Proud Godmother

Saturday was proud day for me as a Godmother. My first & oldest Godchild, Lexi went deer hunting for the first time with her Papa Randy & shot one! Lexi said it was a gut shot & Grandpa had to "finish him off", but was she ever excited! I'm not a deer hunter but I'm married to one, so I know how exciting it is to shoot a deer on opening day. Not to mention shooting one your first time hunting. Way to go Lexi! My newest & youngest Godchild, Cohen was baptized on Saturday. I am so honored that DJ & Deena chose Jamey & I to be Cohen's Godparents. Cohen was so good throughout the service. He didn't even cry when Pastor poured water on his head. :) JB, the middle Godchild didn't have to do anything to make me proud. I was just happy to be able to spend the day with him. I know its a little early to be giving out Christmas presents but I figured Saturday was as good as any day to watch JB open a present. Bridget & Rusty enjoyed watching him too because they hadn't seen him open a gift either. He of course enjoyed the paper more than the gift itself, but that's ok. I know his daddy was THRILLED that I bought JB MORE Vikings paraphernalia. Rusty laughs & shakes his head every time JB gets another "MN" theme gift. But hey, we just want JB to know that there's a lot of people in MN that love him! And anyone who knows our family, knows how we love to pick on the ones we love. So Rusty, giving JB all those MN gifts is just our way of saying "We love you!" :)

JB opening his first gift

Proud Godparents of Godchild Cohen Kimmes

JB at Little Oscars - taken just before they left for the airport

Our family keeps growing...

My Grandma Kimmes has been begging my dad for an updated family photo for quite sometime, so while Bridget was "home" last week we took a couple snapshots. Its hard to believe that our family of 6 is now a family of 17 - and we're still growing!!! As a matter of fact, we'll be a family of 18 in 9 short months! Bridget & Rusty are expecting Baby #2! Bridget's not very far along yet but they didn't want to wait to tell us because it was their one & only opportunity (they're done after this one) to tell us in person. We're very excited for them!!!

Bridget's announcement didn't come as a surprise to me because I had a gut feeling she was pregnant. As a matter of fact, I sent Bridget an e-mail a couple weeks ago & asked if my premonition was true. She called me last Monday laughing about my e-mail & denied it was true. So when she announced to the family that she is pregnant, I had to call her out & call her a liar (lol!) which of course caused every one's heads to turn & look at me like I was crazy...lol! So together Bridget & I told the family about my premonition. :)

The Grandkids

The entire family with Dad

Halloween 2008

This Halloween the girls put their costumes together completely on their own. I was so proud of them! Kenzie was Mrs. Clause & Lauryn was a bridesmaid. Kenzie wore the bottom of Lexi's (my niece) dance costume along with other items she found around the house. Lauryn wore Lexi's junior bridesmaid dress from Mike & Jill's (my sister & brother-in-law) wedding. Lexi's dress fit Lauryn perfectly! Its hard to believe Lexi was ever that little!

I passed candy at work during CF Halloween Parade on Friday afternoon, so the girls rode the bus to Jill & Mike's after school & got ready. When I got there, all the kids were raring to go! We all piled into the car & away we went. Our first stop was at my Mom & Bill's. From there we stopped at my Grandma's & aunt's & uncle's houses. After visiting with my family, we met up with my Dad & his girlfriend at our house so the kids could go trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. It was such a beautiful night, the kids had so much fun! They're already excited for next year & can you believe they're ALREADY thinking of ideas for their costumes?! :)

Our beautiful little bridesmaid

Mrs. Clause

Mrs. Clause with a bridesmaid

My Halloween Fun!

McKenzie & Lauryn weren't the only two to have fun this Halloween - I had a little fun of my own! I celebrated Halloween on Saturday with a group of girlfriends. We met at a friend's house & spent a couple hours getting ready together. I think we had as much fun (if not more) getting ready as we did going out! After we were ready, we went to dinner at Dan's Bar for dinner. We were the only people at Dan's dressed up for Halloween, needless to say, we got a LOT of funny looks! We ended our evening at Brewster's. We didn't win Brewster's costume contest, but had a great time! I can't wait until next Halloween!

The Devil (Laura Freeberg), Angelic Angel (My sister Jill) & Dark Angels - (Me, Mandi Hofstedt & Amy Doehling

The Devil & I

The Dark Angels (Mandi, Amy & I)