halloween

Because of the massive generosity of our sister-in-law our kids had absolutely adorable costumes this year...I just can't get enough of these pictures.  Enjoy!

Aren't they cute?

I love the way he's looking at her

Look how shiny her hair is and how is sweeps all by itself

These are our really good friend's kids...Noah and Tanner are best friends 

It's A Test

What do you think this is;  A) a witch B) a Chinaman C) Elfaba?

not lucky

So, when the Tigers swept the Yankees, I was so proud.  And in anticipation for the Tigers winning the World Series, I made my kids (well, I made Noah that shirt for his 4th birthday) celebratory shirts...on Jack's shoulder was Justin Verlander's number for luck.  I took this picture the first day of the series...too bad dressing my kids in Tiger's gear did not help them win...not even one game.  But I thought they looked great in their shirts so I wanted to share.  There's always next year...sigh...

Family Traditions

I am typing this while feeding a baby so if I mistype something it's because of that ha. Jim and I decided to start some family traditions and here is what we have so far.

                                               Erwin's Apple Orchard. 

Pumpkin Carving.

Carving Pumpkins

It's been a couple of years since we've managed to pull off pumpkin carving. Well, we did it tonight for family home evening. We had a good time and I think the kids did a great job. For the most part, they all carved their pictures by themselves. Jaxson, Merrit and Alexis got to carve pumpkins from our garden. We've never been able to grow them so big. We were pretty excited. We did have a fourth giant pumpkin but it grew into the goat pen and they ate it. They usually don't eat pumpkins, but they made an exception for our giant one. We were pretty disappointed.

Walk at Kensington

I went for a walk at Kensington the other day and took some pictures with my phone.

 I thought I would share them with you.

But because I don't know how to talk on the phone and take pictures at the same time, I can't show you a picture of the Great Blue Heron who stalked me as I was walking and talking to Jana.  It followed me even when I ran from it or crossed over to the road from the trail.  It was very funny to Jana, but I didn't find it so at the time.

Our Trip to Pennsylvania

I won't bore you with all of the pictures I took, but here are the ones with our family members in them.  This is Dad at Gettysburg.

We went to an AWESOME train diorama, this was taken out in front of the Choo Choo Barn.

Dad and I went to The Cloister in Ephrata (the town that Kari lives in).  It's similar to the Shaker Village we went to.  They slept on a bench that is about two feet wide and they used this block of wood as a pillow!

These three pictures were taken at Hershey's Chocolate World in Hershey, Pa.

We took a tour of an underground cavern, here we are coming out after the tour.

This is all of the grandchildren ready for church on Sunday, happy or not.