In Loving Memory

                                             CASEY EDGAR NISH 

                              AUGUST 2, 1972 -NOVEMBER 20, 2008                                             He fought a good fight, and returned home with honor!

A Different World!

Times have really changed since I was little. I don't really remember hearing about the elections, gas prices, same sex marriages, or even abortion. Yes I was very sheltered, but you know what I mean. I think the big thing talked about when I was growing up was AIDS. 

Our children will be living in a much different world then we did. Very scary in ways! So a few days ago I was feeding the kids breakfast and I was listening to the kids talk about the outcome of the recent election, and their thoughts. They were pretty disappointed,  one of them didn't even want to go to school that day because of the loss. Facing the other classmates was going to be hard. Especially when you have felt so strong about something. It turned out to be not to bad at school. The teachers were on top of this. 

The next topic that they were talking about was gas prices, and what gas station has the cheapest gas. I couldn't believe what I was hearing..... We have tried to be pretty open with the kids about the economy, and whats going on. We have  a lot of friends, and family that are going through hard times, so when we pray for them we want the kids to be somewhat aware of why. Later that same week I needed to grab Jackson something to eat really fast before preschool. I went to the drive-thru and  got him some chicken nuggets. When I turned to give them to him he said to me, " Mom what about gas, we have to save our money, remember". He wouldn't eat them! How sad is that? That's not exactly what we have wanted to instill in our children, but it's amazing what things they pickup on. You all know how cheap I am.... Whenever I fill the van with gas I get a little stressed  because of how much money it costs. I'm sure Jackson's heard me talk about this stress to Brian. Hooray for the lower gas prices lately! It's pretty sad that I'm excited to fill up for $2.12.  

Yes, we are trying to teach our children about being frugal, however I don't want it to consume their thoughts. I feel like lately it has. What crazy days we are going through, what do we have in  store for our  future? Yikes!! 

HALLOWEEN

We had a great Halloween! We went to the ward Trunk-or-Treat, the weather was beautiful. Here in Kenosha they Trick-or-Treat on the Sunday AFTERNOON before Halloween.  That doesn't really work  for a lot of us, so the ward for the past few years has had a Trunk-or-Treat instead. 

 One year I took the kids out to the county Trick-or-Treating. It seemed like we went around forever, and ended up with hardly any candy, and a whole lot of offers for a beer for the parents. It was so weird....The kids come home with a ton of candy from the Trunk-or-Treat, I think we will stick to that for now.

Our kids had fun dressing up. They always do.They were pretty cute to watch get ready, and prepare for the big event. 

Taylor was a crazy Clown, with funky hair.( I think he forgot to smile on three).

McKenzie was a Ballerina. She was loving every moment of the whole dress up thing. Make-up and all!!!!!

Jackson was Black Spider Man (venom).

Brian is always in charge of decorating the trunk. He has won first place for the last few years. Not so this year. I was the judge............His heart just wasn't in it this year!

Jackson helping me go through his candy to pick out all the candy that contains peanut. He is so cute! He thinks if he even touches a piece of candy that contains peanut then he will die.

Over all it was fun. Glad it's over though. I'm so sick of candy!

Family FALL Festivities

This time of  year here in Wisconsin is so beautiful. We love it! One of our favorite traditions has been to go to the pumpkin farm and pick out a pumpkin. The kids always love pulling the wagon around the farm in hopes to find that perfect pumpkin.  

And the search is on.....

Looks like Kenzie found her pumpkin.

Taylor helping Jackson lift his pumpkin onto the wagon.

Got them... The hard part is done. 

Now that the pumpkins are all loaded on the wagon we pull the wagon to the register to pay for the pumpkins. (notice who is pulling the wagon).

It gets better.... The boys are now both sitting on the wagon. Lol !

 The final step in this whole adventure is loading the pumpkins into the van. The kids do all the work on this trip, they just love it.

Some other fun things we did to celebrate the harvest, or this time of year included, Apple picking.(sorry no pictures) An evening with a ton of friends from the ward to a pumpkin farm, which included a crazy hayride in the dark.

 Also, we went with a few families from the ward to a huge corn maze, and then back to their house for a bonfire, and pizza. All of the activities were a lot of fun.

This was a huge slide at the corn maze.

We would watch from the bottom of the slide with a flash light to see when they would be coming down the slide. The kids thought this was pretty fun.

They had all sorts of fun little bikes for the kids to ride around.

The kids just chilling on a blanket beside the fire. Laughing, and playing.
Notice Jackson's eyes in this picture. He was so tired. His asthma and allergies were not doing so well. The poor little boy could hardly breath.
 Brian was sitting by the fire holding Jackson. He crashed shortly after. He was so tired. All the walking through the maze, the slide, and the cute little bikes wore him out.( I think his asthma had a lot to do with it as well).

These are just a few of our favorite things we have done this fall. I wish I had pictures so you could see the colors of the leaves on the trees, they are beautiful. We love to go for drives out in the county to see all the leaves, and changes of the season. I can't even begin to describe how pretty it is.