The Dale and Kris Shields Family

Today we had our first real snow!!! I am a little suprised because it is so late in the month. We have actually had 2 little snows, one 2 days before Halloween, and the other a few days ago, but nothing really stuck. Well today we had the most beutiful big snowflakes and it was perfect powder!!!! The First thing Maisey said when she woke up was "Can I go make a snow angel mom?" It was so cute so we got all bundled and went outside. I couldn't get the camera fast enough after getting myself bundled, she had already made one and was off to make a snowman. I had to bribe her to get her to come back for another one just so I could get a picture! We saved the face for Aubreigh to help with when she got home from school, but by 3:00 pm the rain started falling and the 5-6 inces of powder had turned to slush and "Curly" was no more.

(Sorry the pictures are so huge!!!! If someone could help me fix that???? LOL!!! You have to click on the photo to see the whole thing...lol!!!)

Sorry I am a slowtard about blogging!!! Thanks for the positive encouragement Megan!!! So our Halloween this year was really fun and totally different!!!
Our really good friends Brett and Kelli moved a few months ago and getting schedules together can be a little crazy...so we knew for sure we had to have Halloween with them this year. We went to a party at her Mom's with her kids and all the cousins. It was alot of fun as they really go all out!!!! It would make my AZ friends proud!!!! Penny (Kelli's mom) Throws a Party like Steph!!! After a yummy potluck dinner of homemade soups and a few games for the kids, Kelli's Stepdad took the kids trick-or-treating house by house being pulled on a hay wagon hooked to his quad. It was really neet to see all homes on the lake(so gorgeous), it reminded me alot of being in AZ with the tight-nit community and all the families out together, everyone knowing everybody...etc. That was a blast
The best part of the night was after the party we decided to go to the cemetary. Not just any Cemetary but seriously probably one of the coolest experiences of my life!!!!! Now in Maine there are cemetarys EVERYWHERE...you see little ones here and there, they are just all over the place. There are only a hanful of really big ones. This one in Gorham was as big as the Mesa cemetary and on Halloween they have a special tradition that was started 18 years ago by the family that lives across the street. Apparently 18 years ago when the Grandfather passed away, because he loves Halloween so much His family decorated his grave with Jack-o-lanterns at Halloween. Other families started to follow suite and now 18 years later, every headstone in the has one on Halloween night. There are 3 men that do it. They grow their own pumkins, carve them all, and Halloween day place them (at least 2000 or more) people come from all over to see this, and by 4am Nov 1, everything is cleaned up and gone. It was so amazing!!!! I seriously cannot describe enough how it looked and for certain these pictures could never do it justice. There were literally THOUSANDS of pumpkins.