Halloween 2009!

We had a wonderful Halloween yesterday! From the moment Emma woke up, she asked if it was time to go trick or treating. :) We headed to downtown Poulsbo for round #1 of candy.

Here are our cute little trick or treaters: Camden, Claire, Alison, Emma, Hunter, and Logan. Who needs Robin when Batman can have Dora as his sidekick?!?!
This is as far as the kids got when we arrived back at our house...

A little pizza to absorb some of the sugar.

Round #2: trick or treating around our neighborhood.

When the gang came back to the house to unload some candy and take a potty break, Spiderman and Diego were nowhere to be found...they were hiding in the living room digging into their loot!

Chris, Chris, and Louie's take on trick or treating...

Let the sugar high begin!!!

After changing into their jammas, Claire, Emma, and Camden were ready to help me hand out candy...

I think the guys had a very successful evening trick or treating!

Thanks for all the laughs! :)

Emma's Halloween Joke

Silverwood's Halloween Carnival

The excitement of Halloween is here! Emma and Camden both ran into the bathroom yesterday morning when I was getting ready for school and shouted, "BOO! Happy Halloween!" Here they are heading out the door to school(Thanks Aunt Jessi for the cute shirts!). It's Dora and Diego ready for the Halloween Carnival at Silverwood!
Diego trying out my witch hat. :)

Diego loved the fishing game...

Dora was a pro at the beanbag toss...

Trunk or Treating (in the rain!)

Visiting Miss Susan at the playhouse for some goodies.

Dora and Diego were professional Chicken Dancers!

Emma waited all night for the cake walk. She held Camden's hand the whole game and finally won a cake. She was a little bummed that the cat cake we had made was already gone.

Kickin' back at the end of the night with the cute little pumpkin cake they won.

Henry Goes to Washington

Last week Henry (Emma's beloved stuffed dog) was lucky enough to be Chris's travel companion to Washington, D.C. We received many pictures of Henry via cell phone and the kids shrieked with excitement every time they heard my phone beep with a new text message.

I will admit that it was tough on Emma, Camden, and I to miss out on such an important trip. After all, we do consider ourselves to be Chris's biggest cheerleaders. We are so proud of Chris competing in the Marine Corps Marathon and send a big thanks to Pops, Tim, and Henry for filling in as his support crew. Check out Chris's Running Blog for the full rundown on his trip.

Chris sent a picture of Henry in front of the White House to my cell phone on Friday. When Emma saw it, she exclaimed, "Henry's at Obama's house!"

300 Memories

October 2, 2007 was the beginning of the Kasparek Family Memories. Here we are two years later and I'm writing my 300th post.

I had the idea to start this blog because we were starting a new chapter in our lives. We'd just made our big move from Japan to Washington and I wanted to have a way to really stay connected with the friends we said good-bye to in Japan and those 4 VIPs in Iowa (a.k.a. the grandparents).

Little did I know that this would become a living scrapbook that I hope Emma and Camden can look back on one day. We've shared lots of laughs and this has also been a journal for us to work through some tough times.

I know there are at least 3 million memories we've made in the past 2 years and I've tried to capture as many as I could on film. Chris will tell you that I am always taking pictures with a blog in mind. As soon as we get in the door, I have the urge to go blog about the memory we've just made.

Thank you to our loyal readers. I know that even if no one looked at this blog, I'd still cherish every word of it.

Here's to many more memories!

Tattoo Torture

Emma got a pirate ship tattoo at school yesterday and proudly showed us how she could put it on her arm all by herself. Being the wonderful big sister that she is, Emma asked her teacher for a tattoo for her brother and was very excited to help Camden put his on this evening. Here's the big reveal!!!!!
Seconds later: sheer freak out!!!! The Jolly Roger on Camden's arm scared him to death, so I quickly scrubbed it off.

Checking to make sure I got it all...

No more tattoos for me!

Love My Boys!

Look at this teamwork! My 2 favorite guys working away vacuuming-a girl's dream! :)