Happy Veterans Day

I was thinking today about the significance of Veterans Day, and how lucky we are to live in a country where people are willing to give their life to make others lives better. With everything that has gone on lately with the election and the financial turmoil, we still have life so much better than so many others. I think we have the veterans of our country to thank for that.
I was also thinking how sad it is that people know so little about the veterans of our country and the things they have been through. For some it is just a day that the mail doesn't come or a day for a "big sale" so I thought maybe some of you would like a little history lesson on how Veterans Day came to be. In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of thosewho died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…"
An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday - - a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as "Armistice Day." Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in the Nation’s history; after American forces had fought aggression in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting in its place the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

So to all the veterans out there (especially my dad) I honor you today. Happy Veterans Day.

Going Private

I always intended when I started our blog to make it private, and then never got around to doing it. But now is the time. In the next week I will make our blog private. Those of you I know that check out our blog from time to time I'll send you an invite. Anyone else that might peek in every once in awhile, but don't leave comments (I'm one of those people) leave me a comment and I'll send you an invite also.

Halloween Activities

We had a great October and were able to do lots of fun things. Here are a few...

Ashlyn our "Girl Bat" and Tanner our "Tough Elephant" heading out the door for some trick-or-treating action.We went trick-or-treating with the little neighbor girl Crystann. We got the wagon to pull the two little kids around, and it ended up the two little ones pulling Ashlyn around.Look at those cool wings!

I love that Ashlyn has a mind of her own, and such a unique one. My sister asked her back in September what she wanted to be for Halloween and she said right away, "a BAT"! I was a little surprised and wondered where she got that idea. Most 4 year old girls want to be a princess of some sort... not our Ashlyn. She has decided however that next year she wants to be a fairy.

Ashlyn, Crystann, and Tanner after a long, hard night of trick-or-treating.

Our cute little Elephant!

For family night right before Halloween we painted pumpkins. It was nice it was so warm that we could do it outside in shorts.
Once we got the carving tools out Tanner was right on that. He would have nothing to do with a paint brush after that. I don't know what it is about guys and their tools.
We also made Halloween sugar cookies...yummy!

And that is the end of our Halloween fun!