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Party! Party! Party!

Well all the birthday excitement has died down. How would it be to be 4 again and celebrate your birthday for 3 day straight! We had Thanksgiving a week early with my family in Salem so we had a little b-day celebration on Sunday with them. Then Monday was her actual birthday so we had all the Averetts/Crandalls/Butikofers over for cake and ice cream. Then Tuesday was a school day for her so she had to take cupcakes for everyone and had a little party there. Her birthday is so close to Thanksgiving that it's hard to find a good time to celebrate it when all her family can make it. She sure had a good time all three days though and she is so lucky to have such great family who will come to little ole Francis on a school night to help her celebrate so thank you to everyone who came! Here are some of her party pictures!

Happy Birthday Hayden!

Today is Hayden's 4th birthday so I'm stealing Olivia and Ricks birthday slideshow idea. I can't believe she is really 4 years old. She has promised me that she will stay 4 forever but she said the same thing last year when she was 3.

Who's ready for christmas???

I started my christmas shopping this last weekend and I am getting in the holiday mood! If I thought my husband wouldn't have a coronary I would get out my christmas decorations. I already hit him up about putting up the christmas lights while the weather is still good but I just got a dirty look. Can you say bah humbug anyone!!!! Come on there's not many shopping days left!!!! Let's get a little MERRY people!!

DECISION 2007

VICTORY! With a whopping 207 votes, Greg will keep his seat on the Town Council for 4 more years! He won by about 50 votes and the neighbor Tim won by nearly 100! We tried waiting up to hear the results but the town clerk called just before 11 to say she was last in line to get the votes in and it would be 1 or 2 before she would know the results. I guess Greg wasn't that worried because he said don't bother calling till morning then because I'm going to bed. So he got on line this morning when he got up and found out before anyone had the chance to call with the good news. Not a very exciting victory but a great result especially for his very first real election.

On the campaign trail!

Well on the long list of different hats that Greg wears is Francis Town Councilman. Last year when a spot opened up on the council he decided to run and was appointed to take the place of a member who was leaving. So this year he has to be elected and what an experience it has been so far. There are 3 spots open on the council , a 4 year and a 2 year, and 6 candidates including Greg running. Our friend and neighbor Tim Butikofer is also running. Greg is running for a 4 year spot and Tim a 2 year so they aren't running against each other which is good. There have been some very controversial issues that the town and the council have had to face lately mostly because of the new development that is coming to the area. Greg has come home from some of the monthly meetings and said that they have been quite heated. But I think he loves every minute of it! Part of what he taught at Morgan was government. So he is actually practicing what he preached for so long. The election is on Tuesday the 6th and we are very much anticipating the results. I think he has done a great job so far as council member and he definitely has my vote. If he has it his way, this term as council member is only a stepping stone till he can be elected Francis Town Mayor in the future. I can't wait to be 1st lady!

I told him as he was putting up his signs he

needed to get into it and wave to people as they drove by.

Give 'em a wink and a smile. Maybe kiss their baby.