Candy Overload!!!

Good Lord, we'll be eating candy for five years!  Bob, Scott & Rachel decided to outdo themselves from last year with this giant tote filled to the brim with candy, coloring books, glow sticks, etc.  My mom also gave each of the girls a bucket full of goodies and new jammies. 
I can't wait to find out what happens at the girls' next dental exam.
I'm going to have to hand some of this candy out to the neighbor kids or maybe bring a stash to work every now and then.  Ummm...Unkie...Paybacks are a b*tch.

Halloween Dance Party

Last week Emmy's Dance class celebrated Halloween.  Emmy wanted to wear her princess costume from Unkie Hoda & Rachel.  She fit right in - all the other little girls were princesses too!

Emmy's Preschool Picture 2012-13

Emmy loves going to preschool and is learning so much!  She goes to school Monday through Friday and enjoys all of her four teachers and her friends.  Her best friends at school are Emmalea, Taylor, Thor, Jason B, Jason K, Isabelle M, Isabelle K & Lameese.  Their class goes on a field trip once a month.  So far they have gone to Pump It Up & Apple Jacks Orchard.  I think that the bus ride was the highlight of the trip. She has already worn out her first pair of tennis shoes. 
She loves gym class with Mr. Opatz and music class with Mrs. Stennes.  She also loves lunch time, puzzles, coloring & story time.  She has brought home so many wonderful projects and is amazing us every day with what she is learning at school. 

 

Christmas w/Grandma Bev

We celebrated Christmas with Grandma Bev in southern Minnesota before she headed back out to Arizona for the winter.  We had our annual prime rib dinner along with all the fixings.  After dinner, we opened presents and then we played bingo.  After bingo we went to the hotel so the kids could swim in the pool. We took over the party room, mingled and had all kinds of good snacks!  We were fortunate to have beautiful weather so that we could take pictures outside.  I didn't get any pictures other than this one of grandma Bev and all of the great grand kids.  Have fun in Arizona Grandma Bev & we'll talk soon! Much Love!

Little Mermaid-Under The Sea

I signed the girls up for an event through the community rec program called "Under the Sea."  They got to hang out and play with Ariel from the Little Mermaid for the day!  The girls had a good time, singing, dancing, playing with stickers, and getting tattoos.

Halloween with Daddy's Work

Brad's office hosted a family Halloween event on Friday, October 19th.  The kids had fun going to all of the different offices on each floor.  Employees volunteered to hand out candy from their office.  After going through the five levels, we went down to the cafeteria for a little party.  Families could decorate cookies, carve pumpkins, make spiders, etc.  The girls had fun and came home with their buckets full of candy. 

ParaCon 2012

If you know me well, you know that I love Halloween, ghost stories, the unexplained & all the shows on the Syfy channel.  I love a good scare and will scream at the top of my lungs if I am caught off guard.  I am also one of those that screams at the TV when the dumb blonde is running in her high heels from her attacker. 

I do believe that my mom's house has some paranormal activity going on.  You might think that this is bull crap...but when I was in high school I came home from school, unlocked the back door and saw two full body female apparitions standing in the entry way.  I did not recognize them, they didn't say anything and quite frankly it scared the bejeezus out of me so I turned around and left the house. 
I have seen another scary face at a different time and others have seen a lady in a reflection.  We have had heavy crystal fly across the room and we have been touched in the middle of the night.  Creepy, I know.

So, it was fitting that I attend last weekend's Paranormal Convention at the Shooting Star Casino with my ghostie friends, Christy, Roxie & Jess.  Can you say GIRLS WEEKEND!
 
We were so excited to see all the people whose shows we follow on the Syfy Channel.  We met Steve Gonsalves & Dave Tango from Ghost Hunters; Joe & Kris from Ghost Hunters International; John, Amy & Chris Zaffis from Haunted Collector; Rex Williams from Destination Truth; Kane Hodder who plays Jason from Friday the 13th; and the Midwest Paranormal Group out of Detroit Lakes, MN.

We got to hear and see evidence that Midwest Paranormal found from their investigation of the Kirkbride State Hospital in Fergus Falls.  Two nights in a looney bin...oh my!  They caught a voice on a recorder saying, "Get me out of here!" among many others. 

We also heard more evidence from John Zaffis.  Very, very interesting.  Most of the other presenters did a Q&A Session, but it was still really awesome to hear their stories. 

All of the presenters were very nice & super cool.  Rex invited us to the bar after the show!!  We all had so much fun!  We can't wait to go back again next year!!

 Kane Hodder who plays Jason from Friday the 13th.  Can you tell I'm really scared?  I had a scary face in my other picture with him, but it turned out too blurry.  He was very nice, funny & extremely strong!!