Happy Halloween (a tad late)!

I was reminded today by a few family members that no one has seen pictures from Halloween yet ;o) So... enjoy!

These were our finished pumpkins... can you tell who carved which pumpkins?!

Our church puts on a "Reformation Celebration" each year to celebrate Reformation Day (also on October 31st!)... It's a fun event to get dressed up for, have a chili dog dinner and let the kiddos play carnival games for prizes! Kate went as a little lamb :o)

She's chatting it up with her buddy Ella the ladybug!

Since it is a reformation celebration it was only appropriate for Martin Luther to make an appearance! The youth group put on a skit for the little ones :o)

Graham was a pirate... arrrrgggghhhh!! Complete with a parrot tattoo

Graham's friend Grant had the same idea!!

Pirate training: Beanbag toss

We had such a fun night!!

Gimme More!!

She actually doesn't like rice cereal... but she likes the spoon!!

Wings Over Houston

This weekend was the annual Wings Over Houston airshow. We were generously given free tickets so we enjoyed most of Saturday afternoon on the tar strip! We also enjoyed the treat of running into and spending the afternoon with a new family at our church who just moved to TX from Greensboro, NC :o)

Kate was all bundled in her JMU gear (although it was so warm and bright that we had to replace the cap with her sun hat)!

A sample...

The boys enjoying the show :o) **Note the headphones -- it was LOUD!!

Okay, so this was crazy to me... if you look closely, there is a woman standing on the top of the plane who is NOT attached to anything. She is in front of a bar and the force of the wind was holding her against it, even while the plane was doing loops!

More...

The "main" performance was by the Blue Angels... It was an amazing show!!

Pumpkins=Fall

I love fall and pumpkins make me think fall even when it IS in the 80s outside! Here are our cuties where we picked out pumpkins. We came away with three... a big one, a medium one, and a small one that Graham thought was a ball (we had planned on buying a baby pumpkin but that was a definite when he threw it to the concrete sidewalk to bounce it like a basketball)!! We also had a super fun night of carving them, but we did that with friends and I forgot my camera at home.

I mentioned the weather that has been much too warm for fall but we were thankful today for another front to move in... Hooray for the first day of sweater-weather!! I really do love fall. :o)

"Floating, Floating...

Up to the clouds in my hot air balloon!"

Last weekend the Ballunar Festival was here at NASA. I have never in my life seen so many hot air balloons in one location! It may seem like I'm bombarding the blog with balloon pictures but I seriously took 149 pictures on that day alone. So really, you should be thankful for only the 14 that are posted ;o) We went after G's naptime and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening (until about 8:30!) sitting on one of the NASA fields watching a balloon competition, skydivers, and a balloon glow. It was such a beautiful day for it too!!

Feasting on the carnival-like food of a turkey leg -- wow! (not so appetizing to me... I ate pizza).

Kate was enjoying the gorgeous day too!
Some of the balloons we saw...
I just thought this looked so neat.
After dark I went to one of the vendors to snag some hot chocolate for Graham and for myself and some coffee for Nat and we enjoyed the "balloon glow" that all of the balloons lined up for... My camera does not do it justice, it looked amazing!

Granddaddy's Day

Happy Happy Birthday, Daddy/Granddaddy!! We are so thankful to have you in our lives and we love you very very much!!!!!

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