A little thanksgiving humor..........

those fall days

We don't have any trees in our yard yet every year we have a ton of leaves to clean up! Our neighbor has a big maple tree so he graciously "donates" his leaves to our yard. Anyway, with the time change it gets dark so early now, but Tom decided to rake leaves anyway. And the kids........they decided to uh "help"

cookies

So I got another recipe for cookies that I tried. Simple really, just sugar cookies but the dough is dyed and put together to look like candy corn........cute huh?

boys

Thought that I would add one of Cody's (and mine) favorite comic strips. This is so true if you have boys!

Yesterday was Cody's 14th birthday! I don't have pictures of cake and stuff because we were at Len's for cake but we went out to dinner yesterday evening and then he went and picked out the gift that he's been dying to get........A BMX bike with pegs. I'll post pictures when I take some.

pray

II Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land".

Hope that you all prayerfully went to the polls today..........God bless America

speed racer

Sunday night was the AWANA Grand Prix at church. Jordan and Tom built his car. It is only allowed to weigh 5 oz. When we got there it only weighed 4 so here's Jordan adding more weight to his car before he checked it in.....

Then they took it in to registration where once the cars were on the table they could not be altered in any way...

His is the black one in the middle. Then it was time to race. You'll see Jordan putting his car on the yellow track. He's number 8

He was in 4 races and won one. So he got to go on to a semi final race. But in the end he lost, but had a great time trying. Now the car is a great toy to shoot around the house and scare the dog with!

knock out

PUT EM UP!!!!!!!!!!Watch out for this tough guy..........look at those six pack abs! How'd you get that shiner (wasn't Cody honest)Here's Jordan with his treasure for the night. Cody was in charge of handing out candy (all six pieces of it since that's all the trick or treaters we got) He stood by the window all night with great anticipation waiting for the knock on the door. It was pretty funny. Hope everyone had a great halloween. Time to decorate for thanksgiving!

treats

Okay bring on the trick or treaters.......Jordan and I made this cool halloween bowl out of yarn and fabric stiffner. We are ready for the little gobblins.

Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

Some of our spooky pumpkins......

tomorrow's the big trick or treat........ time to just sit back and wait for the sugar rush!

snow in october?

Well, it was inevitable...........it snowed today As you can see it wasn't inches and inches but it was snow all the same.

Just enough for Snickers to roll in! I don't even have the kids' snow stuff out yet....

our ever changing world

Let me begin by apoligizing to my faithful blog viewers. I know that it has been awhile since I have posted here. Our world is changing here so rapidly that I haven't had the chance to figure everything out yet. Let's see......We got a new computer. I have not figured out all the bells and whistles yet but slow and steady I am sure that I will. I am still working out the kinks of getting pictures into my computer from my camera. Bear with me. Email has been a challenge also but I think that I am getting the hang of it.
Other goings on in our house, Cody is in public school now. He is in 8th grade at the junior high. (Next year high school! UGH) So far it has been going well. We have all had some adjusting to do. Getting the bus, lunch money, homework, ect. I have had to go school clothes shopping! Cody even attended his first school dance on friday. It was a halloween dance. (Help me, I am not ready for this) Jordan is still being homeschooled and really benefitting from the one on one lessons. He goes to a homeschool gym class on wednesdays with a bunch of other kids so that is good for him. He went to a hallwoeen party last night at his friend Dylan's house. We have one more fall ball baseball game (thank goodness because we are freezing at them). Before you know it Thanksgiving will be here.

kitchen duty

I got this recipe in an email and decided to try it. Southern tea cakes..... Okay so they aren't cakes, they're pumpkins but they are yummy just the same.

Autumn Hayride

Jordan went on a hayride last week with his AWANA group from church.

They rode for awhile and then it stopped and they got to get out and pick a pumpkin to bring home...

Here he is with his "prize possession!

No they didn't eat them afterwards, but they did get some yummy ice cream..... mint chocolate chip!

birthday

Saturday we went to my brother Dayne's house to celebrate our niece's birthday's. It's always fun when we go there.
Uncle Tom giving horseback rides.......

Alexis getting excited over birthday presents.....
Then it was time for Tom to have his first try at the Wii.....
Of course he had to try bowling. Such form and grace. he needed a longer approach but I think he still managed to get some strikes. Madisyn whipped up on him in carnival games though! It's alot of fun. We spent some time around the fire then it was time to head for home.

exploring

Jordan and I spent friday afternoon exploring a new walking trail that we found at the park. So nice to be out in nature, in the peace and quiet..... Of course Jordan just loved exploring all the neat things he could find. Can you say "King of the mountain"? or maybe it's just a pile of really big rocks....fun just the same
One of his favorite pastimes, climbing trees
he tried to swing on these vines like George of the jungle but they just pulled right out of the trees.
He also found tons of coal, some really nice pieces too. To him it was like finding gold! Next time he's going to bring a bag!

snacks

With the "stress" (what stress) of starting school and seeing summer come to a close it was time for a run to the ice cream store! Jordan digs in to a double scoop in a cup (yea, less mess) While Cody opts for a shake.
I think it was really just an excuse to get ice cream! happy back to school everyone!

Doggie Swim

Labor day evening our local pool has a special doggie swim every year. So we decided to see how Snickers would do.

As you can see he loved it. He walked over to the 12 feet and dove right in! I had to get in and help him out. We went over to the 5 feet and he chased a ball for a good half an hour. There was another dog neaby that kept stealing his ball! like kids on a playground! Here he's trying to figure out who Cody is (since he's wearing goggles) Snickers did not want to get out of the Pool!

sadness

This past sunday our family lost a beloved member. My Aunt Helga (in the middle of the picture with the hat on) lost her battle with cancer. She was a beautiful person inside and out. We will all miss her very much. She always had a way of making you smile. Rest in peace.