shout out to ABBY

I LOVE Abby on Biggest Loser...WOW, talk about an inspiration!

I don't think that I had dry eyes on any of the shows this season because of her!

She lost her husband, her 5 year old daughter, and her baby in a car accident.

She went through way too much, but came out a winner!

She is so loving and positive, and everyone loves her.

What a great example!

She got voted off this week, and I thought deserved a shout out.

Poor black team...total underdogs...I usually tend to cheer for the ones not winning...

Once upon a Fairytale

We really enjoy HaLLoWEen!

And have a lot of fun dressing up for it!

We have fun parties every year with at least one side of our family,

so we try to get creative.

Last year we went more

TRADITIONAL HALLOWEEN

with our costumes

since Alexa wanted to be a witch

and Karli had a pumpkin costume already.

Tyler and I ended up being Frankenstein and Frankenstein's wife...

This year we went a little more

HAPPILY EVER AFTER :)

Alexa decided to be a fairy,

so of course, Karli gets to be a fairy too!

...so what could Tyler and I be to go along with fairies...

Ever heard of the frog and the princess?

(the pictures aren't the best, a few technical difficulties...but you get the idea!)

Here is a link to my family's blog with other really fun costumes from the party!

http://kromklan.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.html

fall is in the air

This past Saturday was dedicated to our yard.

Getting it ready for the winter by clearing out and cleaning up...

It is a sad day to have no more garden after enjoying it so much

through the spring and summer.

It is exciting to think about the fun things we get to look forward to

through the fall and winter...especially holidays....

every season has its own beauty and fun,

but we especially love to think about what we are

going to do when it finally warms up again :)

MonStEr dRinK

Alexa decided that she wanted a "MONSTER DRINK"

(I promise that this was totally thought up by her!)

made with

ORANGE JUICE

+

SPINACH

+

APPLE SAUCE

=
ALEXA'S MONSTER DRINK

She was so proud of it, and that she thought it up on her own, and that it actually tasted yummy! :)

Daddy-less

I'm not going to lie, I really like 5:00pm--
It's when Alexa, Karli, and I can expect to see Daddy come home.

We are so lucky that Tyler has the job he does, and that we have him home every night and on the weekends...

I am reminded of this right now because we were daddy-less last night.

Yes, we survived.

And I can't complain too much, because I know so many families whose Dad's travel regularly...
We are just excited for our Dad to come home!