Movie Night

Friday night we decided to have a family movie night at home. It was cold and rainy and it was a perfect night to stay indoors and watch a movie. Ava is big into all the Disney princesses so we got Aladdin so she could see Jasmine. Both girls loved the movie and danced to all the songs. We had popcorn with M & M's and candy corn in it. Ella spent the whole time trying to dig all of the candy corn out and eat it. It was fun having the whole family watch a movie. Ava liked the movie so much we have watched it another 3 times this weekend.



Picking out the candy from the popcorn.

Saying cheese during the movie.

Trying to throw a piece of popcorn in Ella's mouth.

Pictures of Everything

Ava at dance class. (3rd from the left)

Ava dancing



Digging in her pumpkin.

Ella doesn't know what to think about the pumpkin.

Getting ready to get candy.

At Mark and Gayle's house during Halloween.

Ava and her friend Autumn during Halloween.

Its Been Awhile

I thought that I would finally get back to this. It has been a while so bear with me. We have been super busy over the last couple of weeks with Halloween, dance class, preschool, school, photoshoots, etc. Everything is going by so fast it is hard to imagine that that it is almost Thanksgiving.
Ava and Ella did very well at their recent photo shoot for a quilting magazine. One of the girls will be in an issue in March and the other will be in an issue next fall. They were very well behaved and they even got paid 50 dollars each!!
Sarah has been busy with her photography and she is becoming very good at it. Last Thursday she had to babies come over and she took their pictures. I have a link on this website for her photos. They are very good and she might me onto something about a side business.
Halloween was a fun and exciting venture this year. Both Ava and Ella loved every minute of it. Ella was so excited that as her pumpkin got heavier and heavier she didn't want to put it down. She had a death grip on the pumpkin that was full of candy.
Ava has been busy with going to one day of preschool every week. She learns a letter and does a craft every Thursday. She loves and is always excited about going to school like Daddy does. Dance has been going well for her and she is learning new things every week.
As for me I have been busy with school and everything that goes along with that. Thanksgiving break is still a week and half away and it will be nice to have a break from the kids for awhile. I will post the pictures of all of this after this post so keep scrolling down to see them. Thanks for reading I will hopefully get better at posting more often.

New Computer/Photo shoot

Last night Sarah and I had to break down and buy a new computer. Our old one, which was over 3 years old, just gave out. We went to Best Buy and bought a new Toshiba. It is about 100 times bigger and faster then our old one. Hopefully this computer will be better for Sarah and her photography. We will have to see.
On the other hand next Tuesday the girls have a photo shoot for a magazine. Sarah is excited and is hoping that the girls will be good. Check back later to see how they did. I will get pictures of Halloween up later after the transfer of computer files. Later

Lance

Change

I know I should not rant and rave about politics, but here I am. I am happy and proud to be an American today. With me being a teacher of history this doesn't get any better. To see Barack Obama become the 44th President of the United States is beyond words. To have an African-American become our president is something that is beyond words. I know I sound like like a freak, but that is how I feel. Politics are a very polarizing thing, either you like a person or you hate them. Together as a country we should come together and back our new president. I know some of you may disagree with me, but don't take offense. Thank you for listening to me.

Lance

Sarah's Pictures

Here are some more pictures that Sarah took over the weekend. She is really getting into her photography. She even bought herself some photo editing software so she could do some interesting things with her pictures. She has also bought back drops and lights to convert the living room into a studio to take her pictures. This weekend she had a "new client," Brayden, Jennifer Schoerberl's son. Below are some pictures of him that Sarah took. She also has some edited ones of him are her photography website.
Last night Sarah tried to take pictures of the girls in their Halloween costumes. They were not being very cooperative, so she quit trying. Ella was running around in her diaper and saw her blanket so Sarah snapped her picture. The outcome is below. Sarah is really getting serious about this photography thing and from some of the pictures she has a very good eye. She is very passionate about it and loves every minute of it.
On a side note, she spends some much time editing pictures I get to watch all the football I want on Saturdays and Sundays. That is good for me.





A picture of Ella laying on her favorite blanket.


One happy little bee.

Ava being a serious kitty.

Brayden Schoeberl

What a Weekend (Except for the football scores)

What a weekend! One of my all time greatest weekends every. It all started with tickets to the Iowa State/Nebraska game. Mark had 2 extra tickets so Sarah and I went up and tailgated and then watched the Cyclones embarrass themselves for the entire game. The tailgating was fun as usual and the weather was great.
On Sunday Mark took me, Hunter, and Shawna to the Kansas City Chiefs game. He found out Wednesday that we had a few extra tickets and asked me to go along. Of course, I said yes. Now, these aren't just any ticket, these tickets are for the luxury box that his company owns. Plus we got a parking pass. This was my first professional game every and it felt like Christmas morning as we pulled into the parking lot. I am not sure who was more excited Hunter, age 7, or Lance, age 28. I think I won for being more excited. Once in the Skybox everything was provided. All the food you can eat, and drinks you can drink. I ate and drank enough for about 6 people. It was a great experience, except for the football game. Not only was this fun but in less then two weeks (Nov. 2) we are going down for another Chiefs game in the luxury box. This time Mark and Jane are taking Brad and Shawna, and Sarah and I down for the weekend. We are going down on Saturday and out to eat on the plaza, then to the game on Sunday. 2 Chiefs games in 3 weeks, can't wait.
The other two pictures are of Cy being her usual self. One is of her eating her food in the baby high chair, and the other is of her sleeping in the toy box. Another very busy weekend, soon I will have a weekend where I will do absolutely nothing. I hope everybody has a wonderful week.

Lance


This is where we parked for the game. Nice and close.


At the beginning of the game when the fans were there.

This is a picture from my seat in the Skybox.

Prior to the game down by the field.


Of course I had to get a picture with the cheerleaders!


Cy asleep in the toy box.

Cy eating her dinner in the toy high chair.