We're All Good!

The days seem to go by much faster lately!  I can't believe that next week is Thanksgiving!  We are doing something quite different this year for Thanksgiving.  Normally we stay home and have Thanksgiving dinner with the whole Tinker clan, but this year we are driving to Cartersville to spend the holiday with Chris' parents, his brother Bobby, and Bobby's family.  Chris and Hannah both have Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off from work and school, and that means that the Christmas tree is going up, up, up!!!  Yay! 

Other than the holidays, things are happening around here just like normal.  Hannah began indoor soccer practice this past week, and this is her first year playing indoor.  It's a little different from outdoor as there are no out-of-bounds, and you can play the balls off of the walls and such.  Halle is not happy that she isn't getting to play, but she won't meet the age requirements for a few more years.  Our yet-to-be-born baby girl is growing amazingly well...our last OB appointment and ultrasound stated that she weighed about a pound!  She didn't like the ultrasound, though, and kept kicking where ever the doctor was scanning.  Haha, with an attitude like that, she'll fit in just fine with this family!

I'll leave you with a couple of pictures that I took in October at my sister Gabby's birthday.  I hope you all have a very happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween

My little sister's (Cheyenne) birthday falls on Halloween, and this year she wanted to have a skating party.  So, Halloween morning we took the girls to Fort Payne and celebrated her birthday skating.  This was Halle's very first time in roller skates, and she absolutely loved it!  I was so impressed at how she skated all around, right in the middle of all those bigger kids! 

Hannah has been skating a few times before, and immediately went out and started skating like a pro!  Kids amaze me...I would have killed myself if I had been out there!

Later on, since my dad works at M&M Mars, we were able to take the girls to their Boo-Bash in Cleveland.  The employees there dressed up as different characters from movies like Transformers, Toy Story 3, and Alice in Wonderland.  Halle wasn't into people dressed up in costumes, so she wouldn't get close enough for a picture.  However, Hannah had no problem!  Here she is with the caterpillar and Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland:

They were giving out tons of candy to each kid...the girls ended up with a huge cardboard box full of great candy!  They were very excited!

Of course, we took them trick-or-treating that night, and they racked up even more candy.  I think my little witch and pretty butterfly had a fun Halloween!

Happy 8th Birthday Hannah!

A couple of weeks ago my sweet girl turned 8 years old!  I can't believe how fast she is growing up...it is a very bittersweet feeling as I am not ready for her to get any older, but I am so very proud of her in many different ways. 

She had a party here at home (something we haven't done in a while) with family and a few friends.  All the kids had a blast playing together.  None of them wanted to come inside at dark, nor did they want to leave!  I love having all the kiddos together...it reminds me so much of my own childhood.  Anyway, the kids were so busy playing that we had to make them all stop long enough to cut the birthday cake and to let Hannah open her gifts.

Haha, the cake looks a little lop-sided in that picture, so here is a better picture:

Hannah was very happy with all of her gifts!  Here she is with her Justice boots from Mimi:

And her new journal from Gabby:

The rest of the gifts were opened a little too fast for me to get decent pictures of....but I do know that she was one VERY happy birthday girl!!  I'm glad you had a happy birthday, Hannah.  We love you more than you know!