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.

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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 icecream 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