Macy's Christmas Tree Lighting. . .

We got to meet with Santa and Zachary shared he wanted a Mac truck and Chloe wants a dollhouse (and a lollipop).

Then we roasted marshmallow. . .

What an enchanting evening!

Celebrating Mommy's Birthday. . .

Look at all that smoke.

Sure is hard getting older. . .but still loving birthdays where you get cake and presents!

Silly kids

Halloween in the Milonovich Home. . . .

Are you scared?

Ready for school

All smiles

Goofing around

Carving pumpkins at Grannie and PaPa's house. .Chloe is learning so she can do her own next year.

The final product!

All ready to hit the streets. . .

Miss Bailey joining us to start out on the block

Trick or treating is tough. . but we made it around the block.


All done. . taking a break on the porch to evaluate our treasures.

I must have set some high expectations. After trying to catch up after all those months, now friends and family are complaining more. See, everyone was much quieter when I posted every six months!??! Sadly enough, we have had an amazing last few weeks, and we have not been the best photographers. The most recent highlight was Grampa and NaNa's visit from New York. We were lucky enough to spend the weekend in SanAntonio and go to Sea World--what a fantastic experience. However, don't look for the pictures, because we unfortunately forgot our camera at the hotel (maybe Grampa and NaNa or Aunt Kim will share their shots). Then, Grampa and NaNa spent their second week in Texas at our house! We were so sad to see them go and hope they will return again (especially with the weather getting colder and colder in New York).

Oktoberfest at Wahlberg Restaurant with the Clement Crew--Aunt Kim had a brilliant idea to go to Oktoberfest in this small town outside of Austin. . .what a blast! Grampa loved the music, the kids loved dancing, there was plenty of food. . who could ask for anything more?

A friend in our Neighborhood hosted a Halloween Party--What a clever Mommy. There was a chance to dig for treasure. . . .

a haunted house (Zachary and Chloe looking through the eyes of the ghost). . .
flying ghosts. . .and so much more!

Baby Meyer was dressed as Thomas Jefferson

Ballerina Chloe and Fireman Zachary


The party hostess. . Avery LadyBug
Kudos to the party hostess and her Mommy. . no CANDY! I must admit, it still feels odd to be getting dressed up for Halloween and not having to worry about all the layers to stay warm! Please don't misunderstand this as a complaint. . .I love the weather!

We were lucky to have the Ward family come stay with us for the weekend. Jake and Chloe were quite the buddies. . and Ellie and Zachary played well together. . maybe we need a dog to even the score. We took the train and the kids loved that. We tried IKEA, however, the play center was full.. not fun for the Dads! What a great weekend. We hope they come back soon. . .or maybe we will be taking a trip to Crawford.

Zachary, Ellie, Tyler, Chloe and Jake

Happy Fourth Birthday to Zachary. . .it is hard to believe this time next year we will be thinking about kindergarten. We had a party at the house for Zachary. Grannie and PaPa gave Zachary his first big boy bike. Mom and Dad gave Zachary a new remote control car ("a REAL one like Daddy's when he was little"). I am still not convinced it was not a gift for both Zachary and Daddy. . but Daddy says it's Zachary's car!?!?!

Celebrating Zachary's 4th Birthday. We had a little party at Phil's Ice House. . .always a hit. . on his actual birthday.

Again, while Zachary was on his trip. .lot's of special attention. There is no problem with taking a nap on the kitchen counter, right?

This summer while Zachary was on a trip with Grannie and PaPa in the "Big Bus", Chloe took swim lessons with our neighbor (Miss Bailey). She was quite the fishy!

This summer, Kim and I flew out to Minneapolis to celebrate Stephanie and Robert's wedding. What an event! It was nice to spend the weekend with the Blekre family and to reconnect with Ashley.