Manicures

Grandma Munns sure knows how to treat her daughters...I love to get manicures and pedicures..and really anything fancy like that...and as a little bonding before the move Mom treated a manicure (I had recently gotten my pedi) Ellie was my little companion for the event...a girls only event! I wonder what the boys were up to?

Ellie & Goldie 10.25.07

We headed out to Melbourne to visit with the Quigleys and Hydes before we left FL for good. We got to go and see Calvin's last football game and hang out for a little bit! I really wanted to get some pictures of Ellie with some of her closest cousins...this is the newest Munns Grandchild addition!
Goldie Hart Hyde

Ellie (almost 6 months old) looks like a Gigantisaur next to the petit, 2 week old Goldie!
Goldie is one of the prettiest babies! She was so tiny...at least by Munns standards...but she is a bombshell...just ask her darling patient Mother!

Goldie's checking out that little beauty next to her!

Shelly and her happy little baby!
POOR LITTLE GIRL!

The sisters with their beautiful baby girls!

BON VOYAGE 10.25.07

Steve's Parents have earned a GOLDEN STAR for their saintliest offering...they drover our 26 foot U-Haul moving truck towing our Honda the 1700+ miles to Toledo, OH!
thank you!
Thank you !
THANK YOU!

Some of the crew that gathered to send off these wonderful people on their trip... the Anderson kids love to be in on the action!!!

The little Ward Family ready for a new adventure...Looking a little ragged but we survived yet another Blitz move!

MOVING TRUCK

Once we found out we could get basically pocket any excess that we didn't spend on our move we flew into our thrifty mode and did it ALL ourselves...at least a lot of it...we did inlist the help of some family & friends but hey what are they for?
Gordon was a REALLY GOOD helper...when he wasn't helping to unload the truck or take off with vital pieces to furniture, or tools or..well he had a lot of fun helping Steve get things ready!

Gordon LOVED climbing along the top of the furniture in the truck!

The pack mule!

Monkey see...Monkey do...Oscar wants to do ANYTHING Gordy does!
You gotta love brothers!

GORDON DAY at YMCA 10.24.07

I am going to miss Gordon's preschool I daresay more than he will! Ms Dana and Ms Miriam were the BEST!!! They loved Gordon and Ms Dana acctually teared up when I told her that we were moving! She was amazing she put together a whole day for him (she called it Gordon Ward Day--how clever!) She made this huge poster as you can see HUGE! Got him 3 presents (a disposable camera...so he could take pictures to remember his friends, a book about moving, and a little webkins raccoon.) a huge bumble bee balloon (their class was the Bumble Bees & Ladybugs) with a little sign that said "Gordon, you'll always Bee in our hearts!" and had a special treat that he picked out...cup cakes, ice cream and juice, and they played and pin the kiss on Gordon Game...just like pin the tail on the donkey but each child had a set of lips with their name on it and they put in onto the poster!
WE WILL MISS OUR FAVORITE PRE-SCHOOL EVER!!

Here is his class...Miss Dana is on the Right she got cut off -sorry!


Gordon's teachers invited Oscar, Eleanor, Steve and me to come to the party...since we were moving THAT DAY...Only Oscar and I made it. Eleanor was at home sleeping while Steve packed the moving truck (yeah so we did the whole move ourselves to pocket some$$) and my dear sweetheart mother literally cleaned my whole house---THANKS MOM!!

Halloween PAR-TAY!

As a last farewell weekend activity Steve and I went to Sarah & RJ's Halloween Party! It was really fun even though I love the idea of dressing up but not so much the acctual wearing of a costume...but I DO LOVE DOING THE MAKE-UP (sorry Steve)
We had a lot of fun goofing off with some of our dear friends in Odessa...WE MISS YOU DEARLY!
Here is the rundown of the events...
Appetizers and mingling....spooky fare at every turn...and bubling rootbeer in a cauldren (an icebreaker guess who i am game)
Introductions and Costume voting
A few weird contests...ugliest feet, longest toes, etc
FEAR FACTOR Eating contest
Murder game ( where there's a murderer who kills people while everyone wanders around the house in the dark)
Relaxing & eating while visiting...LOVED IT!!!

Some of the "Cuisine" for the fear-factor Eating Contest!
The fare included: fish fries, some form of eel, Some type of pickled squid, a bug and a few other unmentionalbles...I honestly can't remember what they were but wish I could forget what they smelled like!
This is a prime example of what terrifying things can be found in an asian market!
YIKES!

Steve is eying the "food" that is part of the challenge...
Steve was far more daring than my stomach, mouth, nose, brain, and basically all reason would have allowed me to be.
It was a vailiant effort but the coveted prize--a candy dish with an electronic hand that slaps down when you reach for the candy--(wait a second I could use that...) was lost to Jason Engles...who scarffed down the delicacies much faster than should be allowed!
Steve claims that his loss however was due to a misunderstanding of the rules laid out before the challenge...I guess thats what we get our first year at the Anderson Halloween party!

The Terrifyingly Adorable coulple!
Yes, that's us under those decieving disguises...though next year I am trying to talk Steve into being cavemen--or cave people--there was a couple there that were dressed up AMAZINGLY!!! I think you can get a glimpse of the caveman in the 2nd photo!

All & ALL a good last hurrah in tampa!

PURPLE DAY

So It was the week before Halloween and I HAD to get the purple hairspray! I LOVE doing color days all out! I could not find any other suitable purple attire for my little dear so I got together with Suzanne and her little boy Jackson to decorate shirts for the boys to wear!! We had more fun than the boys did in the decorating but the shirts still managed to turn out cute!

WHAT A LOOKER EH??

P.S. a note for next time...when you buy the little hanes undershirts...they tend to look like crop tops so buy up a few sizes!!