I just coudn't resist posting a few more pictures from the halloween party. Rikki and Halle, the princess, had a ball dancing together. This is my only picture of Sydney from the night with Kelsey. Sydney was in a horse costume and she was the rider. Missy is the witch, Trent and Stephanie were the Jockey and the horse and Mac was the Mexican.
Marti is the Go-Go girl, with Brian as the biker dude and Amy Joe is Jane, minus her bone she lost it somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxP2c_LCZZw Friday Sydney's class went to the pumpkin patch and Alex, Rikki, Kelsey and I tagged along. The kids all had a blast and each of the kids from the class got to pick out one pumpkin as long as it would fit in their backpacks. It was hillarious watching some of the boys trying to fit the biggest pumpkin they could find into their little backpacks. Funny thing is, I never saw one girl having this problem. Some of the boys had pumpkins so heavy they were tipping them over backwards. It was a beautiful day, sunny and very warm so we didn't even need our sweatshirts after about 9am. Rikki and Alex are able to say "Pumpkin patch" and if you know what it is they are saying you can actually understand them. I have provided a link for a video of the kids with the pumpkins that they carved, with some help, saying that they got the pumpkins from the "Pumpkin patch." I hope it works, I have never you tubed before.
Rikki and Alex are finally getting used to Breezy, they have finally figured out that living in the country and having a pony is alright with them. There for a little while I wasn't quite sure if they would ever come around. They actually run out to her with some hay or just to say hello when we head out to the barn. (Of course that is Rikki with the great cowboy hat.) They are even beginning to get interested in riding. (Whew, for a while I thought they had inherited all of Steve's genes. You know he will barely even touch a horse.)
Sydney on the other hand is a totally different story, has been from the start. We have 3 calves that are halter broke and headed to the Jackson County fair in July and one in particular is very gentle. She has been going out with Steve and rinsing, brushing and blowing the calf. If she was old enough she would have one of her very own, only 4 more years.
A couple of months back we found a preying mantis in our yard. Who knew you could have so much fun with a big bug. Rikki and Alex didn't really know what to think of it, both wanted to touch it but at the last minute just couldn't muster the courage to actually go through with the touching. Sydney was a little more receptive to the critter and even wanted it on her arm, that thought lasted a few seconds until Steve actually tried putting it on her, then not so much. They watched him pretty intently for about an hour untill he finally flew off. That is Rikki in the picture trying to touch the 
bug on Steve's hat and Alex is thinking about letting Steve put it on her arm, the picture was taken right before she took of screaming.
Oh the memories of summer. 
The girls have been playing really well together for the last few months. Rikki and Alex are playing a lot with their stuffed animals and baby dolls. They want to swaddle ever
ything and some times they pretend that they are the baby and Sydney is the babysitter. That is Alex being the baby in a wooden bowl that I have. Sydney and Rikki have her all comfy with her pillow and her baby puppy. Alex is still into puppies and Rikki is into kitties, for Sydney it is still horses.
This morning I was getting these two dressed for the Harvest Fair. I basically had the same outfits picked out for the two of them but by the time I was finished they looked totally different. I wanted to put them in the same pants, but Alex cou
ldn't have that because the pants Rikki is wearing have "Owies" in them, (little buttons to make them smaller). Rikki wanted her boots on, her belt on, and oh of course that hat. Alex wanted those shoes on, no belt, no hat, no boots. "No" was the word of the morning with her, always is. I love this picture because the look on Alex's face seems to be, "What in the heck are you wearing girl?"
Even through their differences there is still love!
When Memaw was here we stayed in Gold Beach,
It was
beautiful there but really windy on the beach. Alex was always cold, but she did like playing in the sand. 
Rikki just ran everywhere and kept herself warm.
We watched a lot of seals and there is one little spot over there where they do a lot of windsurfing. We kind of found it by mistake and of course I didn't take a picture of them but they were pretty cool. Mostly we spent our time beach combing, sightseeing and relaxing in our bungalow, it was really nice to get away. 
On Friday (the 5th of September) we stopped at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Crescent City. Sydney got to pet a shark and several other sea creatures, anenomes and star fish. Rikki and Alex didn't want to touch anything but they had fun watching the seal and sea-lion 
show. It was a fun stop for the little ones and they even had their pictures taken with a shark. That is Rikki in the pink and Alex in the purple.
On the last day of MeMaws visit (September 7th) we endend our coast trip with a stop at the Trees of Mystery. It was a perfect day for it and all the kids seemed to really enjoy it, we all did. That is the girls posing with the "elephant tree" and 
then with the "Brotherhood tree", that tree is so big it is hard to see them.
The picture of the osprey nest is taken from the top of the gondola ride. I am not afraid of heights, but by the time we got to the top of the ride my palms were a little sweaty. I definatly needed some time to recover at the top before heading back down. The kids seemed to love it, except when Steve started to swing the car back and forth, and then he tooted in the fully enclosed car, just to rile us up! So a couple of days later Sydney and I are in the car heading to town and Sydney says to me, "Mom, why did you marry such a goofball?" I said, "Why do you ask?" she says, "Well, he kept shaking the door of the ride even when his mom kept asking him not to and then he farted in the car, I just think he is a goofball." Yes Sydney your dad is a goofball, get used to it!
That is our Expedition driving through that tree. This tree is not in the Trees of Mystery but about 5 miles down the road. I think it is in someones back yard, they collect money in a little building in front of their house. It is the only picture that I am in, although you can't really see me driving. Pretty cool to drive through a tree but it wasn't exactly what I thought it was going to be. We had a great trip to the coast and I will try and post more later. 
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