FIELD TRIAL FUN

Rob and I took the kids (the older 3) out of school for the day on friday and heading down to Plains, GA where we attended a field trial for the dogs. we rode on mule pulled carriages and each of the kids took their turn holding the reins to the mules. they had so much fun! it was cold, but very worth the family time. Nico ran his first field trial with Rocky.... unfortunately rocky ran off and the men on horses had to go track him. not so funny at the time, but we had a good laugh!

PICTURES FROM JAKOB'S B-DAY

my awesome friend decorated the cake for Jakob! he LOVED it.

Jakob is ready to eat this cake!

Jakob and his best friends.... Eddie and Daniel.

Jakob and Eddie (from Atlanta area school for the Deaf)

it wouldn' t be a night with the boots without someone getting hurt. Jakob actually dropped a 12 pound ball on his foot! OUCH. nico and Eddie helped him limp out to the car.

THE BIRTHDAY BOY

Jakob has come such a long way since he was born. today he turns 9 and i look back and reflect on all this little man has accomplished. he is such an example to me and a huge blessing to our family. he teaches us patience and love and at times he reminds us to be prayerful. he is a special little guy and i am so grateful the Lord has blessed our family with him. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKOB ANDERSON BOOT!!!

Jakob's birthday countdown usually starts on November 20th (yes, the day after his birthday). he LOVES, LOVES, LOVES his birthday!!! today started at about 6:30 for Jakob, even though he fell asleep around 10:30 because he was so excited about his birthday. he put his birthday pin on and put some $ in an envelope to buy ice creams for all of his friends at school. he was SO excited. when he got home, he pulled out all of the cards that his friends made for him at school. most of them said how great Jakob is and how much they love him.... and of course "happy birthday". For dinner, Jakob has asked for "cheese" hamburgers, french fries and macaroni and cheese. chocolate icecream and cake for dessert and for presents he wants.... in this order.... spider man 2 game, brown dog, scooby doo movies, bycicle and x-men game. he has reminded us of this EVERY DAY!!

Jakob- i hope you have a GREAT birthday!!!! you keep my life exciting and very interesting!! i love you so much.

MY NEWEST PROJECTS

i have been working on lots of projects in the house lately.... at the top of my list is my spices! Rob LOVES to cook, but can't stand looking for his ingredients, so........ i made it so he will never complain again... about the spices anyways!

This is something that has been in the making for about 10 years or so.... i finally got them all framed and put up on my wall. soon each of them will have the name of the baby in each belly picture....
this is something fun that i got from snapfish.... they are 20x30 collage pictures of our families fondest memories.... these just happen to be our family vacations in the past couple of years. the kids have so much fun looking at all the pictures on their way up the stairs.

HALLOWEEN FUN

Cruella (lorna) and the Boot kids

My rock star and his groupie!!

Indiana Jones (Jakob), Tinker Bell(Sofia), Frankenstein (Ollie), Bride of Frankenstein (Annelies)

SLASH! (Nico)

enjoying the loot!!

With all the rain on saturday, we did not get a chance to do the BIG trick or treat, but our church had trunk or treating before the rain started, so it worked out and our kids got PLENTY of candy!

PICS FROM DISNEY WORLD

HANDY MANNY IS OLLIES FAVORITE!

JAKOB'S WHEELCHAIR GOT US TO THE FRONT OF EVERY LINE!

THIS IS THE CHICKEN COUP FROM THE MILEY CYRUS MOVIE

MY MONSTERS WITH THE MONSTER, INC. CREW

DISNEY WORLD

Ollie got this right before our trip!

Jakob LOVES the water

indoor skydiving! SO FUN!!!

he LOVED this!

eating at the best ice cream place EVER!

We decided to take advantage of the opportunity we had to go to Disney World for Brett and Sarah's wedding and make it our family trip for the year. we left a day early and spend a whole day at MGM studios where the kids had so much fun meeting their favorite characters from TV and riding some fun rides. it was so nice to spend some time with the kids with no distractions.

to make our vacation even more fabulous, we got to see Brett and Sarah FINALLY get married. the kids had so much fun dancing and playing.

we ended the trip with indoor skydiving. Nico had SOOOOO much fun! rob had a little trouble getting off the ground and i was PERFECT according to the instructor! melanie was terrified! it was pretty entertaining between Rob and melanie. and Andy did great!! we decided that next time we would have to do the real thing!

FAMILY PICTURE '09

These sweet babies got all dolled up for Uncle Brett's wedding to Sarah at the Orlando Florida Temple. We took advantage of the occasion and snapped a few family photos. 

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

I know it is almost thanksgiving, but i have to back track a little and catch up on things that have happened.... Nico started 4th grade this year, Jakob is now in 3rd, Annelies is a big 1st grader and my sweet Sofia is joining the school kids for the first time this year as a Pre-k(er).

everybody is so excited to start the first day! ESPECIALLY NICO!! haha

Jakob thinks school is the best!

Sofia doesn't know what to expect and Annelies is always happy!

Oliver is thrilled to have me ALL to himself!

THE BIRTHDAY KIDS

we have not one, but TWO birthdays in the month of september.... Annelies and Oliver celebrate their big days only 2 days apart, so it makes for lots of CAKE! i didn't think i would ever say i would be sick of cake, but september just about kills me. i have learned to get creative and switch up the deserts a little and the kids don't seem to mind. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNELIES AND OLIVER.

THE AQUARIUM

with the kids back in school, Ollie and i have had lots of fun times out and about.... one of my good friends Brittany and her little man Zack invited us to the GA aquarium. we had so much fun looking at all the fish and even petting some of them. it is so fun to spend one on one time with my little ollie! he is getting so big.

THE FLOOD

The rain in GA has been merciless!! our backyard turned into a lake and practically got washed away. we are working to repair the damage, but have a lot to do. the kids thought it was pretty cool to have a "pool" in the backyard until they saw that many of their toys were GONE, their trampoline was wrapped around the trees, the fire pit was GONE and all of our yard furniture was buried under lots and lots of dirt. i have never seen anything like this as long as i have lived in GA- (28 years). it was amazing to see the damage A LOT of rain left behind. we still have many roads around us that are closed and plenty of repairs being made around us. it will be a long road to recovery.... and the rain is still falling!

                

DANCING IN THE RAIN

due to all the GA rain, we have had lots of opportunity to dance in the rain! the kids LOVE it.

THE HAIRCUT!

As most of you know, Oliver's hair is a hot topic at our house. should we cut it? should we keep it long? he looks like a girl..... so, we finally decided to make his grandparents happy and cut the BOYS hair! Oliver was not in agreement with this of course and most people did not recognize him when they saw him. i have to say- it took us quite some time to get used to it and at times i miss his curls. 

FORTS

My kids are really into building forts lately. in fact as we speak there is one under construction in my family room. they use every pillow, blanket and chair that they can find. before school started back, they would build forts and have spend the night parties. it's so fun to be a kid.