The Farrell family

The Farrell family

Monday, November 8, 2010

Family Photos

We recently had our family photos taken by our pastor's wife who does an outstanding job and is very budget friendly!! Below are just a few of the many shots she took! Thanks LK!!






Sock Hop

The last Friday in September, the Elementary StuCo at our school put on a Sock Hop for the elementary students.
Maggie in her poodle skirt.....that is a coffee filter colored black with the center cut out of it.....desperate times call for desperate measures.....she had a felt record from a dance recital, but we couldn't find it!!

Marshall as a greaser......

Aren't they cute!!??!!

Hayride!!

A few weeks ago, some of our friends had a hog roast and hayride at their house! It was a beautiful fall evening and our family had a terrific time. Of course, Marshall rode in the tractor with the driver rather than on the hay wagon. Maggie, Morgan and I sang songs and visited along with the other people in the wagon. We had a fun time. It reminded me of the times when I was a kid and we used to have hay rides!! Fun, fun!!

Marshall in the tractor cab with Melvin and Zac......those who know all three of these realize that this is SCARY!!! LOL!

Maggie and Morgan......can you tell it is dark outside, but Mo has on sunglasses!?! hehehe

Halloween 2010

Halloween 2010 proved to be very interesting! As usual, Halloween turned into a several day celebration.....I have noticed that when you have kids this happens.....every holiday/birthday turns into a multi-day celebration!! Oh well.....they are only little once.....and mine are just about not that little anymore!! :( We started our pre-Halloween celebration on the Thursday before the actual holiday with a Trunk or Treat at our school sponsored by the CharacterPLUS committee. The school board members served a freewill donation chili supper while local organizations and businesses sponsored a Trunk or Treat in the gym. The varsity girls' basketball team set up a haunted stage for kids to go through! It was a fun evening!!

However, the holiday got hijacked later on that evening when Morgan and Marshall began vomitting at 10:45 and 11:30. The boys and I spent most of the night up and down vomitting while I tried to figure out a way to handle the situation. Sick kids in the middle of the night was not going to go well with getting up and being at work at 6:00 a.m. in the morning. My mom wasn't available, so I closed the daycare.....which really spoiled the plans for our Halloween party.....but what can you do....sick kids need their mommy!!
Maggie was fortunate enough to be well, so she got to go to school Friday and celebrate with her classroom party!! Last year, she dressed up as Mommy for Halloween so this year, she decided to go as Daddy! She looked really cute in her carpenter garb!!
By Saturday morning, the boys were doing better and Morgan went deer hunting for the first time ever!! However, he had a crummy weekend and didn't get a deer, but he is waiting for the regular season so that he can try his hand again!! Say a prayer that he gets a deer.....he is really excited!!

Sunday evening, we headed to my brother's family's house for our annual Trick or Treating frolic. We have been trick or treating with them since Morgan was little. We gather at their house and eat supper (usually pizza) and then trick or treat their street and the next street over! The kids have a super time!

Below are some pictures of the kids and one crazy lady in costumes!

Oh look!!! It's Aunt Andi with Alli's stem on her head.....isn't she cute!?!?
Marshall as a Kansas City Royal.

By Sunday night, Maggie had tired of wearing the carpenter's tool belt and was ready to dress up like Mommy again.....

Morgan wasn't feeling well on Sunday night and instead of wearing his Percy Jackson costume which granny worked really hard on for 10 minutes to make he borrowed this Yoda mask to make trick or treating with Alli more fun!!!

Old Threshers

OK....so here's how I end up doing things. I take, take, take pictures, and then I finally upload everything at one time.....so here is post number one!! Back in September, we headed to Greg's parents' house to attend Old Threshers in Shelbina. Marshall was super excited to go since it involved farming and old tractors! Below are a few pictures of the weekend. As a bonus, we got to see all of Greg's immediate family except for one of his brothers and his wife and oldest son!! That doesn't happen very often since we all live so far apart and have very busy lives!!

Marshall during the pedal tractor pull.....this was his first one ever. He ended up getting upset because he thought he was treated unfairly....he wasn't.....HE just thought he was!!! Typical Marshall.....God love him!

Prior to the pedal tractor pull, they had games for the kids. Here is Marshall in the hay scramble!!! He sneezed lots later on!

They also have rides for the kids. Marshall is here with his cousin Bridgit on a train made of barrells that are painted to look like tractors.....imagine that he is in a John Deere green one!!


Here is little miss Maggie in the tractor barrell ride!!

Daddy and the boys!!