Bats Yuk!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well last night we discovered a bat in our house. We have been hearing the chirping noise off and on for the last couple of years and we thought it was a cricket that was stuck near the furnance area. Well last night it was making the chirping noise so I decided to hit the one pipe with a broom and Jason turned on the furnance hoping that whatever was there would go away. Well all of a sudden a bat came flying out. Jason freaks out and so do I and we run outside. Well Jason did not want to get it out so his Uncle came over and captured it and put it in a box to take to his property because he has an old barn were he can live. Well the gross part is I think there is more bats living in the chimney because we heard the noise again which we now know is bats. We did not tell the kids we did not want to scare them. Here is a picture of him. I don't know what we are going to do about the others Jason's is trying to figure that out. I just want them out of here it freaks me out.

Carving pumpkins

Last night we carved our pumpkins when Rachel came back to from her dad's house. The kids drew their own faces and I carved them out. This year they actually scooped the seeds out of the pumpkins themselves. Nik said he loved doing it. There is a nice picture of Rachel with the pumpkin slime. Rachel 2 weeks ago took a big history test she got 95% on it!!! I am so proud of her, we studied out butts off for the test and it paid off. Mrs Kramer her teacher said she should be proud of herself and it was a pleasure to read her work. I am so proud!!!
For Halloween Rachel is going to be a pirate and Nik is a vampire. Jason in dressing up too and will be a vampire also. I will have more pictures of that later. Have a Happy Halloween and don't eat too much candy.

Circus, hiking, Chuck E Cheese

Well this weekend we went to the circus on Saturday. It was so much fun. The kids loved it and so did the adults. We could not take pictures . Later in the day we went hiking and we got some pretty pictures of the leaves from the outlook at Chapin Forest in Kirtland. Then on Sunday we went to Chuck E Cheese. The kids had a lot of fun of course. Well today it is snowing in Chardon and we could get 1-3 inches. Yuk! Nik is doing much better and will go to school today. Jason and I suffered a mild version of what Nik had over the weekend but it was short lived. Have a great week!

Busy week

Nik was sick today so he stayed home from school. I think he has the flu, body aches, fever and a cough. I hope he gets better because Saturday we are going to the circus. Rachel had 6 tests this week so we did a lot of studying. Jason's dad went back to Alaska on Monday but mom is here until Nov 2nd. Tomorrow she is coming over for movies and subs something not too much because Nik is still not well. Rachel is doing great they loved seeing grandpa. Nik really enjoyed him and misses him. Well have a nice weekend and I will let you know how the circus goes we are all very excited! No pics this time.

Cabin

Well we are back from the cabin. We had a great time. Nik said it is his best time ever. It was a huge cabin it had four rooms and 2 bathrooms it was bigger than our house. We went down to the beach and the waves were huge I got a nice picture of that. There was hardly any beach left. We made hobo pies the eggs ones did not turn out good. But the cheese and jelly ones turned out really good. We played Candy Land and Sorry. The sleeping was not too great all the adults did not sleep much. It was too hot in Jason and my room and the furnance was so loud it woke you up everytime it kicked on. Plus the beds had plastic on them which was uncomfortable. Jason and I ended up on the couches which still did not help much. The kids slept great they said at least somebody slept good. Then we went out to breakfast which was very good. Tonight we are going to Danielle's.

It's snowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I look out the window and what do I see SNOW!!! So I snapped a few pictures. It has already stopped it lasted for 5 minutes. I just can't believe Oct 12th and its snowing. It is so cold out there I cam glad I bought Nik a new winter jacket the other day because he did not have one. Well stay warm everyone. I will be taking a lot of pictures of all of our fun this weekend.

Izzy's in love

Izzy got a new toy from Jason's mom and dad its a little fish that squeaks. He is in love with it he carries it all around and I found him sleeping with it yesterday so I took a picture of it. Tomorrow we are going to the cabin it sounds like fun, its right by the beach. We will not be doing any swimming though its going to be soooo cold. Its going to get in the 30's tonight and they say a possibility of snow. Yuk!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then Saturday night we are going over Danielle's house for a cookout.

More pictures from Pumpkin Festival

Here are more pictures from yesterday. I could not put them all up they only allow five at a time. These are pictures from my camera phone because I forgot my regular camera. I think they turned out pretty good.

Pumpkin and Corn Festival

Today we saw mom and dad . We went to Bob Evans and ate breakfast though it was more close to lunch. The kids were so excited to see them. Then we went to the Pumpkin and corn Festival at the Lake Metro Parks in Kirtland. The kids went on pony rides, painted pumpkins, saw how they made apple cider. We all went into a corn maze which was a lot of fun. You had to answer these questions at certain turns, and depending on your answer you either went the right way or the wrong way. Though I had the answer sheet which made it easier. After words we went to get ice cream at the place at the intersection of 306 and 6. It was very yummy everyone had a great time. Rachel even passed out on the way home.

Mom and Dad Spotz are coming!!!!!!!!!!!

Well Mom and Dad Spotz are coming tonight. Jason is picking them up at the airport at around 10PM. I have been so busy with my pet sitting. I got several new clients this week which is great. I have also been busy with the cleaning but of course Rachel is being a big help since I have so little time. It sounds like we are going to do a lot of fun things when mom and dad are here. We are going to the circus one weekend and next weekend for one night we are going to stay overnight in a cabin. The kids are very excited. Everyone is doing great. Nikolaus is getting over a small cold. Well have nice weekend. I don't have any pics this time but I will have some soon I am sure.

Bathroom painted

I painted the bathroom yesterday. This is the best picture I could get our bathroom is so small so it was hard. I painted it a pale blue. And painted the door and trim around the door white. Everything looked so nice and bright so I ended up painting Rachel & Nikolaus's door too. Rachel is back and she is doing great. She did great in math last week she got a 99% on one of her timed math tests. Have a great week.

Kim's Wedding pictures

Well I finally got Kim's and Jay's wedding pictures from my mom. So here they are. Some are a little fuzzy not much I can do about that. The picture at the bottom is of my mom, brother, and my Grandpa & Grandma Comer. Looks like they had a great time. My grandpa actually wore shorts my mom told me and thats a first I don't think I have ever seen him in shorts. Thats how hot it was and humid too. Well I am going to paint the bathroom today. It is going to be a pale blue. I forgot some things so we need to run up to Home Depot. I will post some pictures of it when I am done. Something is wrong with our grill so Jason is going to attempt to fix it. Trying to get the house all in order for mom and dad they will be here late Friday night. Well weather should be nice today so enjoy it.