Helping Dad put up Christmas lights.

it was a very nice day out side and as a family we put up the Christmas lights, and these are the only pictures i got this year. we even put up the Christmas tree and dad was supposed to take pictures. he did video it but the only picture we got was this first picture.

yes this is the only picture and mom took it.

Thanksgiving Breakfast

Another Barlow tradition is to have breakfast on Thanksgiving and Christmas morning. Well this year was at our house. Here are some pictures that we took.

The 5 year old's. Malachai, Staci, Tristan & Allyson.

All the little kids. The funny thing is that these kids are kids of
our kids cousins. Follow That?

The Barlow sisters minus 1 and the sister in laws. Jolene & Vickie standing, Lynne, Jan, Paula & Kami. We are just missing Connie.

Mark, Roy & Dale

Jan, Vickie, Lynne & Jolene

Mark & Kami, Jan & Mitch, Jolene & Pat, Lynne & Max, Roy, Vickie, Dale & Paula

Jeremy and Staci got to stay and play.

Here we have Stefani, Malachai and Staci with Tristan, Allyson and Gavin.

Malachai loves to come over and play.

Tristan and Jeremy.

The girls. Staci and Allyson.

Gavin, Staci & Allyson

Gavin and Dad

Taking Jeremy and Staci to Aunt Jan's.

Silly faces!!

More silly faces!

The kids had so much fun after breakfast. Malachai, Jeremy and Staci got to stay and play.

Mom's Cell Phone

Ever had this happen to you? Well it was a busy Friday night. Mom got off of work and went home before picking up the 2 boys from Jolene's. Dad had Allyson at dance class.

Well she was taking something out of the back of the car, and just went about her way to get the boys, oh and Uncle Roy. It was getting dark, and she could not find her phone. She just thought that she must have left it at home. No big deal. After taking Uncle Roy home she started to trace her steps. "I don't think I left it at home" she thought. Driving home she saw something shinny in the intersection close to home. "NO WAY!" she thought. She drove home and ran inside and called her cell number. No ringing from inside the house or in the car. She called dad to see if he was on his way home. He was just leaving dance class. He asked her why she was not answering her phone. She started to tell him and stopped just as she realized what had happened. She got back into the car and hurried to the intersection. There it was. She picked up a piece and then another and then another, and another. Dad pulled up at this time and they found the last piece with the card. It looked OK. But it was toast. Luckily her parents had a phone that she could have.

Here is what she found that night!

Time to catch up again.

Well it is that time again. Time for the Barlow family to play catch up. November went by super fast this year. We were not very busy the first part of the month but the end was crazy. On November 16Th we had our very first Parent Teacher conferences with the twins teachers.

Allyson was first. She is doing awesome!! Mrs Stotz her teacher was telling us about a day she spent in Jury Duty and was doing homework. She was talking to another lady and told her that she taught kindergarten at Cram. The other lady said really I have a niece and nephew that go to school there and are in kindergarten. She said Allyson and Tristan Barlow. Mrs Stozt said really I am Allyson's teacher. The other lady ended up being Aunt Jan. Allyson is reading really well above level. She is a leader and Mrs Stotz asked which of the kids is in charge at home, we said Allyson. She said that she can leave for the day and tell the Sub to ask a few of the kids what to do and Allyson is at the top of that list. She loves being in charge. She is above level in all areas.

Tristan was next. What a surprise when we heard from his teacher Mrs Mcleod that he also is a leader and is a rule follower. He is also above reading level and is doing very well in math. He loves to talk, which we already know. He also is above level in all areas.

We are so proud of them both. They are doing very well and have not had any problems at school. Their teachers just love having them in class. We hear from Jolene that they are the principles helpers after school directing traffic.

Halloween Night and Donuts

The annual Donuts and Root beer with the Tanner's. This has become a tradition that Mark loves. As many know from last year's blog this was started by his parents when he was a kid. When Jolene mentioned it he said that it brought back so many memories. If I remember right (it was almost a month ago) we handed out over 500 donuts this year. The boys wanted to wear the same costumes as last year. That was a great idea since this year they had grown into them and they fit so well. Also they are in great condition even with the wear and tear. Allyson was a Fairy Ballerina. They only went trick or treating for about 1 hr max and where done.

Halloween Morning and Pumpkin's

Since Halloween was on a Saturday we decided to wait until that day to carve our pumpkins. They turned out very well if I do say so myself. Here are the pictures of our 2009 Halloween Pumpkins with some pictures of the kids that day. The kids had some really small pumpkin's which made it really hard. Dad got all the insides out once the kids were done and mom carved them.

Allyson's

Tristan's

Gavin's

Mom and Dad's