(yes I had to look up how to spell bouffant)
Here is a little sneak peek at what the two Paquette girls will be wearing this Halloween. Asher will be wearing the twice passed down pumpkin costume from his big sisters’ first Halloweens. (I promise this will be the only costume that will be passed down to him.) 😉
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
Off we went Friday afternoon to catch a few more pics of the kids in the pumpkins…
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| I title this pic, “Are you sure she won’t drop me mommy?” From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
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| this swing tastes yummy! From October 2008 |
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| Ella called herself the “talking flower” From October 2008 |
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| hayride From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
So, I realized that it is much harder to get all 3 kids together for pumpkin patch pics now that Rilyn is in preschool every day and Ella is in preschool twice a week. Today, we had round 1 of pictures with just Asher and Rilyn. Hopefully we can make it again this week so Ella will be included. 😉
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
Who could resist the Mrs. Potato Head pumpkins? I saw them at Target and knew the girls would love them. So, we ‘dressed up’ our pumpkins last week and put them on the front porch. Rilyn proudly claimed that she was the princess pumpkin and Ella proudly claimed she was the “helicopter.” (I can’t blame her because I don’t think we’ve gotten to the part in the Bible yet where we teach her angels have halos.) 😉 As for Asher, he doesn’t care that he doesn’t have a Mr. Potato Head pumpkin so he won’t get one until next year. He is just our little pumpkin for now. 🙂
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| Rilyn’s princess pumpkin From October 2008 |
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| Ella’s “helicopter” pumpkin From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
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| From October 2008 |
Rilyn is 2 and Asher is 5 months old in these pictures
when you see pumpkin…
Thanks grandma!
(If you don’t believe me, here’s some pictures to prove it. The rest you’ll have to see to believe.) 😉
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| From October 2008 |
 the sponge that now resides in my sink |
| From October 2008 |
Mandy, James’ sister, sent him a great birthday card. It said, “Just because your 30 doesn’t mean you still can’t be a teen heart throb!” Her card was perfect because for his birthday my parents and I got James Rock Band for his Wii. Now he can live out his dream. (If you really know James you know I am not kidding.)
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| James is the fourth from the left. From October 2008 |
Seven years of marriage and 3 kids later…not bad at all for a 30 year old! 😉 Happy Birthday to the best husband and daddy in the world! We love you with all of our hearts!! God has done so much through you and you have blessed us and so many others beyond measure.
 Baby James |
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 10 year old James |
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 20 year old James (notice the earring and highlighted hair) |
| From October 2008 |
 My handsome hubby now! |
| From October 2008 |
Today is officially the start of James ‘birthday week.’ His big 3-0 is actually 4 days away but in our family we like to celebrate all week just to make it more fun. Well, who doesn’t love surprises on your birthday week? This is what James got today.
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| From September 2008 |
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| From September 2008 |
You see, James wanted to go to IHOP after 5 o’clock church today because they have his favorite pancakes and he is entitled because it is his birthday week. If you can’t tell from the pics, James got his car stereo jacked from his car in the IHOP parking lot on Cesar Chavez today. (As if his 1997 Nissan Altima wasn’t hooptie enough, now he gets to drive around for awhile with a missing front passenger window and car stereo!) We took 2 cars to church and thankfully my car wasn’t broken into which was parked right next to his. I guess they figured mine has a car alarm which it does.
Here’s to hoping James birthday week gets better! Love you hon!
the paquettes 