Safe passages....

Hope you are having lots of fun!  Enjoy the weather, cold here today but it is November!

I am hanging my gloves up!

Yesterday I cut the grass for the last time in 2012, it was a little cold, only 42 degrees but my yard is ready for winter.  Bring on the snow!!!

Halloween 2012

Here we have a Gorilla, spooky spector, and a Vampiress.
If trick or treating was an Olympic sport, these kids would be contenders for the GOLD!  They had a blast and didn't get cold (thanks to Mom), and after 2 hours they had a pile of candy so big even Elf would have too much for the coming weeks!  :)

He dressed himself..... and I love it!   Thanks Uncle Kurt for the hat!

A perfect afternoon shopping with my girls while all the crazies are at home watching the Packers!  :)

Mommy's favorite Jack Sparrow!

Jace's Pumpkin Patch field trip.

These boys had so much fun riding the bus, I think it was their favorite part of the trip.

Smile for Mom!

Girl Scouts Halloween Dance

Happy 100th Birthday Juliette Gordon Low!

My favorites......

.... listening/helping the girls play piano
.....reading in bed with my children
.....smiles from the people I love the most when they enjoy my baking
.....having almost all of my Christmas shopping done before November
.....the smell of pumpkins and apples

It is nice to sit for a minute and  consider all that we are blessed with. 

An amazing story of inspiration and a brothers love. They are blessed to have each other.

http://www.nashvillekidstriathlon.com/assets/docs/16.%20Tennessean%20Article%20cayden%20connor.pdf

Safe travels Mom and Dad, we love you!

Duval's annual vacation

 And we're off.....

 We have so much fun on our up north family vacation, can't wait for next year.

Cheesy, I know but look how happy we are!!

Up North Birthday get together

Fishing.....

 Jace's first fishing trip.

 He had lots of fun.

 Look what I caught.

 So excited.

 Until I told him we were going to eat him for dinner.

 Just kidding, after we put him back, Jace caught another one.

 And another......  I didn't have to wipe my hands down as soon as he released it, he would catch another.

Sydney had fun fishing also, between the 3 of them, we had our hands full of fish.

The girls were able to try out tubing and loved it.

Boating the Menominee River

Rope Swing Fun

 Ellie must have jumped off 3 or 4 hundred times.

 Dad, maybe even more.

 Jace loved getting thrown, weeee!

Sydney was there too, just didn't get any pictures, she wasn't too eager to jump off but next year she definitely will.

Mom, when can I get my CDL?

This made his day, driving truck and dumping loads!

Jace Apple Seed

 We had lots of fun picking yummy apples!

 He pulled the wagon all through the orchard.

Simply delicious!

Hot Roddin' in the neighborhood!

More of Jace's first day of Preschool!

Jace's First Day of Preschool!