Trunk or Treat

Fall Choir Concert

I just love going to the high school music concerts to listen to my children. There's our Thomas . . . These we some of our first shots with the new camera, taken only hours after we opened the box. Keep in mind that we have no idea what we were doing. Also keep in mind that these pictures were taken on the very last row of a dark auditorium. Can you only imagine what the pictures might look like when we finally know what we are doing?!

Happy Birthday to Me

Todd and I have been eying this camera over the last . . . I don't know how long. We have been wanting a DSLR camera but didn't feel like we had the budget for one right now. I wont tell you the deal we got on this camera, the Cannon EOS Rebel t2i, because you all would be totally jealous. But let's just say it was much closer to the price our budget could include. And . . . so . . . Todd bought it for me for my birthday. I am so excited to learn to use it, but nervous at the same time.

Gone

A week ago Saturday, the neighbors dog got into the chicken coop and killed 5 of our chickens and injured 2 more. It was so sad. As much as I grew to love those chickens, my heart ached so much more seeing how sad it made our children. The next day one of the injured chickens also died. We now have 2 chickens. And no eggs. We went from having 7 to 8 eggs a day to none. The 2 chickens were so traumatized that they stopped laying eggs.

Time Off

I was naughty today. Late in the afternoon I sent the kids outside to play with their homework unfinished. I sat down on the couch with a crochet hook and a skein of yarn. As I watched DVR recorded shows of Martha Stewart I crocheted this hat for Marie that she has been begging me to do for her for a couple of weeks now. What a relaxing afternoon!

Flying the Coop

Todd is working on improving the chicken pen because they keep escaping.

Blessing Dress

I took the time to make a blessing dress for Allie. It felt so good to have my sewing machine out again. Oh, my! I think I am really loving this grandma thing!

Homecoming 2010

Thomas asked Amy to Homecoming. They arose before daylight, packed a breakfast, and headed up to Table Rock to watch the sun rise. The day date was followed by a video scavenger hunt. There evening was filled with pictures, dinner at our home, and the homecoming dance. I just love those modest dresses!

Allie

Let me introduce you to my new, and first, granddaughter, Allie. Isn't she beautiful?!
She came into the world about 6am on Wednesday, October 6th. It was a total of 4 hours from Kim's first contraction until Allie was born. She was 7 pounds and 15 ounces. Allie spent a couple of days in NICU receiving antibiotics, but she is now doing well and has gone home with her new family.

Harvest

We harvested our pumpkins this morning. While we were in the garden, I looked over and saw the dry corn stalks and thought some of them might look nice by our front door.

The cute guy looks pretty nice by the front door also.

Helping Out

These warriors went to help out with an eagle scout service project. They were painting . . . obviously.

Overwhelmed . . .

Homeschooling 4 kids this year . . .

I am up to my eyeballs in schoolwork and I haven't even started my college class for this semester yet.

Overwhelmed . . .