This is how we roll...

My sister has started a new vinyl lettering business with two of her sister-in-laws,

Windmill Lettering.

I am a huge fan of all the fun things you can do with vinyl, so I was happy to hear about their new adventure!

They made us 5 buttons to put on our van...and look how cute they turned out! I know we don't technically have 5 people in our family yet, but pretty soon we will. I am not sure why Dave had to put his Mountain Dew in the picture...maybe he is worried about how much caffeine his body will need to function as the father of three children instead of only two.

Cute as a Button (or five Buttons!)
If you are interested in any adorable vinyl for your car or home or anything, check out their website at http://www.windmilllettering.com/

Pumpkin Carving, Button Style

This is the newest member of our family, our Pumpkin Potato-Head, Mrs. Witch.

Isn't she lovely?

The kids love her!
Our adorable kids with their new friend

I love that it took about five minutes to decorate and there were no messy pumpkin guts all over the place! I think this may be a new tradition in our home as far as pumpkins go...we will see how long it lasts until I get out voted. :)

I Heart Celine Dion!

Last Saturday I got to go with my sister to see a Celine Dion concert. I love that woman, her voice is amazing and just as great live as on her CD's! I went with my mother in law 5 years ago to see her in Vegas, so I was really excited to get the chance to see her again. My sister took her camera and I did not, so to see just how close we were, check out her blog:
http://vanderhoeven.blogspot.com/2008/10/celine-dion-in-tacoma.html

Wii went bowling for Family Night!

After having way too much fun playing Wii with the VanderHoevens, we somehow ended up with one in our home. I am pretty sure my husband said at one time that we would never own a video game system...but some things are just too much fun to resist!

Here are Kelsi and Dave bowling...

Notice that Kelsi did a lot better than her dad!!!
Even Andrew got into it...we may have some professional bowlers in this family.
A perfect way to end a perfect day...Hot Cocoa with a scoop (or two!) of vanilla ice cream. Heaven in a mug, I am not kidding you!!

The Fair!

Last weekend we went to the Central Washington State Fair. We started the day by attending a parade then off to the fair. It was a long, but fun day. The kids of course just wanted to ride the rides. I was the designated picture person since they don't let pregnant ladies ride anything. :(

This was in the evening and as you can see, Andrew is wiped out! We didn't take a stroller this year because we figured the kids were big enough and we wanted to wear them out. We did run into some friends who had a double stroller and they were so kind as to let Andrew sleep for a bit in the back.
While Andrew was sleeping, Kelsi and Dave took the opportunity to go on the all big rides that Andrew was too small for. They had a little too much fun...we are just glad the Dave was able to get Kelsi to a garbage can before she lost her very pricey fair lunch! And if you ask her, she now hates the Zipper ride. :) We can't wait to go back next year!