compete in a trial in February. Until then we will keep practicing.

A little more about me....

I was recently tagged and I often don't particpate cause I don't have the time, but I decided to do this one because people often say that they don't know a lot about me. I thought this would maybe help you all get to know me better. Here are the rules: List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 obsessions, 3 surprising facts and tag 3 more people on your blog.


3 Joys: My family (including animals), eating chocolate, and going on vacations.
I have the best family in the world. I love my artistic husband, active border collie and spunky calico cat. I also enjoy eating chocolate in pretty much any form. I love cookies, cakes, ice cream, etc (and it shows). I also love to go on vacations and travel the world. I only wish I had more time (and money) to do this.

3 Fears: Drowning, the dark, and being alone.
I have a huge fear of drowning. For me that would be the worst thing in the world. I still have to plug my nose when I go swimming and often have dreams of drowning. I don't like the dark. I hate even going out of my own house in the dark. When we go camping I always make Ben go with me to the bathroom. I also have a fear of something happening to Ben that would leave me all alone. I truely need someone else in my life.

3 Obsessions: Gelato, making lists and training my dog.
I love gelato as seen and explained more here. I am also obsessed with making lists. I have to have a 'to do' list for each day so that I stay focused. I drive Ben nuts because I make lists weeks before we go on trips to try to get organized. Lastly I love to train my dog. I always am trying to teach him knew things and enjoy getting out and training him. I have always loved animals and am obsessed with making sure they have a good home.

3 Surprising Facts: I at one point knew how to play the bagpipes, I am not a morning person and I play World of Warcraft with my husband. During High School I learned to play the bagpipes for a group I was in. I was never very good but I could get out "Amazing Grace" on a good day. So it may not really be suprising that I am NOT a morning person to those of you who know me. Everyone told me once I had a baby that would change but it hasn't. I still don't like getting up early. Of course, I get up 'early' with Logan every morning but if I had it my way I would stay up late and sleep in. Finally, I recently started playing World of Warcraft with my husband. There will be more about this in a future post.

I hope this helped all of you to get to know me a little bit better. Quirks and all! I tag any of those who read this and feel up to the challenge.