Bear with me...

....while I work my magic on making this blog read-able.  I love the new blog template site I found since I do not have time to learn the intricacies of Photoshop and make my own.  I am just waaaay to tired to finish it tonight!! 

Good night!

Brrrrr!

 Before we get into winter, I thought I should post some pictures of what we’ve been doing the past couple weeks.

At the beginning of October I took Addison to see the Disney Princesses on Ice. We had wonderful seats and I think I was more excited than she was to go. Halfway through the production she wanted to go home. I am glad I got her to stay because the whole second half was Cinderella! I am hoping the tour stops again in Cincinnati next year!

  

 The following weekend we went to HallZOOween at the Cincinnati Zoo. It sure was a zoo that day! WAY too many people to enjoy it and even take pictures. Angie, Tony and Mom went with us all and they ended up riding the train since we had 4 ride passes. They waited at least an hour to even board the 5 minute train ride! I did take a couple of pictures in the children’s zoo since it wasn’t as busy as some of the other exhibits.

Then of course, this most recent weekend was Halloween. Addison decided to be a horse this year and it was the perfect costume because the weather was cold! Aunt Julie had us all over on Saturday night for a chili dinner, bonfire and trick or treat in her neighborhood. That night we stayed at mom and dad’s.

Angie and Mom

Last Sunday night we went to dinner at the Wessel’s and did another round of trick or treat in their neighborhood. WAY too much candy. I don’t know why I even thought that was a good idea! I am mad that I didn’t take advantage of the gorgeous weather we had this fall to take autumn pictures. My ONLY resolution for 2011 is to take the 2 SLR classes to learn how to use my camera. As much as I want a new lens, I thought I should at least know how to use the one that came with it, haha.

After trick or treat last night when I was putting Addison to bed asked if Santa was coming the next day. She’s so excited about Christmas this year! I told her we had to celebrate Thanksgiving first so we’ve been doing turkey crafts to prepare! I love how she is so much like me—she loves crafts and organizing things. She’s been getting into my scrapbooking stickers lately. At this point, I can’t see myself getting back into scrapbooking unless it is digital. I need an extra 400 sq ft of house space just to get everything out to scrapbook, haha.

Work is going very well. I am really enjoying my new job and staying super busy. Election Daywas Tuesday so our Commissioners are changing (only one) and I'm a little nervous about change because I believe the new commissioner's goal is to give raises to county employees which would only happen by laying people off.  I am more than happy to go without a raise (going on the third year) and keep people's jobs.  Good news is that the Children's Services levy passed! 

Bad news...Jack's cousin Jeremy's (In Michigan) cancer came back.  He will be 36 on December 8th (we share a birthday!)  He initially had Ocular Melanoma (eye cancer) and had a tumor removed from his eye a little more than a year ago.  This week we found that the cancer metastasized to his liver and now it is considered stage IV metastatic melanoma of the liver, which is a very dangerous and (currently) an incurable disease.  Jeremy and his girlfriend are due to have their first baby in March so everyone needs to pray that Jeremy's baby is able to meet his incredible father.  His doctor is at the University of Michigan and Jeremy is hoping he's able to participate in a clinical trial because there is not current treatment for the type and progression of the type of cancer he has.  We hare looking forward to spending time with our Michigan family the week after Christmas.  So keep Jeremy and his family in your prayers because they need a miracle.