5 Years

It has seemed impossible to sit down and put this post together. Even now, I have Zoe sitting on my lap. Most days I wake up and before I know it, I'm giving Zoe a bath and getting ready for bed. Jamin and I celebrated 5 years of marriage on the 1st of November. In creating the slide show I realized I didn't own a digital camera until I was married. That was only 5 years ago, how times have changed. Looking back at our past 5 years I have to laugh at what an amazing time we have had. I also can't believe how young we looked and how different our styles have changed. I am reminded of the good, bad, scary, incredible, wonderful times we have had with gratitude. Thanks, Jamin for a wonderful 5 years.

Halloween Festivities

So we have been celebrating Halloween for a few weeks now. We started off with the Lombardi's first annual Ginger Bread Haunted House Decorating Contest. It was a lot of fun but decorating anything with a 2 year old and black frosting was a little scary. The Jensens won and they actually got a cool prize. The Duncans will be better prepared to bring some competition to the contest next year. Then there was our churches Trunk or Treat. I thought it was a great way to prepare Zoe for real trick or treating. At the beginning she was hesitant but by the end she would walk up all by herself and say "trunk or treat" . We also carved pumpkins for a FHE,aka: family night. We are extremely novice at this, but I think they turned out pretty good. Next year we'll have a better plan for the design. After that was Jamin's work Halloween Party. It's for kids only, they get to trick or treat for candy all around the different desks(it's a huge place), and then there are crafts for the kids. Zoe was totally shy, we'll call it. By the time actual Halloween came around no amount of bribery would get her to put on her costume. We went down town HB. The city closes Main street and the store owners hand out candy. They also provided entertainment including but not limited to a petting zoo (ok, I know that I originally posted "petting Zoe" but come on, I get like 4 hours of sleep each night you can't expect me to be entirely coherent or in complete sentences) and several bounce houses which were all free. It's funny how much fun all of these activities are now that I have a little person who gets excited for them. Even though she didn't wear her costume Zoe was actually brave enough to go in a bounce house and had a great time. I was so proud. She is a bit of a scaredy cat.