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This is not a very good picture, but I just had to post it! This is Saturday - before Halloween and some friends in the neighborhood are having a Halloween party! Can you guess the theme? Yep, 80s! I didn't take my camera 'cause I was told after the party last year that NO cameras would be allowed. Apparently, things got out of hand last year and the photographic evidence was somewhat incriminating! However, there were several cameras there and hopefully I'll get some copies of the more mild pictures!

And don't even think that we're done with Halloween... not in this neighborhood! We have another big party on Halloween night, so there will be more pics to come!


John, Cindy, Lachlan, Kristen, Mitch, Kelli, Greg and Me!

Our new hobby...

Now we've found a new hobby! Rock climbing - of course here in Florida that means indoors on a climbing wall, but it's still fun. Jake was invited to a 'rock climbing birthday party' and that was where we got our first taste. Now I try to go at least once a month and Sara has been begging to go too! Jake's not too sure about it, but had a good time at the party!

Back to School!

Yes - I know it's been a looooooong time since I've updated this site! Too long! And I don't know how it happens... since I don't have a real 'paying' job, but I always seem soooo busy! So now the kids are back in school... that should help, but then again maybe not. I still seem to keep busy - trying to stay fit, walking the dog everyday - running on occasion, and I've been totally book-obsessed lately! But enough about me... this is the 'livelykids' blog afterall! So here they are! Ready for a new school year, even though they had to start a day late because of Hurricane Fay! Sara is in 5th grade, Anna in 3rd grade and Jake in 1st grade. This year is actually a little sad for me... this is the last year that they will all three be at the same school. Sara moves on to middle school next year. Can't stop them growing up!

Horse Camp!

OK - I never would have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes! My girls wanted to go to horse camp this summer! Thanks to our great neighbor, Cindy, it worked out perfectly. So Sara and Anna went to horse camp 8:00 - 5:00 everyday for a week and they absolutely LOVED it! They never once complained about the heat, about the dirt, about the smell, about the work they had to do or even about scrapping the horse poo off the bottom of the horses hooves! MY LITTLE PRINCESSES SCRAPPED HORSE POO WITH A SMILE! Unbelievable - so now I guess this is something we're going to have to do...

Anna loves Trudy!

Sara rode several different horses during the week! Both girls did fantastic!