Happy Halloween

Lulu on the dance floor

Ruthie as Uniqua from the Backyardigans

Lulu as a Bee on the Front Porch

Lulu did not like having the Bee Hood on at all

The girls at the Halloween Party

Decorating cookies

We had a great Halloween. It was such a beautiful day and of course right as we were heading out to Trick or Treat it began to rain. Lulu made it for about 5 houses and then went back home with Daddy, and Ruthie made it all over the neighborhood, rain and all. Luckily our Country Club had an adorable party for the little kids. They both had a wonderful time. Lulu would not come off the dance floor. Ruthie loved cookie decorating and we even won a cake in the cake-walk. They were both so wired with all the junk food that they consumed today I am sure we are going to have a long night ahead of us. Simon passed out candy wearing an Ohio State football Jersey and received several comments, and I dressed up as a witch. All in all we had a awesome Halloween.

Memories from our Wedding

I have snapshots in my head and in my heart of things I will never forget from our wedding day.

* Having to sew Nicole into her dress because she broke the zipper before the day even started.
* Seeing my brother and starting to cry as he excitedly ran up to the limo outside of the church (my little brother looked so grown up)
* That with just over 100 guests almost half of them had made the trek from England
* All the British people in their hats.
* The way the photographer had to tell my dad on the way down the aisle it is ok to smile
* That on October 30th, it was 75 degrees and not a cloud in the sky in Cleveland, OH
* The beautiful leaves when we were having our pictures taken
* That since there was a HUGE gap in between the wedding and the reception everyone entertained themselves at the bar.
* My roommate from college Meredith literally falling over in front of the bar. She still can party like a rockstar.
* No matter how hard we both tried we could never come close to the alcohol level of the people that entertained themselves in the bar all afternoon.
* The Best Man's speech which is still the talk of our wedding.
* The monster masks, the wigs, and crazy outfits that people brought to be funny that it was the night before Halloween.
* The look of pride that was on Simon's dads face the entire day.
* The feeling that everyone you love is there in one room celebrating you and the love of your life.
* Lolly the Trolley transporting everyone around all day and the songs that everyone was singing on the way home.
* Having to hitch a ride home because we forgot that one little detail.

Doing Great in Year 8!! Our Anniversary.

It is only fitting that I should start this blog on our Anniversary. I know that people say that it "seems like only yesterday" or "where has the time gone?" But, I feel like I have been with Simon forever. In an amazingly good way. I seem to not be able to think of my life without us being together. It has after all been 11 years of being together. We love to talk about the good old days at camp, or living in Columbus and Simon always seems to bring up the "I moved here with 3 suitcases and now look at all the stuff we have. " Yes, Simon moved here with 3 suitcases and since that cold December Atlantic crossing where they actually lost his luggage and he only had his carry on we have accomplished alot. For starters he had to wear my brother's clothes at Christmas. But the serious stats....We lived in 4 states, 7 actual places, owned 3 homes, have had 2 kids, 1 dog and most of this has actually ccured in the past 18 months. We are finally settling in for the long haul in Michigan and there is not a stronger team around.