What a week!

Let the Fall Festivities begin . . . I'm sure this lasted for 15 seconds!

Ugh . . . the inside is always so much fun!

J & K were both troopers though in digging out the "guts!"

And this was at the mid-point of our pumpkin carving extravaganza:) Where are the kids????

The finished product -- way to go daddy!

The kids at our church's Trunk or Treat event last weekend. Joshua has been saying FOR MONTHS he wanted to be a "Club Penguin" penguin -- you know, you can't exactly go to Wal-mart and snag that costume. So, it was a labor of love from mama:) Poor Tyler -- this is what happens when Mommy neglects to actually try on the costume from Mommy and Me before buying it . . . it was a bit short:)

There they are!

I have this in the wrong order -- this is a picture of Kayla and her friend from church last year at this event. They didn't "consult" each other, but were both princesses last year.

And then this year . . . we realized they were both cheer leaders! So cute!

Celebrated Brian's bday -- that's some serious candle-blowing out action!

Last Saturday we ran (well, walked!) in Run with Faith -- an event to raise money and support for a family who has a precious girl named Faith who was born with spina bifoda. It was great family experience . . . The kids enjoyed hanging out with their buds!

Joshua and his friend

Kayla and her friend again --

And Mr. Tyler has figured out the how to run the computer . . like . . .it's kind of scary. Can't talk much but can sure navigate the web!

Doors, doors, and more doors

So . . . way back in Feb. I go the itch to start painting the trim white in our house . . . trim, door james. base board, etc. I knew it was going to be a beast of a project -- and I was right! IT HAS BEEN! Well, now that the door jams are painted white, the "original" white doors just weren't cutting it -- they looked fine in the daylight, but horrendous at night. (in my opinion , anyway). With cooler weather fast approaching, I asked (pleaded, begged) Bryan if he would be game for helping me paint ALL SEVENTEEN, yes SEVENTEEN doors this weekend.

Crazy guy -- he agreed. We had access to a paint sprayer, but had never used one, so we (and especially yours truly) was REALLY hoping it was going to work. We both sides of the garage with plastic to catch the overspray.

We could fit all of them in except one -- lots of doors, eh?

And then Bryan started spraying . . . and it turned out really good! We pulled the doors off hinges at 10am on Friday, and by 10pm, Saturday they were all back on the hinges. 36 hours baby! Woot woot! But, it was a super, super crazy day with tons of unexpected interruptions -- so I would have been fine finishing the install process later, but Bryan was wanting to get it DONE.

This would be our Amelia -- Tyler's best fried in the 'hood right now! I guess he was a little chilly and needed his "dee-dee."

Bem's Wedding

Yep -- my little sister got married this past weekend! And in the midst of us both being involved in the ceremony and keeping track of our three little ones . . . I didn't end up with any decent pics of the bride and groom. So -- this blog post will be about everything EXCEPT the main attraction:( My brother and sis in law made a whirlwind trip from IN -- to fun to see them.

Coolest barn/b&b ever -- hanging out after the rehearsal dinner

Since we never get to have Bday parties with the Indiana cousins, and two of them have October bdays, we had a little birthday celebration for them Sat. morning. Nothing like Bingo with Grandma and Grandpa!

The boys (mainly Joshua, I think) realized that the helium balloon was a great target for the Nerf arrows -- they really stuck well!

Blowing out B-day candles -- and yes, Freya is great with child!

At the wedding -- Uncle Brian and Tyler. Tyler looking WAY too old. :(

Thanks for that, Uncle Brian!

The boy cousins -- age 2,4,5,6

Glad the sound board operator had lots of help!

Our fam!

More of our fam!

A rare pic of us!